Adapted from a recipe in Cooking Light. Serves 4. Of course, you can prepare this soup using canned beans, but using dried beans are much more flavourful and much healthier as canned beans contain a lot of sodium. 2 teaspoons olive oil 1/2 cup chopped Niagara Specialties prosciutto (about 4 slices) 1 cup chopped onion 3/4 [...]
Archive | January, 2011
Recipe: Roasted Squash Soup with Chipotle Aioli Drizzle
This soup is as easy as 1-2-3! Serves 6. 2 garlic cloves 1 large 2 small butternut squash 2 tbsp Stirling Creamery Whey butter 1 large yellow onion 1 tsp Heritage Line Herbs Herbes de Provence 6 cups vegetable or chicken Stock 1 medium-sized sweet potato 2 Bay leaves Salt and freshly ground black pepper [...]
Recipe: Curried Beet Soup
Slightly adapted from Rose Murray’s A Taste of Canada: A Culinary Journey. Rose is an Ontario author but this recipe is inspired by a soup she had in Chateau Montebello in Quebec! Serves 6. 8 medium beets (1½ lbs) 2 potatoes 2 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 2 tsp curry powder or paste 6 [...]
January 27th OAS: Let’s Do Brunch!
Hi there, As the dark (and cold!!!) days of winter pull us in, what better way to warm up body and spirit than a leisurely brunch with friends and family? For a fun twist on your OAS boxes this week, we’re giving you the ingredients to assemble a delicious, local brunch. So, invite your neighbours [...]
You Are Invited to the OAS “Banish the Winter Blues” Brunch!
Feeling the winter blues? Looking for new ways to cook up your winter vegetables? You are invited to join your fellow OAS members and chef Joshna Maharaj for a hands-on cooking class and brunch, compiled from ingredients in your OAS box that week! Please join us on Sunday January 30th, at Culinarium, 705 Mount Pleasant. [...]