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Wild Rice salad with mint and preserved lemon

Wild Rice salad with mint and preserved lemon

This wild rice salad is such a winner! My family loves the nuttiness and chewiness of wild rice and I have always liked rice salad. The way that the dressing is absorbed by the rice to enhance the overall flavours of the salad makes it 

Artichoke and Bean Salad

Artichoke and Bean Salad

Gavin (my husband) loves marinated artichokes, and I was looking for a way to include them in a recipe for him. Voila! I am very pleased with how this artichoke and bean salad turned out. Most artichoke salad recipes use either green beans, or white 

what they really need

what they really need

I have been wondering a lot lately what my boys think about my food. I mean, I know that they like my food, but I don’t know if they appreciate the love and effort I put into it. And only because I don’t think they 

Spiced Pumpkin, Maple and Pecan Loaf

Spiced Pumpkin, Maple and Pecan Loaf

  It’s officially Fall y’all! This is our first Autumn experience on the North American continent, and, although LA is still blue-skied and balmy (for the most part), a large part of the country is filled with the gorgeous golds; reds; oranges and browns of 

Cardamom Oat Cookies

Cardamom Oat Cookies

The recipe for these cardamom oat cookies was developed out of necessity, really. And it has been one of my trickiest to perfect, so far. Having moved to LA a few months ago, I did what has become part of my settling-in process with every