Category Archives: Staples

Easy Cream of Spinach Soup

Cream of Spinach Soup - I Say Nomato
This recipe for easy Cream of Spinach Soup is an old family favourite! Creamy, delicious, and packed full of fresh, local spinach, it is a simple staple that won't disappoint. If you had told me I would be this excited about spinach soup when I was a kid, I would have thought you were insane. I still…Read More

2 Minute Mayonnaise

At last! One of the recipes I've been promising since the beginning is here! Homemade Mayonnaise! First of all, we made it home! Hooray! Farewell New York, hello Nova Scotia! I was so ready. The trip went very well, considering, (You know how much I love flying.) Although weather reports of inclement hurricanes made me a…Read More

Easy Homemade Vegetable Broth

I was not prepared for the weather in Louisiana. Can I just say that? It’s not the heat – I was well prepared for the heat, as much as I don’t like it. It was the drastic nature of its storms. On the day I made this broth and took pictures, it was so black…Read More

Homemade Chicken Stock

Oh chicken stock, what a journey we have been on. Once a kitchen staple so easily plucked from the grocery store shelves, you are no longer so easily imbibed. Ingredient labels bearing the words ‘starch’, ‘vegetable starch’, or even straight-up ‘potatoes’, you have failed me. (more…)Read More