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From: Nanaimo, BC Canada

Joined: February 2nd, 2009

About me: I'm a busy mom with two young girls...who likes to garden when possible (my husband made two delicious pumpkin pies from my two sugar pumpkins that made it to adulthood.) I like to do a lot of comfort food cooking in the fall and winter.

Hummus from How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised 10th Anniversary Edition): 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food

It's amazing how easy it is to make this - and it tastes better than the usual store-bought hummus. I would suggest using a food processor, as I nearly gave my blender a heart attack. It can be quite... read more >

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Canadian Living's Best Vegetarian Dishes

By Elizabeth Baird
Random House Canada - 1997

This is more of a stew than a soup, which is fine with me. It's a nice, hearty dish for a cold day. I found that it could use more rice (1 cup instead of one half). Also, I substituted marjoram for the dried mint, as I didn't have any. A little cumin is also nice. (I shall have to try it with fresh mint, now that I have my own mint plant.) It calls for one can of tomato sauce, but I also added some tomato paste to bring out the tomato flavour even more. The yogurt garnish is a must. Delicious!

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This is a great pasta dish because it basically covers all the bases so it's super-healthy (and relatively fast to make). There's your veg: onion, carrots, potato, and spinach (though I've done it without spinach). There's your protein: pasta, kidney beans and parmesan cheese (Parmigiano Reggiano is best). It sounds TOO healthy, but it tastes great! Even my six-year-old will eat it.

Oh yes, and you don't have to make it with shell pasta as the recipe suggests - I've used fusilli and rotini.

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