"I love an audience." Lucille Ball
Hello followers, staying bundled up these days?!
So, I have a couple of culinary adventures to blog about today! Last weekend I donned my microphone headset and did cooking demonstrations with Jane Rodmell for the Cottage Life Show! And, as usual, it was a great time! 'Cottage Life' is a magazine and trade show that embodies the meaning of Canadian cottage living. The magazine explores cottage country and everything that goes along with it: cottage style cooking, entertaining on the dock, building a dock, etc.! I love going to the Cottage Life Shows (which take place each spring and fall), and am always so happy when Jane asks me along to demonstrate some of her latest recipes. We did a four cheese dip with leeks and a lamb stew with white beans and squash. Both delicious! My favourite part of doing demonstrations is when an audience member comes up at the end and says that they would have never had attempted
this recipe at home, but now that they have seen it done, they will! Yay!
http://cottagelife.com/41161/recipes/leek-and-four-cheese-dip
http://cottagelife.com/41164/recipes/lamb-white-bean-and-rosemary-stew
Today's next adventure takes us to 'The Land,' our 10 acres out in Norfolk County. With winter around the corner, it was time to get the garden in order! This year, the weather played such a factor in our vegetable production. So much rain in the spring meant for a late start and a shorter growing period. We held off on a lot of our favourite veggies and kept to the basics. We gave special attention to our garlic patch and asparagus beds. With a little extra care from my Dad, we are hoping to have our first taste of homegrown asparagus next year! As I have mentioned before, asparagus takes three years to begin to produce edible stalks, so we hope that all of our time and effort will be worth it! I can't wait! During our visit, I got the glamorous job of turning over our compost heap. Oh joy! My Mum picked radishes, carrots, onions and herbs, while the rest of the gang dug up potatoes. Heck, even my nephew Evan helped out! We love potatoes and I am happy to say that we certainly have enough to just about get us through the winter! Potatoes are so versatile, that I have been preparing them in just about every way imaginable! Kevin's fave way for me to make potatoes is to simply roast them with rosemary and garlic. And with his suggestion, I decided to submit the recipe to 'Sideroads of Halton Hills' magazine as a part of my winter recipe collection. I hope you try this easy recipe out and enjoy it!
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