Frozen Watermelon White Wine Spritzers

Most wine spritzers are just wine and soda. Boring. This one freezes watermelon cubes ahead of time and uses them instead of ice. As they melt, the spritzer gets more watermelon flavour instead of more watery. A large pitcher with frozen watermelon, thinly sliced cucumber, …

Summer Peaches and Cream

I had poached peaches at a dinner in Provence where the host served them in wide, shallow bowls with the syrup pooled around them and a spoonful of whipped cream on the side. The peaches were whole, halved, soft, and stained pink from the wine. …

Strawberry Spelt Shortcake

Regular shortcake is fine. Spelt shortcake is better. Wholemeal spelt flour has a nuttiness that plain flour cannot match, and it makes the shortcake denser and more biscuit-like. Cold butter rubbed into the flour with raw cane sugar, vanilla, and salt, rolled out, cut into …

Strawberry Ginger Peach Bliss Bowl

The colour of this bowl stopped me mid-scroll when I first saw it. A thick, cold blend of frozen strawberries, frozen peaches, and frozen bananas with fresh ginger, lime juice, and plant-based milk, poured into a bowl and covered in sliced fresh kiwi, fresh peaches, …

Buffalo Chicken Chili

Buffalo wing sauce in a chili pot sounds like a novelty, but it actually belongs there. The vinegar base in most buffalo sauces behaves a lot like the acidic component in a traditional chili. It works well with ground chicken, which is mild enough to …