Bridget's Green Kitchen

Roasted carrots are sweet and delicious

November 4, 2011

Roasted root vegetables are hearty and warming. Local carrots are so sweet and flavorful that I dread the thought of going back to grocery store carrots once winter arrives. I stocked up at the Kingston Market, hoping to store them at least into January (if we don’t eat them all […]

Breads, Muffins

Whole Grain Blueberry Muffins with stone ground flour

October 28, 2011

Blueberry muffins made with stone ground flour are wholesome and healthy. I love a good blueberry muffin. I think muffins are the perfect mid morning snack but they need to be wholesome if I’m really going to enjoy them. The key to a tasty and nutritious muffin is to […]

Green Living

It’s easy to grow your own garlic

October 6, 2011

One of the things that irks me to no end is that virtually all fresh garlic available at the grocery store is imported from China. I’m not opposed to importing foods like oranges and bananas, foods that can’t be grown in our climate. But garlic? Anyone with a […]

Vegetables

Roasted tomato sauce – like a mouthful of summer

September 30, 2011

Roasted tomato sauce is sweet and flavourful. I can’t resist field-ripened local tomatoes. As far as I’m concerned, they’re the only tomatoes worth eating raw and they’re the very best for making roasted tomato sauce too. If you’re used to making your tomato sauce on the stovetop you’ll notice […]

Desserts

Easy blackberry galette

September 23, 2011

This time of year the blackberries are so abundant near our camp that we have been picking them by the bucket full. It’s a bit of a blood sport the thorns are so rough but we hardly mind the scratches when we have galette to eat for dessert. I […]