The Yum Yum Factor

Hello, fellow home sheltering peeps. It's been a looooong couple months, hasn't it? Where are we now, anyway? Is sourdough over? Have we started canning and panic buying all the Bell jars and pectin yet? I know that finding vegetable plants for me wee, city garden is probably going to be a hellscape, but hey, what can you do when you live in a shoe?  Aaaanyway, I have a few processed foods that I unabashedly love. I LOVE good instant ramen. I love to soup it up with poached egg, chili sauce, vegetables, leftover meat or seafood. Love it. I also love Campbells Everyday Gourmet Sweet Potato Tomatillo Soup. A big bowl of that with a grilled cheese to dip into it...ahhh. For some reason, and this precedes the pandemic so I know it's not soup panic hoarding, I haven't been able to find it for months. I had thrown some canned tomatillos in the freezer a few weeks ago and decided to try to recreate it at home. It's very weird for me to want to create a Campbe...

I know that this week is going to be cold thanks to some polar vortex that we can add to our global pandemic and the hot, new Murder Hornet situation, but go and check out the latest issue of Vitalize Magazine  where you can find my recipe for this Canadianized homage to one of my favourite restaurants, Mexico City staple, Contramar  (recipe starts on page 74). This herby, Salmon A La Talla with an easy salsa and yummy salad will put a spring in your step whether we are stuck in our apartment or lucky enough to have an outside space to enjoy a summery meal. Make yourself a big, icy gin and tonic with a slice or two of cucumber and put on some Grupo Firme (download anything you can find on Itunes or Spotify and thank me later). Little did I know that my last Contramar meal this past Christmas would be my last for what will most likely be a long time. It looks like I am going to have to start replicating lots of my favourite dishes here at home so keep an eye out for that ...