Plant-Forward Living with Rebecca Coleman
It’s like someone flipped a switch, and suddenly it’s summer. This has been a long winter and spring. It’s been a looooong 17 months (feels like decades), but finally it’s starting to feel like we’re turning a corner. Case counts are down. Way down. People …
Well, hello there, October. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one, but this year feels like it has been both the longest and the shortest of all time. Like when we were in quarantine? So slow. But things feel a bit more normal now, …
In my pumpkin-spiced frenzy these last couple of weeks, I’ve been doing less recipe creation and more remaking old favourites. I made the No Sugar Spice Cake, which is sweetened with dates and Kabocha, and full of lovely warming spices. I made squash risotto. And …
A few years back, when I first started my business, I’d bake mountains of Christmas cookies to distribute to my clients this time of the year. Well, times have changed. My teaching career took off, I entered the lucrative world of food blogging (LOL) and …
Insert basic joke here. Starbucks released their Pumpkin Spiced Lattes a full half-month earlier than usual, and yesterday I was in the liquor store and discovered a host of pumpkin-spiced liquors. Yup, seems like everything is coming up pumpkin spiced these days. But here’s the …
Okay, so… I get it. You’re maybe not Mr or Ms Suzy Homemaker. Maybe the best you can do is to make things out of packages. That’s cool. But let’s say you really want to impress someone. Maybe you’re going to a friend’s house and …
When my son was younger, he was the world’s pickiest eater. As a foodie, it was incredibly frustrating. As a mom, it drove me crazy. How could I get any nutrition into him, when all he ate was chicken nuggets, mac and cheese, and goldfish?? …
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I get so obsessed with cooking with herbs this time of the year. I guess it’s partly because I have so many of them. In my garden I grow sage, rosemary, chives and oregano, and I’ve just harvested a ton of rosemary and have it …
You know what gets me really excited? Like, maybe it’s a little weird, I’m so excited? Fresh produce. Yup, if there’s one thing I love, it’s to spend some time browsing the farmer’s market. Going to a farm stand. It’s just so… wonderful. Fresh! …
It’s officially spring, and I know that because rhubarb is in the farmer’s markets! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rebecca Coleman, Food Writer (@rebeccacoleman) I love rhubarb. Not just for its tartness, but also because it tends to be one of …