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Sweet, Simple, Seasonal and Just Plum Peachy

September 7, 2010

I have to share this easy-as-pie and truly delectable recipe for baked peaches and plums. I came up with it recently after buying yet another basket of exceptionally juicy and tasty peaches (it’s been a good year) at the supermarket for a mere $2.99. The medium-sized purple plums (don’t use the too-tart-for-this smaller prune plums) were also in season and on sale so this combo is a natural.

Somehow, baking these two tender fruit with just a little lemon juice and not too much sugar (I use the golden brown organic cane sugar sold in health food stores and some supermarkets) brings put their luscious flavour and enhances the sensational colours. Serve warm with your favourite ice cream.

Btw, I’ve made extra batches and am storing them in the freezer to brighten up and sweeten meals in the dark winter days and nights ahead. Read more…

Filed Under: Peaches, Plums, Recipe Tagged With: batches, cane sugar, dark winter, easy as pie, flavour, fraiche, freezer, good year, health food stores, juices, lemon juice, lime juice, little lemon, ovenproof dish, peaches, plum, prune plums, purple plums, tender fruit, winter days

Hail Kale in Stupendous Stumpot!

November 9, 2009

This recipe has truly changed my life. It comes from my friend Jan Van Stralen who grew up on a farm in south-west Ontario in a family of Dutch heritage. The latter explains the name of this trusty dish: Borenkol Stumpot.

It’s basically steamed kale mixed with mashed potatoes – a brilliant idea that combines the strong flavour of that nutty, chewy, nutrient-packed green vegetable (I prefer the milder black kale to the usual and more bitter green version) with the luscious creaminess and mild taste of spuds.

I now serve this at dinner parties with braised meat, steak, stew, roast chicken etc. etc. Read more…

Filed Under: Kale, Potato, Recipe Tagged With: brilliant idea, dinner parties, dish, dutch heritage, electric mixer, flavour, friend jan, green vegetable, hail, hot milk, jan van, kale, mash, medium potatoes, mild taste, roast chicken, spuds, steam, west ontario

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Marion Kane has been a leader in the world of food journalism for a few decades. She is an intrepid populist whose work combines social commentary with a consuming passion for all things culinary. For 18 years, she was food editor/columnist for Canada's largest newspaper: the Toronto Star. She lives in Toronto's colourful Kensington Market and is currently a free-wheeling freelance food sleuth®, podcaster, writer and cook.

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