lahmacun

This weekend my Turkish roommate and I were craving lahmacun – one of our favourite dishes from our recent trip to Istanbul. We used this recipe and served it with lemon, parsley, lettuce and tomato slices.

tart frozen yogurt

[ tart frozen yogurt ]

 

[ blueberries and nectarines ]

You will need:

- 750 g plain yogurt
- 1/4 to 1/3 cup granulated sugar (to taste)
- a few drops of pure vanilla extract (optional, to taste)

This recipe makes 4 (generous) portions.

Combine the ingredients in the bowl of an ice cream maker. Churn for approximately 20-25 minutes, or until the yogurt reaches the consistency of soft-serve ice cream. Serve immediately with fresh fruit.

Enjoy!

 

 

rhubarb upside down cake

[ a tasty rhubarb upside down cake using this recipe from Foodland Ontario ]

shed some light: upcycled candle lanterns

Watch this video tutorial to see how I upcycled light bulb covers to make these candle lanterns.

shrimp tacos

[ blue cornmeal tortillas - recipe here]

I’ve never made tortillas or used blue cornmeal before, so this was a fun experiment. I would recommend using a lot of flour to form and roll out the tortillas as the dough is extremely sticky! I also found it easiest to form each tortilla right before it was cooked. The blue cornmeal is from Bob’s Red Mill – they feature a few recipes on their site that include it and also suggest that it can be used as a substitute for the yellow variety. The colour is pretty cool – I can’t wait to cook with it again.

[ fillings: shrimp and guacamole - recipe here ]

[ dark 'n' stormy - recipe here ]

OK – so this is somewhere between a light and dark ‘n’ stormy on account of the rum I had on hand. It was delicious with the tacos nonetheless!

market fresh

[ swiss chard, hakurei turnips, and russian kale ]

the encampment

Created by Thomas+Guinevere (Thom Sokoloski and Jenny-Anne McCowan), The Encampment is an installation that commemorates the War of 1812. The project features vignettes created by collaborators inside each of the tents that tell the story of civilians during the war.

The installation can be seen at Fort York, in downtown Toronto from June 8 to 24, 2012 between 7:30 and 11 pm. For more information visit the Luminato site and the Thomas+Guinevere site.