Robert Gontier

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Recipe: Chive Hasselback Potatoes

Recipe: Chive Hasselback Potatoes

There's nothing better than spending time with family this long weekend and cooking up some comfort food. We love potatoes and so a hot skillet of chive Hasselback potatoes was a no brainer! Chive Hasselback Potatoes Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Total Time: 55 minutes Ingredients: 2 cups of baby potatoes 1/4 of diced chives 2 tbsp of olive oil 1 tbsp of dried oregano salt & pepper to taste Optional: 2 tbsp of Greek yogurt 1 tbsp of butter Instructions:

Recipe: Eggplant Parmigiana

Recipe: Eggplant Parmigiana

This quick and easy midweek dinner is the perfect meal to prep and get on the table after a full day. Just out of the oven! Photo by Robert Gontier. IPhone 6 Eggplant Parmigiana Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Total Time: 55 minutes You can find the recipe here: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/08/italian-style-eggplant-parmesan-melanzane-alla-parmigiana-recipe.html Enjoy! #eggplant #tomato #foodphoto #vegetables #vegetarian #meal #dinner

Recipe: Baba Ganoush

Recipe: Baba Ganoush

We've never really cooked much eggplant in our household so I was excited to dedicate this week to three eggplant recipes. My first trial recipe was baba ganoush made from roasted eggplant with garlic and a few other savory ingredients. Finished look. Photo by Robert Gontier. IPhone 6 Baba Ganoush Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes You can find the recipe I followed here at the delicious Food Wishes blog! http://foodwishes.blogspot.ca

Recipe: Roasted Fennel & Tomato Soup

Recipe: Roasted Fennel & Tomato Soup

We love the taste of homemade soup in our house especially during the frosty winter months! A few roasted vegetables and some excellent veggie broth go a long way to bringing warmth to the body. Since we are exploring fennel this week, I decided to roast up some fennel and Roma tomatoes. In the end, this has become one of our family's favourite soups. Roasted fennel and tomatoes. Final soup! All photos by Robert Gontier. iPhone 6. Roasted Fennel & Tomato Soup Prep Time: 15 mi

Recipe: Roasted Fennel

Recipe: Roasted Fennel

Sometimes one of the best ways to eat vegetables is with a little olive oil, salt and pepper. Raw fennel has a very distinct flavour but when it gets roasted the flavour mellows into a delicious caramelized taste. For even more depth of flavour, sprinkle a little Parmesan on top while it's still hot from the oven! Fresh fennel from the market. Sliced and ready to be roasted. Final look with a few fennel sprigs over top. All photos by Robert Gontier. iPhone 6. Roasted Fennel P

Recipe: Spinach Pasta

Recipe: Spinach Pasta

For our final spinach recipe of the week, we cooked up a spinach pasta sauce along with freshly made pasta from one of our favourite restaurants - Terroni. Here's the noodles below. Spinach Pasta Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 35 minutes Ingredients: 2 handfuls of spaghetti 1 cup of spinach (from frozen) 1 cup of broccoli 1/2 cup of pesto 1 onion 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp of salt Instructions: 1) Saute the onions in the olive oil on medium heat.

Recipe: Spinach & Potato Gratin

Recipe: Spinach & Potato Gratin

There's something kind of nice about a mid-week dinner that can be put together in 20 minutes and then placed in the oven while you feed & bathe the kids. My husband and I love tucking the twins in and then enjoying a grown-up meal together. There also might be a little wine involved. Tonight I made a Spinach & Potato Gratin with onions and some excellent cheese. I love Ina Garten and have adapted one of her succulent recipes to get the results below. This is the beginning st

Recipe: Spinach Smoothie plus Spinach Ice Pops!

Recipe: Spinach Smoothie plus Spinach Ice Pops!

Alright friends, we've made it through "Carrot Week" and "Grapefruit Week" and here comes Spinach Week! Whether you buy it from your local farmer's market or the grocery store, use it fresh or frozen, this is one of the most adaptable vegetables. You can sneak it into just about anything for added nutrition. We often add it to pasta, omelettes and shakes for the whole family. That brings us to the first spinach recipe of the week - a spinach smoothie (don't worry, it still ta

Recipe: Rustic Carrot Cake...thanks to Martha Stewart

Recipe: Rustic Carrot Cake...thanks to Martha Stewart

As the winter days start to settle in and the wind is blowing snow around outside it's nice to have something to bring warmth and comfort to your taste buds. This is the final day of our carrot week and I decided we should go out with something delectable. This is actually the first time I have ever made a carrot cake. It's a dense, moist, dessert with a frosted cream cheese icing. Perfect for kids and adults alike. I started by running all of my dry ingredients through a str

Recipe: Carrot Hummus...no really

Recipe: Carrot Hummus...no really

In our family we eat a lot of vegetables. When the twins were first brought home from the hospital we loved using our steamer and Vitamix to make nutritious baby food. It seemed like a lot of work at the time but eventually we got into the groove and froze a lot of ice cube size portions of broccoli and carrots. On Sundays we make a grocery list for the week, pack the kids up and head off to the Superstore bright and early. I love the 'AnyList' app (parenting hack alert!). I

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