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Roasted Butternut, Pear and Blue Cheese

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Have I mentioned that I love butternut? I adore it in all it's forms - roasted, stuffed, turned into a soup, you name it, I've tried it. In my opinion butternut tends to get a bad rep because of it's high carb content, but really people,[...]

Roasted Butternut, Pear and Blue Cheese

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Have I mentioned that I love butternut? I adore it in all it's forms - roasted, stuffed, turned into a soup, you name it, I've tried it. In my opinion butternut tends to get a bad rep because of it's high carb content, but really people,[...]

Pear & Arugula Salad with Walnuts & Parmesan

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I found a recipe for Fig & Arugula Salad with Parmesan and really wanted to try it, but figs are not in season until September-ish.  Comments for the recipe suggested using red pears as a substitute, so I tried it out. I also didn't have[...]

Cranberry Pear Apple Pie with Parmesan Crust

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Note: See the results at the Granville Island Pie Contest! Post. So Granville Island is going to have an annual pie contest hosted by the Thursday Farmer?s Market and this is the first time it?s on! Oh I wanted to create a pie that would prove[...]

Grilled Pear and Blue Cheese Breakfast Panini

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As much as I love cheese, I'm still learning to like the blue stuff. I do enjoy chunky blue cheese dressing, for example, but straight up melted blue cheese on bread is too much for me; therefore, the key for me at this point is dilution.[...]

This Week?s Recipe: Nashi Pear and Cabbage Salad

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Why Nashi Pear and Cabbage Salad? I have forgotten how much I love a Nashi Pear. Also known as Asian pear or apple pear, I remember them being extremely popular when I was in primary school. During the summer months if you wanted to fit in with[...]

Cauliflower Soup with Gorgonzola and a Pickled Pear Relish

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This is another recipe I had flagged in the October issue of Good Food magazine. We love Cream of Cauliflower Soup, and Cauliflower cheese is another favourite of ours. Its also safe to say we absolutely adore Cauliflower Cheese soup! It's[...]

Sharing Our Holiday Table {Pomegranate Poached Pear Recipe}

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Pomegranate Poached Pear I have been wanting to try my hand at red wine poached pears, an elegant and beautiful dessert. However, many recipes call for a substantial amount of sugar and an entire bottle of red wine.[...]

Quesadillas ~ Pear, Rosemary, Goat Cheese & Pepper, Onion & Cheddar

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I love how past memories of meals we've shared and places we've dined, inspire our cooking today. My husband and I used to frequent a Mexican restaurant in downtown Manhattan that served the best , authentic quesadillas that to this day[...]

Pomegranate, Pear and Spiced Pecan Salad with Pecorino Romano

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I had made a pomegranate cake last weekend, and had some extra pomegranate seeds on hand.  Of course I could have just eaten them plain, but what fun is that!  I thought they needed to be added to a salad I was making in order to[...]