Kelly Rossiter
Kelly Rossiter has written over 1200 recipe posts for Discovery sites TreeHugger, Planet Green, and Parentables since 2005.
She lives in Toronto, Canada and is the mother of two adult children. Kelly's other "job" is studying classical piano. When not working or cooking, she can be found with her head in a book.
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Weekday Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Vegetable Tagine
There were a couple of reasons I chose to add a tagine to my menu for my Thanksgiving dinner party. It cooked for a couple of hours on top of the stove so we got it started early and then ignored it. I had other things going into
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Weekday Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Parsnip Bisque with Crispy Chestnuts
When I sat down to think about a series of posts for a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner, I realized that just trying out the recipes over the course of a week wouldn't do. I needed to know that the menu worked as a whole, that the
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Weekday Vegetarian: Baked Pasta with Butternut Squash
Before any of you fall off your chairs reading what goes into this pasta dish, let me just say, this is something you would make once, for company. My husband, seeing what I was cooking, did wonder in passing if I were trying to
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Weekday Vegetarian: Beet Greens and Mushrooms on Toast
I harvested the last of my beets this week and just roasted them simply in some olive oil with a bit of salt and pepper and they were wonderful. But I also got a huge amount of pleasure out of cooking the greens, which too many
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Weekday Vegetarian: Bean Salad with Walnuts and Cilantro
This little vegan salad, while not being the most beautiful salad ever, is surprisingly satisfying to eat. The combination of textures is quite nice, with the creaminess of the beans, the crunch of the walnuts and the crispness of
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Weekday Vegetarian: Brussels Sprouts with Wild Mushrooms
If you are one of those people who turns your nose up at Brussels sprouts, then chances are you grew up eating over-cooked, mushy sprouts that made your house smell terrible. Roasting them or sauteeing them in a pan makes them
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Weekday Vegetarian: Braised Kale and Eggs on Toast
I've got a garden full of kale, and I'm running out of time to use it all up. Kale is quite happy to be hit with a bit of frost, and many people say it actually makes it sweeter, but even this hearty vegetable can only take so
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Weekday Vegetarian: Chanterelle Risotto
Unlike yesterdays post on Hen of the Woods mushrooms, chanterelles are a well known ingredient. They aren't available for very long, so if you find them at your farmers' market, don't miss the opportunity to eat them. I guess it's
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Weekday Vegetarian: Hen of the Woods Mushrooms
Each week when I go to the farmers' market the first table is visit is Forbes Wild Foods. They aren't farmers, they are foragers, and often they have really delightful things for sale. Seth, who mans the table, cheerfully tells
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Weekday Vegetarian: Red Wine, Red Bean and Portobello Ragout
I seem to have eaten a lot of pasta this week, mostly because I have been looking for recipes that are quick and easy.This time there is a bit more protein involved because of the kidney beans.
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Weekday Vegetarian: An Extremely Satisfying Spaghetti with Olives
Sometimes the simplest dishes with clear flavours are the best. This pasta sauce was tangy and piquant with a little bit of heat. My only complaint was that I hadn't made more pasta than I did. It was an altogether satisfying
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Weekday Vegetarian: Arugula and Walnut Salad
There is a local small cheese producer Monforte Dairy, which regularly has a table at our farmers' market. I often buy a goat cheese from them that has a ash rind. The cheese starts out firm and as it ripens it gets softer, so if
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Weekday Vegetarian: Pasta with Chanterelles
I went to my local farmers' market last Saturday for the first time in weeks. I was so happy to see fresh chanterelles still available. They are so expensive that I only buy them once or twice a year as a treat, but I think they
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Weekday Vegetarian: Swiss Chard, Onion and Cheese Frittata
Our cottage neighbours, the Johnson family, have been raising chickens for a year or so. Their young sons were keen to start a little business and they thought they would like to sell eggs. I thought they had six chickens, and not
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Weekday Vegetarian: Beet Salad with Apple, Feta and Pine Nuts
I'm happily working my way through all the beets my mother gave me on Canadian Thanksgiving. I'm eating some fresh and then will pickle some for her. I haven't even touched the beets in my own garden yet. These are smallish beets
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Weekday Vegetarian: Beets and Greens Quesadillas
If you are one of those people who says "ewww" whenever beets are served, this might be the recipe that changes your mind. I've always loved beets, pickled beets being one of my favourite things as a kid, so it always surprises me when people give that
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Weekday Vegetarian: Vegan Napa Cabbage and Sesame Slaw
This is one of those super quick and easy recipes to make as a side dish to a grilled or fried tofu, or tofu with a sauce, or even the braised squash with black beans that I wrote about yesterday. The recipe says to pulse the
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Weekday Vegetarian: Braised Squash with Black Bean Sauce
I seem to have made a couple of lucky choices in squash recipes this week. After the delicious squash pasta I had the other night, I tried something completely different with a kabocha squash. This time I braised it in a black
