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.
Latest Stories from Kelly Rossiter - Page 4
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Weekday Vegetarian: Tofu en Papillote with Miso and Rosemary
While the paper is fun, you can always cook this in a casserole if you are short on time or feeling a bit lazy.
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Weekday Vegetarian: Soba Noodles with Wilted Spinach
A simple and healthy meal that is light but satisfying.
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Weekday Vegetarian: Pumpkin with Chilies and Thai Basil
A great main course use for pumpkins, before they disappear for the year.
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The Table Comes First by Adam Gopnik - Book Review
An absolutely delicious read for anyone who loves food.
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Weekday Vegetarian: Vegetable Sub
There is an organization in my very own neighbourhood that has become the must-see destination in Toronto for food celebrities such as Jamie Oliver and Michael Pollan, and it is called The Stop. They provide services to the
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Weekday Vegetarian: Aloo Gobi
Photo: Kelly Rossiter Cauliflower has such an affinity for Indian spicing, that I often turn to Indian recipes when I get one. It's not one of my husband's favourite vegetables, but he's always willing to eat it if I make an Indian recipe. Aloo gobi is
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Weekday Vegetarian: Vietnamese Glazed Pumpkin
Photo: Kelly Rossiter Canadian Thanksgiving has just passed and my husband and I were ready for something a little lighter than the fare we've been eating with family and friends throughout the long weekend. Of course, at Thanksgiving when we see
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Weekday Vegetarian: Homemade Corn Chips
Thank goodness our Provincial election is over so I can go back to cooking for 3 instead of 23 or more, as I've been doing for the staff and volunteers of our local candidate. While I tried to keep all of the food I delivered light
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Weekday Vegetarian: Eggplant Parmesan
I don't have quite the same glut of eggplant that I had last year which resulted in a wonderful caponata, but we did pretty well this year. However, I did have plenty of tomatoes, so I made some eggplant parmesan with fresh tomato
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Weekday Vegetarian: Spiced Pumpkin Cream Cheese
As a companion to the spicy pumpkin hummus I wrote about earlier, I made a sweeter pumpkin cream cheese for those who like their snacks on the sweet side, rather than savoury. The pumpkin flavour really stands out in this simple
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Weekday Vegetarian: Spicy Pumpkin Hummus
We are into the final days of our Provincial election and it's been a daily challenge for me to provide some healthy, easily grabbed food for the people working on the compaign (including my son) for our local candidate. Their
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Weekday Vegetarian: Pear Soup
This delicious pear soup is the perfect bridge between the late summer harvest and the need for a warming soup on a cool evening. Not only that, it is the perfect bridge between sweet and savoury. You won't see a lot of dessert or
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Weekday Vegetarian: Cherry Tomato Pesto
I've been know to make pesto from lots of things like kale and asparagus, in addition to the classic basil pesto, but it never occurred to me to make it with cherry tomatoes. The tomato plants in my garden are producing quite a
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Weekday Vegetarian: Pasta with Kale and Garlic
Mark Bittman had a terrific article in yesterday's Sunday New York Times about the myth that fast food is cheaper than nutritious meals you make at home. It wasn't anything new to me, as I've been proselytizing about cooking healthy,
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Weekday Vegetarian: Tejas with Sunflower Seeds
Apparently the word tejas means roof tiles in Spanish, and it is sort of what these addictive little crackers look like. I took a batch of these down to the campaign office where my son is working, along with the kale and ricotta
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Weekday Vegetarian: Kale and Ricotta Mini Quiche
My son is working on the Provincial election campaign right now and the small staff work about 12 hours a day, 7 days a week for the 4 week period leading up to the election. It seems the only time they eat is if one of them does
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Weekday Vegetarian: Tomato Zucchini Tart
My garden is still providing me with a huge bounty of tomatoes and zucchini, in fact, there are still zucchini blossoms on the plants. Here is a recipe that uses both, to great effect. I should have overlapped the tomato and
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Weekday Vegetarian: Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes and Breadcrumb Gremolata
If you are like me, you have a glut of tomatoes in your backyard right about now. Either that, or you've been seduced into buying too many of those red beauties from the market. In any case, I've had a lot of tomatoes to use up
