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grilled peaches with roasted macadamia nuts and honey (gf + df)

guess this is my final ode to peaches. I wasn’t able to perfect my crisp recipe in time, but the desire to keep having these beauties for dessert led to learning how to grill them.

parsley salad with cucumbers and sesame seeds (gf + v)

This salad is inspired by the abundance of parsley at the middle eastern restaurants I grew up eating at. That, and the ever presence of cucumbers in the quick salads my mother made. I serve it with Pakistani food because it’s light, tart, and bright,

grilled corn and zucchini pasta (v + gf)

All the summer produce was calling to me, and the result was this pasta. I realize it’s not an efficient use of pots, but sometimes when I get an idea this is what happens. For what it’s worth, it’s my fave pasta I’ve made this summer, so I’m sharing it anyway! Just use it as a framework to do it your way. Share any tweaks you make!

cherry summer cake (gf + df) – one bowl

Everyone goes crazy for cherries in our house – I have to watch baby M around a bowl of them otherwise he’ll pop a whole cherry in his mouth, pit and all. He does the same with strawberries, eating the stem without a blink.

some notes on making a mezze spread

This past weekend I set out to make a mezze based meal. It was inspired by the recipes and stories in Yasmin Khan’s thoughtful cookbook “Zaitoun” and Tara Wigley and Sami Tamimi’s “Falastin.”

kale + basil pesto with toasted pine nuts and fusilli (gf + v)

I remember the first time I had pesto. It was a warm summer evening in Toronto’s Little Italy; we were at Vivoli, sitting street-side on the patio. I’d never tasted anything like it.

asparagus and shallot pasta (gf + v)

This is a very Sana type meal. I love things that come together in 30 mins, with fresh vegetables, pasta (of course!), and straight out of the pan

banana walnut snacking cake

It was about this time last year that banana bread went viral. Did you make it? I fell in love with one by Aran Goyoaga and made the banana bread from her book Cannelle et Vanille once a week. It was decadent and delicious.

wild blueberry, banana, and spinach smoothie (gf + df)

This is the smoothie you see baby dancing to in my insta-stories. It’s the one I make most often for myself and the kids. I love it because it has a good amount of greens, blueberries full of antioxidants

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