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Orange, Avocado & Arugula Salad

It has been a busy summer - I invited my parents over from India, Anup has been quite occupied with one of his business ventures, and I started blogging! I didn't realize how much work goes into creating a blog, especially if you are full of self-doubt, like I am! I try out a recipe, cook it once, take a bunch of pictures and invariably decide to cook it again differently. Once a post is ready, there is social media. Oh, how it has turned me into a social zombie. Social media is a stream of activities that seem to never end or lead to anything in particular. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest - how these tools have taken over my life. There is so much noise around us that it is easy to get bogged … [Read more...]

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Roasted Beetroot and Pickled French Melon Salad

Summer is full of surprises at the farmer's market here in Vancouver. We get so much fresh bounty from local farms - plum tomatoes in all shapes & sizes, peas, green beans, cabbage, zucchini, sweet onions, buttery new potatoes, loads of kale and other greens, berries, plums and recently apples. This surprise element is one of the main reasons I started frequenting the Farmers Market. I used to buy my produce at Whole Foods, but somehow, the availability of everything all the time put me in a cooking rut. I would buy the same produce, and cook the same dishes every week. This was unacceptable for a person who quit her full time job to attend culinary school. I had to challenge … [Read more...]

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My kitchen philosophy

Keep it simple. Mother Nature has already done all the hard work and given us great tasting ingredients. Your job as a cook is to start with the freshest seasonal produce and not to mask it by overcooking. Let the natural taste of ingredients from the farm shine on your plate, and take all the credit for nature's work! That's what I do on Farm on Plate!

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