Cooking in Toronto

A day of art, cooking and cats in Toronto. 


Today's fascinating piece of art is called Chubby in Dreamland - a sweet sleeping kid with hand on his cheek. The full story of Chubby can be found at inart-el-fen.blogspot.com. Originals and prints can be bought from www.inartelfen.com.

Home made pasta sauce was on the menu. My brother's sauce does not use garlic but focuses on chives and herbs for flavour. 


The beautiful garden is overflowing with mint, rosemary, thyme, basil and chives. A bouquet of those was freshly picked from the garden, chopped and became the base of a fat/oil free pasta sauce.


The sauce itself was very red - tomato paste, fresh tomatoes and lots of chopped red peppers, slowly simmered for the below very red looking and tasting sauce.

The healthy Toronto dining was also reflected in President's Choice Blue Menu Spaghetti. Made with semolina, whole grain barley and oat flour, lentils and flaxseeds, it is high source of fibre and iron, but almost no fat and zero cholesterol. 


Surprisingly, it tasted just like any spaghetti, but with a slightly darker shade.

Served with grilled chicken and a salad of endive and romaine lettuce, tomatoes, red peppers and cucumbers with balsamic vinegar dressing. Thank you ya khayi.

Even Toronto Kitchen Cats could not resist and made a rare appearance to check out the food.