Sweet Corn And Basmati Salad

1 Cup brown basmati rice, rinsed well and soaked for 2 to 3 hours

11/2 Cups spring or filtered water

Sea salt

About 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

2 to 3 Cloves fresh garlic, finely minced

1 Yellow onion, finely diced

1 Cup fresh or frozen corn kernels

Mirin

5 to 6 Leaves fresh basil, shredded

Parsley sprigs, for garnish

Drain the rice, Place the rice and water in a heavy pot and bring to a boil over medium heat, loosely covered. Add a pinch of salt, reduce  heat to low and simmer , covered, until liquid has been absorbed into rice, about 45 minutes.

Place the oil, garlic and onion into a small skillet over medium heat. When the vegetables begin to sizzle, add a pinch of salt and saute until the onion is translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in the corn and add a generous splash of mirin. Saute for 1 to 2 minutes. Turn off heat and stir in the basil.

To serve, stir sauteed vegetables into the cooked rice. Garnish with parsley sprigs and serve hot.

-I had my Kids Can Cook group make this dish and we all loved it ! It was hard to reserve some for their take-home.

This recipe is printed with permission from Christina Pirello

AN INTERACTIVE COOKING CLASS SERIES

WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER , FALL

This month is all about lebanese food! May 19th at 6:30 p.m

Tasty whole foods supper club. Fun, interactive cooking classes.

After all the washing,sorting, chopping, slicing, sauteing, flipping and frying you get to sit down and enjoy our creations.

With humor and guidance we will collectively make the meal together.

We’ll make a party out of it!

EVERY THIRD THURSDAY EVENING AT THE ST PAUL’S CHURCH COMMUNITY KITCHEN ON THE CORNER OF PRINCE AND RICHMOND ST CHARLOTTETOWN 6:30 P.M  $25.00 PER PERSON CALL 902-367-9491 FOR MORE INFO

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AN INTERACTIVE COOKING CLASS SERIES

WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER , FALL

Tasty whole foods supper club. Fun, interactive cooking classes. Monthly starting January 20th at 6:30p.m

After all the washing,sorting, chopping, slicing, sauteing, flipping and frying you get to sit down and enjoy our creations.

With humor and guidance we will collectively make the meal together.

We’ll make a party out of it!

EVERY THIRD THURSDAY EVENING AT THE ST PAUL’S CHURCH COMMUNITY KITCHEN ON THE CORNER OF PRINCE AND RICHMOND ST CHARLOTTETOWN 6:30 P.M  $25.00 PER PERSON CALL 902-367-9491 FOR MORE INFO

Whole foods cooking class CBC interview

We had a wonderful, beautiful summer out in the countryside. The children ran feral and my in laws grew the most abundant  garden! We hosted wwoofers and had lots of amazing guests!

The best summer project was the Potato puppet movie we did with our friend Jamie shannon.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Wild rice, sweet rice, brown rice, long grain, short grain, red rice, white rice,jasmine rice, sticky rice,sake rice,basmati rice…   So many kinds of rice!  So how about a Rice song!