I pulled some local spot prawns out of the freezer when I got home from work. While they were defrosting I made a fresh salsa using tomatoes from our garden. It only took one minute to poach the prawns. Moe loved dinner and it couldn’t have been any simpler. Salsa Fresca topped with chilled prawns…
Month: August 2009
Roast Chicken Dinner…….Encore!!!!!
It has been almost a month since I roasted a chicken so we were overdue. Explains why we both were craving our favourite dinner.I presalted the chicken Tuesday night and covered with plastic wrap. The chicken was uncovered Thursday morning and left to air dry all day. Moe took the chicken out of the fridge…
Peach Shortcakes
I love, love summer. (I know I’ve mentioned that before). Not only are local corn and tomatoes available, but now peaches are also in season. I’m not as much of a “fruit lover” as Moe is, but I do love fresh peaches. Fresh not cooked. And, they have to be peeled. I can’t eat peach…
Mushroom Pizza
I made a double batch of bread dough yesterday – baked three baguettes and saved the other half of the dough to make a pizza for tonight’s dinner. A mushroom pizza. New York style. Thin crust in the middle with a slightly thicker outside crust. I love a pizza crust made from dough that has…
Walnut "Butter" Tart
Butter Tarts are a Canadian treat. I’ve never had them outside of Canada. I made a pastry for two single crusts today and used a little more than half to make a quiche . I had enough dough left for a small tart so rather than make individual butter tarts I made one big one….
Quiche
Tomato – Broccoli – Cheddar ……………. I don’t make Quiche often and when I do I don’t follow a recipe. I use what I have on hand. Today’s quiche was based on tomatoes, chives and fresh basil from our garden, broccoli, and green onions from the Duncan Farmers Market, Canadian 3 year old white cheddar,…
Caprese Salad- Tomatoes and Boccocini Cheese
The best of the season. A Caprese Salad. Tomatoes and basil fresh picked from our garden. Layered with fresh mozzarella and drizzled with olive oil seasoned with fresh minced garlic, salt and pepper. Served with grilled baby back ribs.
Tomatoes
Fresh picked from my garden. I picked two Black Krims this morning. This is an Heirloom tomato. A dark red sweet tomato. My favourite breakfast “well toasted” toast topped with thinly sliced tomatoes with lots of fresh ground pepper and sea salt.
Classic Blueberry Pie
The last of the ten pounds of blueberries went into a pie. This is my favourite blueberry pie recipe. Another recipe from the Canadian Living collection. I posted this recipe back in January. It has been a while so I’ll post it again. Blueberry Tart/Pie==================I’ve made this recipe for years. I think it was from…
Blueberry Pancakes
I’ve been using up the last of the ten pound box of local blueberries I bought last week. So far we have had blueberry scones , blueberry muffins, a blueberry upside down cake and breakfast this morning was blueberry pancakes. And I have a blueberry pie in the oven as I type. I used my…
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