This week Lori of All That Splatters is hosting the Weekend Blog Showcase.   If you would like to participate just share a recipe from one of your favourite bloggers. For more details check out All That Splatters. I’m showcasing a  recipe that I found on Tracey’s Culinary Adventures   Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes.   Actually there…

I spent most of the day Tuesday working on cutting boards and by the time dinner rolled around I was looking for something simple and quick.   I looked through my recipes and decided on Chicken Paprikash. Normally I make Chicken Paprikash with chicken legs but this time I used chicken breasts.   My favourite side…

We are introducing our new collection of Cheese and Bread Boards just in time for the Holiday Season.  The perfect gift. Crafted from Vancouver Island Big Leaf Maple, featuring our signature handle and all of the same unique exotic figures found in our One-Of-A-Kind boards.      We have four sizes of boards that range …

This is our fourth week of the Weekend Blog Showcase and  I’m showcasing one of my favourite blogs –  Mari’s –  Once Upon a Plate.  If you are already familiar with Mari’s blog then you already know that her recipes and her photos are spectacular.   And if you haven’t found Once Upon A Plate before…

We made dinner out of appetizers last night.    And everything came from the local area. Buttery garlic Qualicum Bay Scallops and fresh caught Spotted Prawns.  Gravlax and smoked octopus. The chef from The Masthead a wonderful restaurant in  Cowichan Bay,  makes the Gravlax and the Smoked Octopus that is sold at the  Cowichan Bay Seafood.   …

Lori of All That Splatters is hosting this weeks Weekend Blog Showcase.  I hope you will join us in sharing a  recipe found on a fellow blogger’s website. This week I’m showcasing the Eating Club Vancouver. When we lived in Vancouver, Moe and I would go out for dim sum at least once a week….

This is one of my favourite dinners and it couldn’t be easier. A small prime rib, just big enough for two. Cooked on the grill. Served with roasted potatoes,steamed carrots (for Moe) and wonderful little tender green beans.    The roast was rubbed with fresh garlic and seasoned with salt and lots of coarsely ground black…

Moe and I are both hooked on Date and Nut loaf.   After trying a number of different recipes this past year I settled on  Kate in the Kitchen’s recipe.   I’ve been making it at least once a month if not more often.  The recipe makes three mini loaves or one large.  Adapts well to…

  My favourite little fish shop in Cowichan Bay is usually open Tuesday to Sunday until 6:00PM.  Meaning that I can detour there on my way home from work and pick up something fresh for dinner.   I wanted halibut for dinner but wasn’t sure  if  Cowichan Bay Seafood would even be open or be staying…

 I hope you will join Lori (All that Splatters) and me this week and share a recipe found on another blogger’s website.   A good way to share favourite blogs and new recipes. Guidelines to participate in the Weekend Blog Showcase can be found at the bottom of this post I bought a slow cooker. Something…