JANUARY 2024 – WEEK TWO

Monday January 8th Baked a small Margherita Pizza for Moe and I to share.  Dough had been in the fridge since Friday (Jan.5th) Moe wanted something sweet so I made him an Apple Kuchen. What is nice about this cake is that as long as you have all the ingredients, it takes no time to…

JANUARY 2024 – WEEK ONE

First dinner of 2024!!! We started the New Year off with an old favourite. Chateaubriand for Two. With Parisienne potatoes, steamed green beans, cauliflower and carrots for Moe, sautéed mushrooms and homemade Bearnaise sauce. January 2nd, 2024 I was intended to make a Raspberry Cobbler with Vanilla Cream sauce, for New Years Day, but didn’t…

END OF THE YEAR POST

Another year comes to an end. Can’t believe how fast this year as gone. Going to try and be better about posting regularly to my blog in 2024. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We finished 2023 with lobster, which has been a traditional New Years Even dinner for almost 50 years, with very little variation. This year I went with…

CHRISTMAS DINNER

I roasted a duck for our Christmas dinner. Using Ina Garten’s recipe. Which I have used a number of times before. Sides were potatoes roasted in duck fat, braised red cabbage and green beans. Roast Duck Roast DuckIna Garten’s Recipe 2 (5 to 5 1/2 pounds each) ducks, innards and wing tips removed6 quarts chicken brothKosher…