We had been having a heat wave with temperatures in the 90°SIt had cooled off here a little yesterday, enough that I felt like soup.  So I made what has become a favourite in the last few months – Creamy Tomato Bisque.   This soup is so simple to make that on the days I work…

  We had a real feast of crab last night.  Our neighbours, Barb and Clif brought me over five large Dungeness crab already cleaned and ready for me cook.  I  made  Roasted Garlic and Black Pepper crab.   A simple recipe that is amazingly good.    We ate outside on their deck.  Sat the  roasting pan right…

…………..yup, you read that right – Breakfast .      I presalted a rack of ribs Thursday, intending to grill them Friday night.  But that didn’t happen and I wasn’t going to be able to grill them tonight because we have other plans.   So that left breakfast.  rubbed the ribs with a little cayenne pepper and…

A quick version of Jerk Chicken.    By quick I mean the chicken only has to marinate from one to two hours.  I decided about 4:30 yesterday afternoon that I would use chicken legs destined for a chicken stew, to make Jerk.  The marinade is easy to mix up in a blender and is made…

I needed something quick for dinner last night.   I worked at the Victoria store yesterday which means  I’m later getting home.  Closer to 6:30 than my normal 5:20.   Initially I thought I would just stop on my way out of Victoria and get take out.  Maybe Chinese.  But I would have had to go further…

I was at work yesterday and suddenly got a craving for breaded chicken fingers.   Go figure.  I almost called the restaurant which is close by and ordered some in for lunch.  But decided if I still had a craving by the time I got home, I would make them for dinner.    Well, I did still…

Breakfast yesterday morning was white cheddar drop biscuits.   Seasoned with fresh dill, garlic, chives, salt and pepper, served warm, topped with butter.    I used my regular country biscuit recipe to make these drop biscuits.  The only difference is the addition of extra liquid, be it milk, cream or buttermilk to make a slightly softer…

I had a little Prime Rib that I presalted on Saturday with the intention of serving for dinner on Sunday.  But that didn’t happen and it didn’t happen again Monday.  Matt decided that he was going to come up for a couple of days so I postponed grilling it on Tuesday so we could have…

It was my intention to grill a small prime rib for dinner last night.  The roast had been pre-salted the day before and left to air dry in the fridge most of Sunday.   BUT, neither of us felt like a big dinner last night so I made Moe a salad. Just a simple salad made…

I picked up three baby eggplants the other day and went looking for a recipe.  Couldn’t find anything that appealed so I decided to make a new version of my favourite Moussaka recipe.   Rather than layering the eggplant, potato and meat mixture in a casserole I decided to stuff the baby eggplants. Here is what…