I roasted a chicken for dinner last night. It was huge.  It was just under 10 pounds.  Looked more like a small turkey  compared to the little three pound chickens I normally roast. The chicken was given to us by a friend who raises meat birds.  It has been a while since I’ve seen such…

  Those that know me are aware that I don’t like leftovers. (With a few exceptions).   Last night’s dinner though was a remake of the stuffed zucchini we had the night before.  We both really enjoyed that dinner so  I stuffed a couple of more zucchini with the  leftover pork/rice filling and made my version…

  I was totally out of homemade bread.  So, I decided to get a little ahead of the game this week. Monday, I kneaded up a double batch, baked four baguettes and refrigerated the other half to use later this week.  I’ll probably bake a pizza  and a couple of more loaves between now and…

I was thinking of making Chicken Souvlaki for dinner last night but came upon a recipe for another kabob – a Lebanese version on Chicho’s Kitchen. Along with the recipe for the Shish Taouk there was also a recipe for the most wonderful garlicky sauce to serve with the chicken. I marinaded the chicken all…

We had dinner last night at our next door neighbours.  Dinner was simple, just lots and lots of King Crab. No sides. Just the way we like it.   A real crab feast.    I decided about 8:15 am yesterday morning that maybe I should make a dessert.  I’d seen a picture somewhere of a Sugar…

Please join Lori (All That Splatters) and myself  and participate in the Saturday Blog Showcase where we share recipes that we have found on a fellow blogger’s site.  A great way to try a new recipe  and to meet other bloggers. I’m sharing two recipes on this week’s Saturday Blog Showcase.  The first one I found…

We had dinner with our good friends and neighbours, Barb and Clif,  last night.  I made Greek.  Greek Salad, which is both Moe’s and Barb’s favourite and slow roasted leg of lamb served with both rice and roasted potatoes.   You’ve got to love the way the Greeks serve both rice and potatoes with a meal….

  I’m still baking bread at least once a week.  Last Tuesday I kneaded up a batch of baguette dough, baked four small baguettes and saved the other half for another day.  Which turned out to be Sunday.  Moe pulled the dough out of the fridge early so that it was at room temperature by…

 I had a craving for something sweet.  So I pulled out the recipe for Texas Cookies.  I’ve been making these cookies for over 20 years, but hadn’t made them recently.  The recipe comes from Lee Bailey’s Good Parties Cookbook. Baked on a small cookie sheet or jelly roll pan and then cut into squares, these…

  I wanted halibut again and picked up two nice big steaks rather than fillets.  I prefer the fillet cut, but the steaks were priced at $2.00 per 100g and the fillets at 3.99 per 100g. And since they taste the same I decided to go with the steaks and just bone them out before…