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Afternoon Snack

Bake day again yesterday. Six loaves – three regular baguettes and three with roasted garlic and cheddar. Moe’s afternoon snack – baguette with six year old Balderson Cheddar. I have been feeding my sourdough starters the last couple of days (they have been sadly neglected) and last night before bed I used some of the…

Baked Risotto meets Southern Fried Chicken

Baked Risotto is so easy and versatile. Mary recently shared the recipe for Baked Risotto on her beautiful blog Once Upon a Plate . I made a version of it last week using prawns. Tonight’s version was made with shallots and garlic along with the addition of sauted Crimini mushrooms and seasoned with fresh sage,butter…

Sicilian Orange Cake

Sicilian Orange Cake. Doesn’t that sound good? I found a picture of this cake along with the recipe on another blog – The Little Teochew. Her blog is full of wonderful recipes and photos. Rather than one big cake I made 6 small bundt cakes. They came out of the oven just before I…

Beef Tenderloin Filets with a Green Peppercorn Sauce

I don’t know if I have mentioned it before, but I LOVE green peppercorns. But only the dried version. I don’t care for green peppercorns that have been brined. They have a vinegary taste that I don’t care for. I pass a grocery store on my drive to work. Most days I stop on…

Turkey Revisited

It was just last Monday (Canadian Thanksgiving) that we had a turkey dinner. But for some reason I was craving it again. So last night I roasted a whole turkey breast. It was just over six pounds so lots of leftovers for my favourite Hot Turkey Sandwiches. Besides the standards of dressing, mashed potatoes and…

Italian Sausage and Olive Pizza

I finally got around to making a pizza for dinner. The dough was started last Wednesday and then incorporated into another batch of dough Sunday. The crust was wonderful. Since most doughs are just flour, yeast, water and salt, you can pretty much use your favourite bread recipe to make pizza. Lately it seems I…

Roasted Garlic and Cheddar Baguettes

Bake Day. Last Wednesday I made a triple batch of dough with the idea of baking bread and saving enough dough to make a pizza on Saturday. The bread got baked Wednesday but the pizza never happened so………… I kneaded up another batch of dough Sunday morning and added the saved dough to the mix. …

Breakfast – Chorizo and Cherry Tomato Frittata

Usually I’m cooking breakfast for Moe between 6:30 and 7:00, especially on the days that I work. I’m not interested in eating at that time. But on my days off I like to make a late breakfast/brunch. This morning I sauted a couple of chorizo sausages and a few cherry tomatoes that came from our…

Simple Dinners

Serve with a quick sauce made from Franks Hot sauce and butter. Most weeks I work Thursday to Sunday so some weeks dinners are quick and easy. Friday night we had a feast of wings. Spicy oven baked wings with a hot dipping sauce. I love wings and have two favourite ways of preparing them. …

Potato Gratin Recipe

This is a very rich dish and unlike many Scalloped Potato or Gratin recipes it does not contain flour. The gratin thickens from the starch in the potatoes which is released by first simmering the potatoes in the cream. Potato Gratin=============Edited March/2018 I don’t usually follow a recipe when making a Potato Gratin. Use the…