Fish and Chips

Saturday night’s dinner  – Fresh Petrale Sole breaded with fresh bread crumbs seasoned with parmesan cheese and lemon zest.  To add a little more flavour I also grated a garlic clove on a microplane and mixed the paste in with the egg dip.  Served with oven roasted potato wedges and a sauce made with Hellman’s,…

Chicken Breasts Perigord

Dinner tonight was Chicken Breasts with a mushroom duxelle stuffed under the skin.  This is an old standby recipe one that I haven’t made in a while.  Perfect for a dinner party.  The chicken can be stuffed earlier in the day and then roasted just in time for dinner.   The duxelle flavour permeates the meat….

As Canadian as Apple Pie

  If I had to rank pies in order of my favourite – rhubarb would be first with apple a very close second. I had been promising to make an apple pie all week and finally got around to putting one in the oven last night.  Poor Moe, I wouldn’t let him have a slice…

Gallery Giveaway!!!!!!!!!!!

As an introduction to the Gallery I am hosting a giveaway.  I love the idea of sharing a few of my favourite  cooking utensils with my fellow bloggers.  I have three handcrafted “Stirrers” crafted by a local artist to giveaway.  These spoons are beautiful to hold and to use.   The first one is made…

Sunday Night Dinner

OMG I can’t begin to tell you how good dinner was.   I roasted a little three pound sirloin tip roast.  I’ve had prime ribs and tenderloins that were not as tender as this roast.   I know,  hard to believe, but it’s the truth.  The roast was presalted the day before and left to air…

Pizza

I had intended to roast a Sirloin tip for dinner, but postponed it until Sunday.   We went out for lunch and we both had burgers and fries and then we were not in the mood for more beef. So instead I made a double batch of bread dough and baked three large loaves and saved…

Lemon Pound Cake

I was up early this morning and decided I was going to bake something before leaving for work.   Did a search on Foodgawker and found an appealilng  photo of a Lighter Airy Pound Cake.  The photo and recipe were posted on Eat My Cake blog. The original recipe which makes two cakes was posted by…

Sole in a Cream Sauce with Mushroons and Baby Shrimp

Fish again tonight. Sole served in a cream sauce with mushrooms and hand-peeled baby shrimp. This was a very easy dinner to put together. Dinner was served in less than 45 minutes after I got home from work.  A simple Bechamel sauce seasoned with garlic, salt, pepper and just a little fresh grated Parmesan. The…

Homemade Pasta

Before leaving for work this morning I used the food processor to knead up a  batch of pasta dough.  The dough went into the fridge to rest for the day and about 4:00 PM I called Moe and had him take it out so that it could come to room temperature and be ready to…

Breakfast Crepes

I made this breakfast for Moe this morning.  Crepes filled with scrambled eggs and bacon. The eggs were seasoned with fresh chives.  Crepes are easier and much quicker  to make than pancakes. Sauted cherry tomatoes on the side.   Crepes======3 eggs1 cup milk1/2 cup water1 cup floursalt3 tablespoons butter melted OPTIONAL:  For sweet crepes add a…