Greek Chicken Butterflied boneless chicken breasts.  Seasoned with fresh minced garlic, salt, pepper, oregano,  fresh squeezed lemon juice and olive oil. Cooked on the grill and served with a Greek Salad Salsa,  baked potato and green beans that were also cooked on the grill.

Moe is training for the BC 55+ Seniors games  which takes place in September. He will be competing in the 100m, 200m and 400m races. He decided that he would  prefer to eat  more chicken as his protein.  Works for me – I love chicken. So many ways to prepare it.   For variety we have also…

Made from local Vancouver Island Big Leaf Maple. Beautiful quilted figure maple. These boards are perfect for cheese or charcuterie style platters. Functional “Table Art” for your kitchen and dining room.  These boards can be paired up with  our “Petite Table Art” boards as serving plates.

Love this time of year with all the fresh fruits becoming available. First pie of the spring is always Rhubarb. Second is Blueberry.   Served  With fresh whipped cream. This is a recipe I have been making for over over 35 years. Blueberry Tart/Pie ================== I’ve made this recipe for years. It was from an…

I was invited recently to participate in a contest being hostessed by Nuts.com The contest involved choosing items from a list  and using these ingredients in a summer snack. You could use other ingredients plus four from this list: Chia seedsHazelnutsPistachiosCacao NibsPepitasGoji BerriesMacadamia NutsGreen Tea Matcha PowderAlmond FlourCacao ButterTapioca FlourSpirulinaChocolate Covered Espresso Beans I decided…

Canada The Store recently sent  me a couple of Canadian Maple Syrup products to review for a Canada Day Post. One was a bottle of  Jakeman’s Pure Canadian Maple Syrup What better way to showcase this delicious nectar than in a truly Canadian treat – Butter Tarts. Butter Tarts are a family favourite and never last…

I’ve always enjoyed making breakfast for Moe, even though it isn’t my favourite meal of the day. Here is just a few of what Moe has had for breakfast over the last month. Strawberry Shortcakes. Homemade scones topped with fresh picked strawberries from our own little patch. I started with this breakfast, because this is…

Comfort Food. Bangers and Mash served with leftover chicken gravy asparagus and rutabaga. 

These make great burger buns. Which is why, I started a batch of Kaiser dough yesterday afternoon. Buns were out of the oven in time for dinner. Grilled burgers with home-madeshoestring fries – double fried. Kaiser Recipe 4 1/2 cups flour (650g)1 to 2  teaspoons sugar (5g)2 to 3  teaspoons salt (22g)2 1/2 teaspoons yeast…