Love this time of year when locally grown tomatoes are finally available. My favourite season. Fresh tomato sauce with garlic and basil from the garden. Hot linguine tossed with the tomatoes and served with roasted Italian Chicken. A quick and very easy dinner.

Like Rhubarb, I look forward to the first blueberry pie of the season. My favourite Blueberry Pie.Recipe from Canadian Living Magazine. Top crust – hand cut, free form leaves. Also for the rim. Served with whipped cream. PRINT RECIPE Blueberry Tart/Pie==================I’ve made this recipe for years. I think it was from an early 1980’s Canadian Living…

My favourite Scones. Ready for the oven. Scones 2 1/4 cups flour1/2 cup sugar2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt6 Tbsp. cold butter1 cup heavy cream  (Option: Substitute Buttermilk and add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda)3/4 cup frozen raspberries (blueberries, blackberries, red currants, etc..)extra cream and sugar Glaze (Optional) 2 teaspoons softened or melted butter 1/2…

One night recently I had nothing planned for dinner. So stopped on the way home from work and bought what I needed to make an antipasto platter. I roasted red peppers and grilled zucchini slices. Plated them with a caprese salad.  Wrapped melon in prosciutto and drizzled with olive oil and black pepper.  Thinly sliced…

Two months worth of pizza.   All of these pizzas except two were baked in the Bakerstone Pizza Oven on the grill.   Greek Potato Pizza.     Prosciutto and Mushroom.   Sausage and Mushroom.Baked in the Oven.           Sausage and Mushroom     Slice    A Pan Pizza baked in…

Moe’s birthday dinner. Grilled Filet Mignon with roasted potatoes, asparagus and corn on the cob. Cooked just the way we like it. Rolled Meringue Cakewith with Strawberries and whipped cream. It is a family tradition to celebrate Moe’s birthday witha strawberry dessert.

 Potato, poblano chili peppers and cheese Quesadillas. With Home-made flour tortillas Potatoes are fried first and then combined with fried onions, garlic and roasted chopped poblano peppers. Spread on tortillas and topped with cheese and another tortilla. Cooked in a cast iron pan with a little butter.Served with homemade salsa.

Twins #165 and #164.  Fraternal not Identical. These two “Table Art” boards were cut from consecutive slices off  a thicker plank.

Table Art Quilted Maple

I grill all year around, but there is something  about summer grilling. We have been having wonderful weather  here on the west coast of Canada. Summer weather. Chicken legs (and one breast) rubbed with fresh garlic, and seasoned with salt, pepper, oregano and the juice of a large lemon. Potato wedges  rubbed with garlic, Greek…