Sourdough Bread and Pizza

Last Weeks Bread. I fed both starters and made a biga on Thursday at 11:00 AM.  I then left to drive down to Victoria.   By the time I got back the starters had both doubled and the biga was ready to use.   In less than three hours.  I kneaded up a batch of dough with…

July 5th to the 14th – On the Menu

A few of our July meals. Asian Stir fry Twice   Pork Tenderloin with Eggplant and Tofu. I really should cook tofu and eggplant more often.   We both love it. Spicy Pork with Bean Sprouts. Recipe for Pork with Bean Sprouts    Diner Food   I roasted an extra chicken yesterday,  just so we could have…

Homemade Burger and Hot Dog Buns

I adapted my regular baguette recipe to make buns for bothburgers and hot dogs. Hamburger Buns rising. Hot Dog Buns almost ready for the oven.   Hamburger Buns Hot Dog Buns Moe’s hot dog.Grilled European Wieners topped withmustard, hot dog relish, tomatoes, onions and dill pickles. With homemade fries. Apparently he liked it. We had…

A Visit from Matt – A Week’s Worth of Dinners

Our son, has been visiting for a week. So I have been cooking many of his favourite meals. Steak Fajitas I don’t particularly like flank steakso I use New York Strip Steaks when I make fajitas. With homemade corn tortillas.  Chicken Souvlaki. A family favourite. Burgers and homemade fries one night. And a couple of…

Spicy Lobster in Garlic, Ginger and Black Bean Sauce

Live lobster prices have been really good recently   so I bought three and made Lobster with Garlic, Ginger and Black Beans. Spicy Lobster in Garlic, Ginger and Black Bean Sauce2 to 3 live lobsters1 large white onion cut in half and then sliced1/2 small red pepper cut into small strips6 or more small red Thai…

Greek Chicken Legs

  Grilled Chicken Legs  AGAIN. Greek this time. With grilled potato wedges. The chicken was seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, oregano and lemonand grilled over medium heat.

This Week’s Bread – Sourdough

Fed both starters on Monday  and at the same time I made a biga using two ounces of the excess. The biga had doubled within five hours. Late afternoon, I mixed up a batch of dough using the 500 gs of  biga plus 1000 gs of flour and 750 gs of water. Baked Eight small…

Peri Peri Grilled Chicken

Grilled Chicken Legs Peri Peri Style  I’ve been grilling chicken legs recently. Very versatile We have had Jerk  Asian  And now Peri Peri The legs were marinated for about four hours.   Overnight would have been even better. The Marinade was five garlic cloves, the juice of one large lemon,  olive oil, salt, pepper  and a…

Sourdough Bread and Pizza

I’d been neglecting my Starters.  They hadn’t been fed in about three weeks.  I have two – one fed with white and the other fed with half white and half rye.   Fed them both before leaving for work on Saturday. The one, fed with rye doubled in less time.  The white needed a second feeding. …

Mini Baguettes and French Dip Sandwiches

Mini Baguettes My plans were to make French Dip Sandwiches for dinner one day last week. So I kneaded up a batch of dough to make baguettes. I had intended to bake just a few mini baguettes  and use the remaining dough for regular size baguettes. But the little baguettes were the perfect size for…