A few of our recent meals Off the Grill Grilled Pork Chops served with a sauce made with garlic, olives, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, oregano, parsley, chicken broth and fresh squeezed lemon juice. Wings, finished on the grill and served with TBQ Sauce and homemade potato chips. Grilled Chicken Breast on a bun with Piri…

Tried a new curry recipe recently. Chicken Dopiaza. Moe loves onions so I knew this would be something that he would love. This dish has lots of onions. An easy recipe but it needs some time so I started it in the morning.  Sauteed the onions and set aside. Sauteed more onions, before adding the…

Another catch-up post. Bread this time. Sourdough Rye. I baked another batch of sourdough rye just so we could have corned brisket sandwiches. I wasn’t able to get the corned brisket that I wanted in time for Saint Patrick’s Day so I had to settle for one from a different supplier. But my local grocery…

I’ve been neglecting  my blog recently so today I am going to do a couple of what I call ‘Catch-Up Posts’ Starting with breakfast. Breakfast is Moe’s favourite meal. So most of the following breakfasts are meals I have made just for him over the last couple of weeks. Disclaimer.   Contrary to what the…

Functional Table Art  Beautiful centre piece for dining table  or buffet.  Big Leaf Maplewith “wild” figures of birds eye, quilt and spalt.

 I got back into baking sourdough breads again recently. Developed my starter following the instructions  in  the cookbook Amy’s Bread  by Amy Scherber & Toy Kim Dupree. I am keeping two sourdough starters fed. One is fed with rye and the other with all white. They are quite active and double usually within four to…

Halibut season opened recently.    Our first meal of the season. Simply prepared.  Pan seared and then finished in a hot oven.   Served over ribbons of zucchini in a light cream and  fresh tomato sauce.     Sweet fresh Halibut – nothing better.

Last year I slow roasted my corned brisket. Until then I was never a fan of corned beef done using the traditional boiled method. I used the same method again this year. Purchased a five pound corned brisket from a local butcher. I rubbed the brisket with a little garlic and coated it with lots…

Homemade Pasta   Hand-rolled, and shaped. Depending on which cookbook or website you look at, these little stuffed pastas are either called Cappelletti or Tortellini.  I’m calling them Cappelletti. I used half the dough to make the Cappelletti, which I froze.  They will be used one day soon in  Cappelletti in Brodo. The remaining dough…