Rather than cubes of Pork, I used pork chops and made Chile Verde. Sides, refried black beans, Mexican rice and  sliced avocado with homemade salsa. With warm corn tortillas. RECIPE – PORK CHILE VERDE RECIPE – CORN TORTILLAS

 I love green peppercorns.  I use them often in sauces for chicken, beef and pork.    Peppercorn steak has always been a favourite. And it is a relatively easy dinner to put together, so perfect on a work night. As soon as I got home from work, I seasoned the steaks. (Rib Eyes) Just salt…

One of my photos was featured recently in this magazine  ‘SALT’  Fine Living & Travel On Vancouver Island.   Homemade Bread and Local Goat Cheese(posted November 29th, 2010) Page 13

Monday’s Dinner Stopped at the butcher and picked up fresh ground Chuckand made Burgers. Usually I hand cut fries, but this time I got out the  “feared” Mandoline and made Shoestring Fries.

I had eight egg yolks that I needed to do something with. So I went looking for an “eight egg yolk” cake and found this wonderful Lemon Poppy Seed Cake on Smitten Kitchen. This cake is not overly sweet,  but it is very, very light. Lemony and full of  Poppy Seeds. Lemon Poppy Seed Cake…

   Presalted Chicken breasts  roasted with garlic cloves, rosemary and olives,  drizzled with olive oil and the juice of a lemon. I had some farm fresh egg yolks to use up, so I made pasta. Hand rolled and hand cut. Half  Fettuccine and half  Pappardelle. Fettucine Aglio E Olio Italian Roasted Chicken – PRINT RECIPE…

This cut – Top Sirloin Cap is new to me.It is the “cap” off the top of the sirloin.   I can’t believe I’ve never cooked it before. Full of flavour and very tender (Unless over cooked). This was “Sterling Silver Beef”   AAA Albert beef that has been aged at least 21 days. The roast was…

Marion Cunningham’s Yeast Raised Waffles I  have found the PERFECT Waffle. Crisp on the outside,Light and airy on the inside. Heavenly. The recipe comes from Marion Cunningham’s Breakfast Book. I’ve had this book for years, but  until now, I’ve never had a Waffle Maker.  Smitten Kitchen did a recent post on these Waffles  and her…

Last Wednesday I kneaded up a double batch of Baguette dough. Baked three baguettes and  the rest of the dough went into the fridge for a long cold fermentation. This allows the dough to develop both flavour and texture. Today the dough was taken from the fridge  and left on the counter for about two…

Because I wasn’t making links, this was a very easy dinner. The ground pork is seasoned and formed into patties. And then grilled. Also great fried. Served over Penne in a Tomato, Garlic, Basil sauce with Kalamata Olives. I don’t really follow a recipe. I season ground pork with garlic, fennel seed, black pepper, salt,…