It has been months since I baked  bread. Summer is over and the days are quite a bit cooler  so time to get back into my weekly bread baking mode. Starting with a double batch of dough. Yesterday’s baking netted four baguettes and three batards. Baked in stages. First out of the oven – three…

Puff Pastry using Julia Child’s recipe. Filled with a cream cheese filling. No recipe – Just beat together  about 3/4 cup of cream cheese  with enough powdered sugar to sweeten.   Added a pinch of salt,  vanilla extract and one small egg. Topped with thinly sliced Gala Apples. No need to peel. Sprinkled with brown sugar…

 Our Canadian Thanksgiving is coming up (October 8th) and our grocery stores have good prices right now on both turkeys and hams. I love ham, especially bone-in hams.   I couldn’t wait until next week so I decided cook a  ham  last night and will roast a turkey for Thanksgiving. Lots of meat for a traditional…

This is another one of those dishes that was winged with ingredients on hand.  I had a few ripe tomatoes from the garden that I needed to do something with so I sliced them, drizzled with olive oil, salt, pepper and oregano and slow roasted. This is just a basic outline. The recipe can be…

Pork Tenderloin Schnitzel. Schnitzel is easy to make and is just as good made with boneless chicken breasts or veal cutlets. You don’t really need a recipe. Just season the meat with a little garlic.   I rub a garlic clove on a microplane and then rub the garlic paste over the meat.   Dredge in seasoned…

I first saw these cookies on Pinterest and followed the link to find the recipe on   Lauren’s Latest. Lovely little bites of lemon buttery goodness that disappeared quickly. Print Recipe Lemon Crinkle Cookies Source:  Lauren’s Latest ½ cups Butter, Softened1 cup Granulated Sugar½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract1 whole Egg1 teaspoon Lemon Zest1 Tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice¼…

A childhood  “Chinese Take-Out” favourite. No real recipe.    Just boneless chicken breasts, flattened, rubbed with a little garlic, salt and pepper,dipped in a light batter and fried in hot oil.  Sliced and served topped with gravy and toasted almonds.

    If you are looking for a very simple to make cake, you can’t go wrong with this Lemony Butter Cake with Cream Cheese Filling. I found the recipe through Pinterest. It was featured on the blog – Wine Imbiber. I made a few very minor changes.    First of all I love cream cheese…

If you love eggplant, you will love this combination of eggplant, pork and tempura batter. Moe declared the recipe a “keeper” and one that he would be happy to eat often. The inspiration for dinner came from Adam –  author of  The Unorthodox Epicure. You can find Adam’s recipe here. I took the basic idea…

Chicken in a light lemon sauce. More tangy than sweet. This is basically the same batter I use when I make halibut fish and chips.      The only difference is the addition of a couple of egg yolks which are optional. A crisp, light batter similar to Tempura. I use a vintage cast iron pot as…