Moe and I are partial to what I call “diner food”.  Another name for comfort food.   I get a craving occasionally for  Hot Turkey/chicken sandwiches with homemade fries,  meatloaf, salisbury steak, chicken stew and dumplings, etc…..  Shepherds Pie also falls into the category of Diner Food.   And that is what we had for…

  I planned a head this week, saving enough Italian Ciabatta dough from a batch of bread I baked on Wednesday to make a pizza.   Moe took the dough out of the fridge around 3:00 PM yesterday afternoon so that it would have time to come to room temperature.  I got home from work…

  Nothing fancy. Just roast turkey breast, mashed potatoes and gravy, rutabaga and green beans.  Not fancy but sure tasted good. I presalted the turkey the day before and uncovered it Thursday morning so that it could air dry, making for a more crispy skin. This was a boneless turkey breast so it didn’t take…

Chicken Saltimbocca was on the menu tonight.    The idea to make Saltimbocca came from a picture I saw on  the blog  – For the Love of Cooking.  It looked very appealing. I looked at a few recipes and then decided to make a version seasoned to suit our tastes.  The sauce is basically  the…

  Osso Bucco is one of those dishes that I could never get excited about.  Many Osso Bucco recipes containa can of tomatoes making the sauce more of a “tomato” sauce. And as much as I love tomato pasta sauces, it didn’t appeal to me as a sauce for Osso Bucco. Years ago I watched…

Last night’s dessert was Blackberry Cobbler.   Served warm with a drizzle of White Chocolate Cream. Usually I serve it warm with whipped cream. But I was out of whipping cream and just happened to have a little Callebaut White Chocolate on hand.    PRINT RECIPE Blackberry Cobbler  Adapted from Betty Crocker 1/2 cup butter1 cup white…

I worked yesterday and had a late lunch so I wasn’t really interested in cooking a big dinner.   So, I decided to make Moe happy by cooking two of his favourites –  Eggs and Baked Potatoes.  I baked small russet potatoes, hollowed them out, filled with a little butter and cheese, topped with an egg,…

I didn’t do any baking over the holidays so had nothing sweet in the house when the craving for something sweet hit.   I just happened to have a pound of Callebaut White Chocolate on hand though, so what better way to satisfy my craving then with my favourite homemade fudge.  White Chocolate and Toasted Walnut….

  Needless to say we like our beef on the rare side. Moe put in a request for baked potatoes to have with his steak.  Honestly, I think he would be happy to skip the steak and just have the potato.  A steak dinner is one of the quickest dinners to put together but not…

I have been fighting a cold with cough for over eight weeks.  I went to the doctor after three weeks and was told I had a cold.  Like I didn’t already know that.   But having had bronchitis before I was sure that was what I actually had.    Anyway, it was getting worse not better so…