I had a craving for Chicken Fried Rice.      When we lived in Vancouver we use to have lunch on a regular basis at a little Chinese restaurant on West Broadway that had the best Chicken fried rice.  What made it different was that the dish did not contain any soy sauce.  The rice stays more…

I went looking for something to  bake using  Blueberries and found a very appealing picture of a Blueberry Crumb Bar on The Homebased Mom’s blog.  Adapted the recipe slightly to use up a package of Philly cream cheese.  Blueberry Cream Cheese Crumb Bars==================================Adapted from:http://www.yourhomebasedmom.com/blueberry-crumb-bars/My changes in red 1 cup white sugar 1 tsp. baking powder3…

I had a craving for something spicy.  And I wanted something Asian. So I combined the two and made Chicken Wings with a spicy Asian sauce.  I made these for the first time about 4 months ago.  Not sure why I waited so long to make them again.   Double frying the wings makes for a…

The heatwave only lasted four days, unfortunately. I seem to be one of the few people out here who actually likes really hot weather.  We went from being in the 90’s to dropping back into the high 60’s. The only good thing about that was I could turn the oven on again. Tuesday was the…

We had been having a heat wave with temperatures in the 90°SIt had cooled off here a little yesterday, enough that I felt like soup.  So I made what has become a favourite in the last few months – Creamy Tomato Bisque.   This soup is so simple to make that on the days I work…

  We had a real feast of crab last night.  Our neighbours, Barb and Clif brought me over five large Dungeness crab already cleaned and ready for me cook.  I  made  Roasted Garlic and Black Pepper crab.   A simple recipe that is amazingly good.    We ate outside on their deck.  Sat the  roasting pan right…

…………..yup, you read that right – Breakfast .      I presalted a rack of ribs Thursday, intending to grill them Friday night.  But that didn’t happen and I wasn’t going to be able to grill them tonight because we have other plans.   So that left breakfast.  rubbed the ribs with a little cayenne pepper and…

A quick version of Jerk Chicken.    By quick I mean the chicken only has to marinate from one to two hours.  I decided about 4:30 yesterday afternoon that I would use chicken legs destined for a chicken stew, to make Jerk.  The marinade is easy to mix up in a blender and is made…

I needed something quick for dinner last night.   I worked at the Victoria store yesterday which means  I’m later getting home.  Closer to 6:30 than my normal 5:20.   Initially I thought I would just stop on my way out of Victoria and get take out.  Maybe Chinese.  But I would have had to go further…

I was at work yesterday and suddenly got a craving for breaded chicken fingers.   Go figure.  I almost called the restaurant which is close by and ordered some in for lunch.  But decided if I still had a craving by the time I got home, I would make them for dinner.    Well, I did still…