Christmas Turkey There were five of us for Christmas dinner. Moe, Matt and I and our neighbour Clif and his son Chris. I roasted an 18 pound turkey(pre-salted and roasted at 500°F) so there was lots leftover. The turkey was cooked in less than 2 1/2 hours. While cleaning up after dinner I cut up…
Christmas Eve Tourtiere
MERRY CHRISTMAS French Canadian Tourtiere. This is our traditional Christmas Eve dinner. The sides may vary but the pie is always the same. Moe would be happy with just the Tourtiere but Matthew and I want mashed potatoes and gravy with ours. For the past 7 years or so my friend Sharon (Chase from…
Spicy Chicken Cakes
Dinner tonight was Spicy Chicken Cakes. One of those dishes that Moe and I both like but I haven’t made them in a while. Linda (Doucanoe) shared this recipe on the Gardenweb’s Cooking Forum a few years ago. The original recipe calls for a Horseradish Aioli. As much as I love horseradish, I find…
Sunday Morning Sweet Treat
Moe requested scones this morning. And since scones are a favourite of mine I was happy to oblige. Rather than roll them out I made drop scones. Same recipe but with a tad more cream. Tossed in a few raspberries. Scones – Print Recipe 2 1/4 cups flour1/2 cup sugar2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon…
High Heat Roasting
Back to work after three days off. I took a small boneless rib roast out of the freezer for dinner. After it thawed Moe salted it. Seasoned with fresh garlic and lots of coarse ground black pepper, it was started on a hot grill to sear and then finished off in a 500°F oven. It…
Angel Hair Pasta with Lobster
I didn’t get nearly as much done as I had wanted on my days off this week. It snowed Monday and Tuesday wasn’t much better. So that left Wednesday. It was only raining so I headed down to Victoria to finish up my Christmas shopping. On the way home I stopped at the market thinking…
Pork Wellington with Mushroom Sauce
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Spicy Asian Chicken
I called Moe from work on Friday and asked him to take some boneless chicken breasts out of the freezer. I wasn’t sure what I was going to make with them but was leaning towards Italian or Chinese. Chinese won out. Something quick and simple. I used Ken Hom’s marinade for his Classic Lemon Chicken,…
Cream Cheese Danish
I’ve been neglecting my blog this week. It isn’t that I haven’t been cooking, I have. Honestly. One night we had chicken livers sauted with onions, garlic, green peppers and seasoned with a little oregano and the juice from a lemon, served over rice. Not very photo worth, but sure tasted good. Another night I…
Weekly Bread Post
This bread makes the best toast. I kneaded up a large batch of bread dough on Tuesday morning. Baked four baguettes on Wednesday and saved half the dough to make pizza and two more loaves of bread Thursday night. Moe took the dough of the fridge an hour or so before I got home…
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