Eggplant with Tempura Batter 1 eggplant thinly sliced  Salt and set aside for 20 minutes.  Pat dry with paper towels. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Make batter Batter 1 cup of flour 1/2 cup corn starch 1 teaspoon baking powder salt and pepper 1 can of soda water  Mix dry…

I promised Moe yesterday I would bake something sweet this morning. I had a few apples so I decided to make him Apple Turnovers with a quick puff pastry. Just out of the oven Enjoyed with a second cappuccino. Just winged the filling. Three apples peeled, cored and cut into small 1/2 inch pieces. Sauted…

Tempting Moe’s appetite.    Apple Pie And Ice cream And Oatmeal Cookies. Some plain  and some with White Callebaut Chocolate and dried cranberriesBasic Apple Pie===============5 or 6 applesjuice of half a lemon1/2 cup of white sugar1/2 cup of brown sugarcinnamon to taste2 tablespoons flour (more if the apples are very juicy, less ifnot)1 tablespoon butterdouble…

Starter fed at night and a biga made from the discard This is what it looked like in the morning. Starter went back into the fridge and the biga went into a 1000g dough. Six soudough baguettes came out of the oven just before bed. Sliced the next morning for breakfast. Buttered Toast with tomatoes….

I had meant to feed my starter before Moe’s surgery but forgot. So by the time we were home after 10 days at the hospital it had been over two weeks since it had been fed. The starter was a little slower starting but had doubled in about 18 hours. I left the biga out…

I haven’t posted much this month. Moe had his second Popliteal Bypass surgery, this one in  his right leg. The aneurysm in his right leg was found at the same time they found the one in his left leg back in November. They had to wait until he was more or less recovered from the…

Was up early again yesterday so decided to make a Pot Roast with a boneless inside blade roast. I never use an actual recipe for pot roasts. I browned the roast well in a cast iron skillet. When the meat was browned I added to  cut up white onions, a head of peeled and  cracked…

Bought two cookbooks last week at our Vancouver Island Library. Both were Donna Hay Cookbooks. And such a deal.  Just $2.00 Each.  I cooked two meals out of one of these books (so far) The Asian Chicken Soup  and last night’s dinner Grilled Chicken and Grilled Vegetable Stacks. I made a couple of very minor…

Asian Chicken Soup ================== Adapted from Donna Hay’s Asian Pork Soup 1 teaspoons vegetable oil 1 tablespoon grated ginger 1 small garlic clove left whole, just cracked 1 stalk of lemongrass finely minced 1 star anise 6 cups chicken broth sliced butternut squash rice noodles 1 large chicken breast boned and skinned and thinly sliced…

I baked a Chocolate Layer Cake yesterday. It was my grandfather’s birthday last week. Grandpa would have been 122 years old. I think of both of my grandparents often. I lived in their home until I was four and then my parents bought the house next door. I spent more time at their house than…