A work night dinner that didn’t take longer than 40 minutes to prepare. Green Peppercorn steak with roasted potatoes, sauted mushrooms and steamed green beans. I put some dried green peppercorns in hot beef broth (or chicken)  and set aside.  Cut up the potatoes and got them into the steam oven. When the potatoes were…

Last night’s dinner. My favourite version of Chicken Enchiladas.I made the enchilada sauce before leaving for work yesterday morning. Roasted a couple of bone in chicken breasts after I got home. I made a fresh salsa from our own tomatoes. Matt cooked a pot of pinto beans in the Breville Pressure Cooker.Dinner came together quickly….

Moe and I celebrated our 39th Wedding Anniversary yesterday. Not a fancy dinner, but one of his favourite meals.   Halibut fish and chips. Light crispy batter with hand-cut fries. Double fried. I recently adjusted the recipe for the batter so am sharing it again. Tempura Style Beer Batter I’m usually only cooking two to…

Just a few of our meals this month. August 20th Baked Bagels again.Last weeks did not last long. I don`t think these will either. We had smoked salmon and cream cheese again and this time we had my favourite homemade Chicken Liver Pate with a black pepper aspic. Jacques Pepin’s recipe. Very decadent. August 19th…

I woke up early this morning with a craving for Mexican. I cooked the chicken breasts in the Breville PC this morning before leaving for work.Matt  cooked the black beans for me this afternoon, also in the PC. Tonight when I got home, all I had to do was make the enchiladas sauce and let…

We have had four feasts of crap in the last two weeks. Dungeness crab, freshly caught by a friend.  Moe and I shared four between us. I steamed the crab until just cooked and then tossed into a spicy fermented black bean ginger garlic sauce that I had cooking in the Wok. Tossed the crab…

Just finished a number of really beautifully figured larger serving boards. Perfect for Charcuterie or Cheese Servers. Antipasto etc.. 

Stacked Enchiladas. I hadn’t made this in a few years.  It is one of the few meals I make that would actually qualify as vegetarian. Stacked Enchiladas Print Recipe Source: Southwest Cookbook Vegetable oil for frying 12 corn tortillas (6 inches) 1-1/2 cups (12 fl ounces) Green Chili Sauce (recipe on page 195) 2 cups…

It was Moe’s birthday yesterday. Family Tradition for Moe’s birthday is a cake/dessert of some sort with Strawberries.  Doesn’t matter which cake or dessert as long as  there are strawberries.   This year I made a cake that I haven’t made in a few years. Strawberry Genoise. First time I made this was back in 1984. …

We added five new boards to our Table Art Collection   this week. This is a beautiful large “Charcuterie” serving platter. Perfect for summer entertaining. Also would make a wonderful Wedding Gift Another larger Charcuterie Serving board. Lots of beautiful maple figures including some birds eye figure and an interesting live edge. These two, #587 and…