March Meals

Grilled Chicken Breast and Grilled Zucchini   topped with fresh mozzarella and oven roasted tomatoes.   Roast Beef with Yorkshire Puddings and homeamde horseradish. Grilled Hot Dogs with  Homemade potato chips. Grilled Sirloin Steak With baked potatoes and sautéed cherry tomatoes.  Eggplant  and Tofu in Black Bean Sauce.  Roast Chicken Dinner With bread dressing and…

Cinnamon Rolls

Baked cinnamon rolls for breakfast last Sunday. Dough was made the day before and filled, rolled and cut  and left overnight in the fridge to rise. Taken out of the fridge an hour before baking. Just out of the oven. Topped with cream cheese frosting. I have adapted the recipe  and used the autolyze, stretch…

Pizza

Started off the month of March with a Pizza. Topped with fresh mozzarella, roasted cherry tomatoes and Kalamata olives. With the extra dough I also baked   this.  More of a focaccia than a pizza. topped with just roasted cherry tomatoes,  fresh basil and olive oil. ~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~ February Pizzas One…

Penne Alla Vodka

Penne Alla Vodka This is a variation on Fettucine Natasha. A vodka sauce with smoked salmon. To Print click on Recipe Title. Penne Alla Vodka 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon butter 1/2 small white onion finely chopped  2 garlic cloves, minced 1 –  28 ounce can tomatoes (break up tomatoes by hand) …

Turkey Meatloaf

I had a craving for meatloaf.   I don’t make meatloaf often  but when I do, I make one that I call  Magnolia Meatloaf.  Made using ground veal and served grilled.  This this time I decided to make a Turkey Meatloafmade with ground turkey breast. Shaped and ready for the oven. Baked until golden brown….

Mexican Beef and Potatoes

This is an old favourite that I have been making for over 35 years. Served in home-made flour tortillas. And it is an easy meal, using your favourite bottled salsa. The only time I buy commercial salsa is to make this meal. This is so easy you don’t really need a recipe. Here is the…

Hot Dogs with Homemade Buns

I promised Moe hot dogs for dinner one night recently. So I made the buns using this  RECIPE But used the Stretch and Fold Methodrather than  traditional kneading. Served with home-made potato chips.

Home-Style White Bread

 Home-Style White Bread I thought I would try my hand at making an old fashioned style white bread using the same method I have been using for  the Artisan Style Breads. Proofing in two different size vintage pans. Just out of the oven Removed immediately from pans and left to cool on rack. I adapted…

Wild Yeast Sourdough Bread

I’ve started baking sourdough breads again. I have been neglecting my sourdough starters for well over a month. Normally I feed them on a weekly basis even if I not using them. So two weeks ago I started feeding them again. I’ve baked sourdough twice in the last week. The process is to take the…