Breville All-In-One  My 15 year old Kitchenaid hand mixer died last week and my 13 year old Braun Immersion blender bit the dust the same day.  How does that happen? Since I use the immersion blender more often than the hand mixer, I decided to replace it first. Did a little homework and decided to go with…

I was out of my bread and decided to bake after I got home from work Friday night. Just my basic baguettes. Got started just after I got home and the bread came out of the oven around  10:00.  Took just under five hours from start to finish. The bread was singing so loud I…

Last Weeks Bread. I fed both starters and made a biga on Thursday at 11:00 AM.  I then left to drive down to Victoria.   By the time I got back the starters had both doubled and the biga was ready to use.   In less than three hours.  I kneaded up a batch of dough with…

A few of our July meals. Asian Stir fry Twice   Pork Tenderloin with Eggplant and Tofu. I really should cook tofu and eggplant more often.   We both love it. Spicy Pork with Bean Sprouts. Recipe for Pork with Bean Sprouts    Diner Food   I roasted an extra chicken yesterday,  just so we could have…

I adapted my regular baguette recipe to make buns for bothburgers and hot dogs. Hamburger Buns rising. Hot Dog Buns almost ready for the oven.   Hamburger Buns Hot Dog Buns Moe’s hot dog.Grilled European Wieners topped withmustard, hot dog relish, tomatoes, onions and dill pickles. With homemade fries. Apparently he liked it. We had…

Our son, has been visiting for a week. So I have been cooking many of his favourite meals. Steak Fajitas I don’t particularly like flank steakso I use New York Strip Steaks when I make fajitas. With homemade corn tortillas.  Chicken Souvlaki. A family favourite. Burgers and homemade fries one night. And a couple of…

Live lobster prices have been really good recently   so I bought three and made Lobster with Garlic, Ginger and Black Beans. Spicy Lobster in Garlic, Ginger and Black Bean Sauce2 to 3 live lobsters1 large white onion cut in half and then sliced1/2 small red pepper cut into small strips6 or more small red Thai…

  Grilled Chicken Legs  AGAIN. Greek this time. With grilled potato wedges. The chicken was seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, oregano and lemonand grilled over medium heat.

Fed both starters on Monday  and at the same time I made a biga using two ounces of the excess. The biga had doubled within five hours. Late afternoon, I mixed up a batch of dough using the 500 gs of  biga plus 1000 gs of flour and 750 gs of water. Baked Eight small…

Grilled Chicken Legs Peri Peri Style  I’ve been grilling chicken legs recently. Very versatile We have had Jerk  Asian  And now Peri Peri The legs were marinated for about four hours.   Overnight would have been even better. The Marinade was five garlic cloves, the juice of one large lemon,  olive oil, salt, pepper  and a…