Stilton and Fig Tart
170g (6 ounces) unsalted butter, cut into pieces 2 tablespoon vegetable oil, I use canola 6 tablespoons water 1 ½ tablespoon sugar ¾ teaspoon salt 320g (11 oz, literally 2 scant rounded cups) all-purpose flour
Everyday Apple (Fall Fruit) Cake
This is a super simple cake recipe to do. Best part again is flexibility with what fruit or berries you have available at the moment or are shopping for. In my case, we eat a ton of apples so we always have apples in the fruit bowl. I'm using Ambrosia apples for this recipe, but [...]
Mini Breakfast Muffins
Here’s a great Breakfast Muffin recipe. I like it because it has some whole wheat flour in it, and, the choice of flavorings can be anything you have in your pantry. I added a handful of dried coconut, dried blueberries and currants, as well as almond slices. I also made them in a mini muffin [...]
Yogurt, Olive Oil and Fig Cake
In these stressful times we tend to gravitate to what brings us comfort. In my case it is spending enormous amounts of time looking for delicious recipes to cook or bake. Not all the recipes I look at I spend time with. Some recipes I may never try either because there isn’t flexibility in ingredients [...]
Sourdough, Olive Oil and Sesame Seed Crackers
With the unbelievably tasty - and my new favorite condiment - Spicy Chili Crisp, and also with some Hummus and Thai basil garnish. Decorated for the picture with curry leaves and sesame seeds. Here is a fun recipe to try this weekend, especially if you are having company (within the guidelines of course) [...]
Pantry Staples – Quinoa Chocolate Chunk Cookies
I think just about everyone has finally been able to get all purpose flour by now. If you were one of the few that bought a bag of whole wheat flour and didn't know what to do with it not that the all-purpose is available, here is a recipe for you. I have various types [...]
Salmon Poached in Beer and Maple Syrup (with green beans and pasta)
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I love salmon! One of my favorite fish to cook and eat! So tasty, it’s really hard to screw it up and there are so many ways to cook it - baked, broiled, pan fried, bbq (among others) and of course, my favorite - poached! [...]
Pantry Staples – Apple, Pear and Cheese Stuffed Muffins
Ridiculous!! This is a feel good treat. I categorized it as "Pantry Staples" because you can use really any type of fruit you have in the kitchen. The aroma while it bakes in the oven - the cinnamon and brown sugar topping - is what sells homes. So if you are a real estate agent, [...]
Pantry Staples – Everyday Dal (lentils) – Vegetarian – (Baked Chicken Curry Part 2)
Whenever I get involved in a conversation on cuisines, I always poke fun of the number of ingredients it takes to make authentic Indian food. No matter the region, if there is a spice, it’s in the curry - blending, merging, enhancing, dancing with the other spices, no matter how little is used. It’s fiddly [...]
Pantry Staples – Baked Chicken Curry (Part 1)
One of the first cookbooks my mum (a wonderful cook who could make anything tasty) gave me was Madhur Jaffrey’s “ A Taste of India”. It wasn’t the first book of hers that I read. Mum would by her cookbooks whenever she could. She used to tell me if you want to understand Indian cooking, [...]