I know I've given you a lot of baking recipes - still seems like Christmas Treats rule this house. I'm changing it up a bit with this recipe which is one of my favorite dishes to make. It has some heat to it – lots of heat actually, but you can tone it down if [...]
Picture this if you will. It's Saturday afternoon and I'm headed for the grocery store to pick up some items for dinner. After 10 minutes of roaming around aimlessly, and no inspiration in sight, I call home. A beautiful sultry (she has a cold) voice answers "Hello! Hello! I say back! What would you like [...]
I know, I’ve been posting a lot of baking recipes. That's what the holiday's do to you - okay it's almost summer, but I like giving you different ways to eat sugar! Now that we have them out of the way, I thought I'd make a simple dinner tonight. Prosciutto wrapped Stuffed Chicken Breast with [...]
Many many years ago, before we knew what nut allergies were, my mum used to make this lamb roast. She would use a bone-in leg of lamb – for best flavor, smothered in this wonderful paste that would form a crust on the roasted leg. Her choice was to grind up cashews and mix it [...]
It’s been a while, but I’ve been away, in Italy – Florence, Montepulciano, La Spezia, Genoa, Pienza, Cinque Terre and Rome (there were others but that would be bragging :)). Many were day trips and some, well “port” trips?! And really, how much could you see in a couple of hours on land?! But you [...]
As the days get warmer, we want to spend less time in the kitchen. That is unless you like being in the kitchen as much as I do. Regardless of time spent in the kitchen, this is a remarkably cooling salad. Without too much effort, you can have this refreshing crisp salad – make lots [...]
This is a recipe adapted from “Classic Indian Cooking” by Julie Sahni. I love the flavors of this recipe. I love the flexibility of this recipe. It makes a great curry base which you can easily make lots off, freeze and bring out later for easy home made meals. I modified it to fit with [...]
Sometimes you come across a recipe which makes perfect sense and makes you think “why didn’t I do that?” This is one of those recipes. Imagine meatloaf – not the kind from a cafeteria, but the kind you make at home. Real comfort food, really delicious, moist, and flavorful – you get the idea. Now [...]
Hi, my name is Chris and I’m in love with crispy pork belly! Seriously, I could eat this every day – different healthy sides with it, but every day. Yes there is something about the crackle of that skin that just makes this dish one of my favorites. I’ve tried numerous recipes for getting this [...]
I know it's been a while since my last post, just getting into the summer mode. You know, I love summertime! The heat – just like my food, the hotter the better! The green (okay sometimes brown) grass, blooming (okay sometimes drooping) flowers, birds (and those darn squirrels that keep eating all their food) at [...]
