This is a quick lunch or snack that looks great and tastes even better. Ingredients: 1/2 cup flour 2/3 cup milk 2 eggs 5 scallions 1 handful of cilantro (corriander) salt and pepper 4 slices proscuitto 1/2 cup grated manchego cheese This will make three of four crepes. Very finely slice the scallions. Chop the […]
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Valentine’s Day Breakfast Brioche French Toast
I’m quite spoiled having a chef for a husband, so this morning before work I decided to make breakfast in bed for the person who usually does all the cooking. Brioche Ingredients: 4 cups flour 1/4 cup caster sugar 1 tsp salt 4 tsp yeast 5 eggs, lightly beaten 1/3 cup warm water 2.5 sticks of […]
Mushroom Butter for Toast or Pasta
Over the summer while visiting some of my husband’s friends in Germany, I discovered the BBC magazine Good Food. Around the holidays I was very excited to find this magazine in our local bookstore. The following recipe is inspired from the December issue. Ingredients: 250 grams of butter1 onion, finely chopped3 garlic cloves, finely choppedthyme […]
Sesame Seared Tuna with Spicy Cauliflower and Warm Sushi Rice
This is a super quick and very simple dish that is full of great Asian flavours and is also very low in fat. Ingredients: For the warm sushi rice: 1 cup sushi rice 2 1/2 cups water 1 tbsp sugar 4 tbsp rice wine vinegar For the Cauliflower: 1/2 head of cauliflower 1/2 red onion 1/2 […]
Sweet Potato and Sage Gnocchi
These sweet potato gnocchi are great with roast pork. Ingredients: Sweet potato 500gSemolina flour 150g1 egg yolk.1/2 tablespoon of rubbed sage (or chopped fresh sage if you have it).Salt and pepper. Peel sweet potatoes. Place in a pot of cold salted water then bring slowly to a boil then simmer until fork tender. Rice or […]
Super Bowl Game Night – Sliders and Chicken Drummers
It’s no secret that we are not “Football” fans. However, as the Rugby 6 Nations is not on, and as they say… “when in Rome”… so we thought we would have a Super Bowl night dinner and save our excitement for the new Glee episode after the game. The menu we decided on was homemade sliders, confit […]
Beaulieu Vineyard (BV) Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
We paid about $18 for this middle priced wine. It is a Bordeaux blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc, .5% Malbec and .5% Petit Verdot. We found that its aromas and flavours are blackberry,chocolate, and a slight metalic or mineral taste. We thought it had a smooth mouth feel with good body and a […]
Sous Vide Deboned Lamb Chops with Braised Fennel, Risotto and Mint Sauce Pearls
This chalk board is in our kitchen and we use it as an ideas board for some of the meals we plan to make. This menu was driven by the mint sauce pearls (see previous blog entry). THE LAMB We bought a whole lamb loin with the bone in. This is the cut that loin […]