Food, Travel, and Cooking!
When my Husband and I cook together, he’s always asking me things such as how many tablespoons in a 1/2 cup or how much does 2 Tablespoons weigh. Here are the ones we use all the time. Having and using a scale is VERY helpful, especially when measuring butter. I really hate trying to measure […]
We love this chutney as an accompaniment to Indian spiced chicken. It would be amazing with lamb and I serve it with Tourtiere at Christmas too! My friend and fantastic chef Andrea Carlson, owner of Burdock and Co. restaurant here in Vancouver is a big fan of this chutney! She’s a Michelin Star chef as […]
A couple of “compound butters” to slather on fresh, fantastic, local corn! Lime-Chive Butter ½ cup (4 oz.) unsalted butter, room temperature 1/3 cup finely chopped fresh chives 2 tsp. fresh lime juice 1 tsp. finely grated lime peel ½ tsp. fine sea salt ¼ tsp. Hungarian sweet paprika Pinch of cayenne pepper Mix all […]
Dill pickles are something we enjoy very much. We have been canning/preserving them every year for it seems like forever…and when you present a jar to friends, they are very happy! Cold, crisp and crunchy! We now get our organic dill cucumbers, dill weed and garlic from our local farmer’s market, we think the pickles […]
This curry powder is a Malaysian style one. The cuisine is a mixture of Indian, Chinese and Malay to name a few. I consider this to be my “house” curry powder when I am cooking Asian. Hope you enjoy the exotic taste as much as we do. It’s pretty darned good in curried butternut squash […]
Herbs you dry yourself are greener and a lot fresher tasting than anything you can buy. Thyme is something I use a lot and even though I have three plants in the garden, I find I need more. I buy a couple of bags of fresh thyme and dry them. and have been doing so […]
TOMATOES, TOMATOES, TOMATOES. I simply adore them! If you grow your own tomatoes, or you stock up on them at your farmer’s market These are wonderful! This is an especially good thing to do with end of summer tomatoes. Preheat the oven to 200 F. Cut approximately 2 pounds plum tomatoes in half lengthwise Core […]
One of the things I really love to do is test out recipes that sound interesting. The other day I was thinking of making an arugula salad with mosto cotto, which is cooked grape must, because I just happened to have some on hand. We bought it on our last trip to Chianti, and I’ve […]
I’ve had quite the crop of Romanesco zucchini this year (the light green speckled ones), so I decided to make soup with them instead of the yellow ones I normally use…hey if you grow zucchini you will understand what I mean! A delicate tasting soup that would be a lovely first course or served as […]
I really do like to make my own spice mixes. I find them to be so fresh and so much nicer to use than purchased spice mixes. There are many combinations of spices from different regions of India but I have found this one to my liking. Store any leftovers in an airtight container. Try […]