Food, Travel, and Cooking!
An excellent way to feed a large-ish group brunch, with most of the work done the day before! Always a good thing in my opinion! You could serve the strata with oven roasted potatoes and/or sausage patties or sausages, for a hearty brunch; on the lighter side it would be nice to begin with some […]
I don’t know about you but boy, do I ever hate those sale nasty bought croutons! I’m that person who, in a restaurant picks them off unless I know they are made in-house. For some reason, I never bothered making my onw because I thought they would be like the store-bought ones. That changed one […]
I seem to be making more and more Moroccan type foods these days and this couscous is so good and would make an excellent accompaniment to lamb but by all means do try it with other things too. Makes 6 Servings 1 ½ cups water 2 Tbsp. butter 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice 1 tsp. […]
One of our favourite coleslaws! A mildly spicy coleslaw thats great made with in season veggies. It’s perfect for serving with barbecued meats, fish or poultry. Leftovers, if there are any, keep in the fridge for 2 days. My brother, who hates anything fishy, surprised himself by liking this a lot fish sauce and all. […]
We really enjoy main course salads and this salad, made with fresh local shrimp, is lovely anytime of the year when you can get fresh seafood. On occasion, I like to make us a treat using half shrimp and half crab. It can be a little $$ but you don’t need much. The salad would […]
Why of how this recipe somehow ended up on the bottom of my pasta file I’ll never know! We made it again last night and remembered how much we like it! Does anyone remember Nigella’s trips, in the middle of the night to her fridge? I know, I know…but I couldn’t help myself. Makes 3 […]
This is my standard go to when I need a quick tomato sauce. Besides using it to dress pasta, I use it for pizza and for eggplant parmigiana among other things. I hate anchovies, so I leave them out! Makes Enough Sauce For 3/4 lb. – 1 lb. Spaghetti or Spaghettini 1 clove garlic, minced […]
These scrambled eggs are a must for breakfast /brunch entertaining! The method really works, trust me. I’ve served them with sausage and red pepper kebabs but you can use baked ham, gammon bacon, sausage patties or whatever else appeals to you! Begin With A White Sauce** 1 cup homogenized milk 2 Tbsp. unbleached flour ½ […]
One of the great pleasures of my herb garden is to walk outside and get a little of what I need. In this excellent recipe for carrots, the sage is fried in EVO first, then the carrots are cooked in the fragrant sage oil. I make them in the fall as well, before my sage […]
This pasta is absolutely to die for! Sometimes it only takes a handful of wonderful ingredients to make something so yummy! The Sungolds are ready and are so sweet and juicy! In the summer the Tomato Guy, owner and tomato whisperer of Stony Paradise Organic Farm in Kelowna, appears at our farmer’s market. He has […]