Posted in Appetizers/Hors D'oeuvres, Bread, Main Courses, Recipes, Vegetarian on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are now officially addicted to Jim Lahey’s no knead recipes. JT is the executioner of all of these recipes. Of course I am jealous, he has taken away my role as chief cook in the relationship, now I am the executive chef, sometimes overseeing, mostly just on the board, giving advice when asked. We [...]
Posted in Breakfast/Brunch on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Shrove Tuesday is a term used in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada…” We missed out on pancakes for breakfast mainly because I forgot, but we had some for dinner and they were YUM, so I thought I would share the recipe I created on the fly last night. These are slightly darker than normal pancakes [...]
Posted in Desserts on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Double Chocolate, Peanut butter brownies.
Makes about 9 dessert-sized brownies
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup icing sugar
4 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tbsp instant coffee
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 oz (45g) semisweet chocolate chips
3 tbsp butter or margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar ( 1/4 cup Splenda Brown Sugar)
2 tbsp light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 egg [...]
Posted in Fish, Main Courses on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve made this recipe many times, it’s one of our favourites! adapted from Epicurious.com we have, of course, modified it to our taste!
This is one of the tastiest salmon recipes I have done so far, and each time is a HUGE success! I generally buy a large salmon fillet and serve it family style, because [...]
Posted in Appetizers/Hors D'oeuvres, Soups on February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is a small capuccino sized serving, for 5 (about 75ml per serving). Although it seems like a lot of work, this is really worth it. The flavour is incredible AND it’s totally my recipe! Inspired no less, by our dinner at Europa in Montréal on February 15 2009.
1 cup finely sliced leaks
3 small new [...]
Posted in Appetizers/Hors D'oeuvres, Recipes on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a wonderful fresh tasting and relatively light appetizer. The sweetness of the fresh figs works really well with the creaminess of the goats cheese and the saltiness of the prosciutto. Make sure your prosciutto is sliced see through thin so it’s not chewy! They were 2 for 99¢ at the local No Frills, [...]
Posted in General, Things to do in Toronto on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday night JT and I rode the Bullet (that’s our subway) to the Bloor-Yorkville Icefest. An easy 15 minute ride. We immerged at Cumberland and spent about 4 minutes looking at the sculptures. Now maybe there was more, but 4 mintues? They were indeed lovely, and apparently 25,000lbs of ice! That’s some ice. But 4 [...]
