Posted in Appetizers/Hors D'oeuvres, Recipes, Salad on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had this idea over the weekend to make a deconstructed Caesar Salad and it turned out much better than I ever thought. What’s a little different with this one is that I grilled the Ice burg lettuce (normally Ice burgs are not welcome in our home, but for this occasion we allowed it!)
Ingredients
1/4 tightly [...]
Posted in Appetizers/Hors D'oeuvres, Recipes, Soups on August 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I had some tomatoes in the refrigerator that needed to be used up and fast, so what better than a chilled soup on a hot summer’s day? JT doesn’t like raw onions so I always make this soup cooked and then cool it down. JT gave this one a 9.5/10! The balsamic gives the soup [...]
Posted in Renovations on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We accumulated quite a bit of left-over lumber from our deck-building project – even over and above what we’d given away already. I had a plan. I’d always hated stepping onto the dirt in front of our shed in the back 40, so I convinced JT to build a mini deck so that the dirt [...]
Posted in Cakes, Desserts, Recipes, Vegetarian on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Adapted from Epicurious.com
I love these light cake-like cookies on their own, or presented as a lovely dessert, with sauces and fruit. I reduced the sugar and made minor changes to the directions. Hope you like them.
Makes 24 Madeleines
Ingredients
4 large eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 1/2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 [...]
Posted in General, Restaurant Reviews, Things to do in Toronto on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we ventured out to Ossington between Queen and Dundas for the Blackout Anniversary Street Party. This party is held every year in a different hood in Toronto. I guess we should have stayed later, because for us it was a bust. We had reservations at Delux at 7:30 and the party was to [...]
Posted in Appetizers/Hors D'oeuvres, Recipes, Soups, tagged Eva Taylor's Cooking Blog on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Marlatt’s are coming to the cottage in a few weeks and I am already thinking about the menu. I was inspired by Iron Chef last week, where the secret ingredient was melon and you had to have a frozen component. One of the chef’s created a version of melon and prosciutto that I loved, [...]
