Dinner with Anna, André, Barb and Kevin

We had Anna, André, Barb and Kevin for dinner Saturday night. It was a bit of a challenge because Anna is a vegetarian (no fish, but she does eat dairy and eggs). I love these types of challenges – it really tests my creative and cooking abilities.
Menu

H.D.: Roasted Red Peppers with Sheeps Milk Feta and [...]

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Dinner with Brian and Joan

JT’s sister and her son (nephew Brian) were over for dinner on Saturday night. This pork loin roast is a fantastic recipe that we originally saw on Martha Stewart, when she had her Mom as a guest on the show. I’ve adapted the recipe, of course, but will link to the original in the title.
The [...]

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Dinner with Dave and Mi Mi

Last Saturday we had our good friends, Dave and Mi Mi over for dinner. The menu was:
Hors D’oeuvres: Home made chicken liver paté, korozot (hungarian goats cheese dip) and variety of olives.
Puréed Roasted Cauliflower Soup (recipe below), with slivered apples and gruyere cheese dallopped on the centre.
Paella with Rustic Home Baked Bread
Molten Chocolate Cake with [...]

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Countdown to Doran Weekend December 2008

Countdown Clock
The Doran’s are coming, the Doran’s are coming! It won’t be for New Year’s but then again, it’s better than nothing! Our crazy world-travelling friends are travelling to the big smoke, whirl-wind style as usual, arriving Friday around lunch-time and leaving Sunday around 7pm! We’re really looking forward to our ‘Doran Fix’
The menu:
Friday [...]

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Christmas Baking 2008 revised

I have now baked about 11 items, and am officially announcing that I am tired of baking!

Bargain Basement Barb’s Chocolate Chip Cookie
Peanut Butter Bars (new)
Lauren’s Spice Cookies (new)
Donkey Ears
Chocolate Mint Hershey Kiss Cookies
Peppermint Bark
2-Bite Chewy Chocolate Brownies (new)
2-Bite Butterscotch Blondies (new)
Namaimo Bars (new) – I may not make this

Anzac Biscuits
Butterscotchy Almond Bars (new)

I will be [...]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, start your ovens year 2008

I am just about to begin my Christmas baking. The following is a list of items to be made. I will be posting only new receipes, anything already posted should be in the correct category for easy reference.

Bargain Basement Barb’s Chocolate Chip Cookie
Peanut Butter Bars (new)
Lauren’s Spice Cookies (new)
Donkey Ears
Chocolate Mint Hershey Kiss Cookies
Peppermint Bark
Lemon [...]

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Contemporary Chicken Cordon Bleu, Mushroom Sauce & Cauliflower and White Bean Mash

We’re had my best friend Kim (from university) and her husband Michael for dinner last night, and planning a meal for them is always a challenge. Kim is allergic to gluten, potatoes, and soy; Michael doesn’t eat anything with nuts or onions or anything that is very different! The dinner was a huge success and [...]

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The so-long Geo dinner

Geo my dear Mom’s widower husband (is that how you say that she’s dead, nicely?) has decided to move from his bustling metropolis condo in Scarborough (more like Scareborough) to his eldest daughter and son-in-law’s in Lindsay – his last week is this one coming up. I decided to make a special dinner! didn’t take [...]

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Fall 2008

Every year, I have mixed feelings about fall; I love the fall colours, I get excited about winter coming, but get really sad about having to put socks and shoes on! It all boils down to claustrophobic feet! There I said it.
We closed the cottage this weekend. The weather was quite lovely (about 24C yesterday). [...]

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Saturday Evening Dinner

“No car Saturdays” – to try to be more environmentally conscious, we have made a consorted effort to not drive on one day of the weekend. This gets us out on our bikes or on the subway and it allows us to make an effort to consolidate our driving day errands! Yesterday was Saturday!
We rode [...]

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