Posted in Desserts, Vegetarian, tagged chocolate, Dessert, Mousse, Tapas Dessert on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our most recent LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) magazine had an article on Bourbon, so naturally I was inspired to create two small chewable desserts and one liquid dessert for a tapas meal I had a couple of weeks ago with our good friends Rae and Mon.
We began with the Bourbon Triffle, then had [...]
Posted in Soups on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our dear friends Paul and T are venturing up for a fall get together and we’re really excited. We’ve started to plan all our meals and our diversions! I have been dying to make a lobster bisque with some left over lobster carcass that I froze a while ago, so last night I did it. [...]
Posted in Recipes, Soups, Vegetarian, Weather on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This year we had to close the cottage down a bit early because of weekend obligations. It’s never fun but we’ve got it down to a science so it generally goes smoothly.
Because it’s a work weekend, I try to make most of the food easy and fast. For the first time in months, we were [...]
Posted in Bread, Breakfast/Brunch on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Savory French Toast (adapted from the LCBO magazine)
Serves 2 large portions or 4 small portions
1 Large egg
1/4 cup egg white
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp honey
4 slices bread
2 tbsp Dijon mustard
2 slices ham
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
4 oz goats cheese
2 tbsp butter
maple syrup
Lightly Whisk egg, egg white, honey and milk. Set aside.
Spread 1 tbsp each of Dijon [...]
Posted in Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We were down in Niagara on the weekend and picked up some locally grown peaches and yellow plums, so I thought I would make a traditional French Klafouti for nephew Brian this evening. I got the original recipe from Cooks.com, but of course, I altered it. This recipe makes three ramekins.
Peach and Plum Klafouti
1 tbsp [...]
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 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 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, [...]
