Pam, Don, Barb and Kevin Dinner Party

We’re having birthday month girl Pam and her new beau Don with Barb and Kevin for dinner tonight. I would have like to make a really supper fancy dinner, but work has been a bear this week (pulled a mid-nighter on Wednesday, which, I have to admit is not too bad – maybe one or [...]

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Matar Paneer

I was blog surfing a couple of weeks ago and came across this recipe from An Indian Kitchen in France. It is SOOOO good and not nearly as bad for you as the restaurant variety. I made the paneer exactly as Chandra’s recipe, but I admit I made a few modifications to the gravy recipe. [...]

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Butter Chicken Version 2

Adapted from Once Upon a Feast blog. This is the closest one to restaurant butter chicken, no doubt a lot healthier.

Boneless chicken, cut up into 1-2” cubes
2 tbsp tomato paste
Water to make 1/2 cup when mixed with tomato paste
2 tsp grated  fresh ginger
150 mL Carnation Evaporated Milk
1 tsp garam masala
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp Splenda Brown Sugar
1 fresh green [...]

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Jim Laheys No Knead Pizza Dough – Popeye Pizza

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 [...]

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Home Smoked Salmon

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 [...]

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Kinda-Sorta “Butter Chicken”

JT made this with the Naan for dinner last night. This is quite tasty but it’s not the ‘butter chicken’ I know. What’s different about it is that it has almonds and raisins in the recipe. It’s a lot of work, and not really worth it, so I won’t bother posting the recipe, but it [...]

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Grilled Scallops wrapped in Prosciutto on a bed of Arugula

7-8 larg e scallops (these were about 1 oz each!)
7-8 Prosciutto slices
3 cups Arugula
1 ripe tomato
10 cauliflower florets
1 tsp olive oil

Dry scallops well and wrap tightly with prosciutto and hold in place with a toothpick.
Preheat griddle to high, and place prosciutto wrapped scallops on. Cook until grill marks appear (about 1-2 minutes each side, depending [...]

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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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