This is one of my old standby dishes. It’s always so satisfying and makes for great leftovers. You can also make it with chicken, or even beef strips. Served up on Basmati rice, it’s a nice quick and easy meal. Thai Red Curry Shrimp (or Chicken) 1 tbsp of high temperature frying oil, such as…
Category: In the Kitchen
Bleck
Well, it’s definitely flu season. Cause if it’s going around, I’ll get it. This week I’ve been laid up with some kinda bug that had me in bed for about 20 hrs straight and feverish. I’m still feeling like crap and stuffed up with a nasty sore throat. Boo. We enjoyed a little tour around…
The quest for pear butter
So now that I’m fully initiated into the iPhone cult, I can post to my blog while we drive to the cottage! No, I’m not doing the driving. Ever since I had the vanilla pear butter with artisanal cheeses at the now dead-pooled restaurant Locavore, I’ve wanted to make my own version. I hated pears…
Last of the summer veggies
Well I think fall has officially arrived, with all this cool, windy, wet weather. I’m not really complaining — we actually did need a good rain. But I had hoped we’d get a little more warm weather and sun to help me ripen off the last of the tomatoes. I’m leaving them out there for…
Tomato download
Whew… it’s been a heck of a weekend. We got back from our crazy 8+ hr drive from Quebec City on Friday around dinnertime, and then rushed about trying to get the lawn cut and the copious tomato bounty harvested before the rain started. I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed to…
Just peachy
Now that I have a solid three years of regular canning under my belt (not counting growing up around a mom and a grandmother who canned a lot of food, or the years living on my own when I occasionally made jam), I’ve started to get a pretty good repertoire of favourite “must-make-next-year” recipes to…
Bread & Butter Pickles
Growing up there was always a constant supply of pickles of every kind available on the table, with every meal. If my mother wasn’t making them, my grandmother was definitely keeping us well stocked. If I remember correctly, my mother made mostly dills, as well as pickled beets, while my grandmother made a bit of…
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
I think it was back in the fall when I mentioned I was going to take on my irrational fear of pie pastry head on and kick butt. I am proud to say I have mastered this fine form of dessert, and here is the proof: Yes, there is only one photo. Because it disappeared….
Pickled Chioggia Heirloom Beets
It’s the time of year when there is a distinct lag between when I do something and when I can actually get it posted to this site. There is a lot of maintenance now on the garden. Every year about now I begin to second guess if I could handle more veggie gardens, despite how…