Lemon Posset
It’s almost impossible to believe that lemon posset, a silky soft dessert, shares a name with a medieval cure-all of hot curdled milk and ale. Prescribed as a cold remedy throughout the 14th and 15th centuries, the original posset was more medicine cabinet than dessert bowl. Thank the ingenuity of 19th-century British chefs for rescuing…
Braised Eggs with Pork
Eggs for dinner? You betcha! This dish gently cooks the eggs while sitting atop a glorious, well-seasoned ground pork surrounded with dollops of yogurt and pan-seared cherry tomatoes. Braised eggs take center stage. This recipe is slightly adapted from Yotam Ottolenghi. In the past I’ve cooked eggs in a chunky tomato sauce, sliced chorizo sausage…
Citrus Fruit Salad with Roasted Pecans
We had a glorious sun-filled weekend. Today the morning started off with a grey sky and snow falling gently to the ground…the chunky snowflakes were pretty but more snow? A total of 10cm (4-inches) fell with more forecasted on the way. I’m usually more tolerant of our winters and I really don’t want to sound…
How To Segment An Orange
How do you eat an orange? Do you peel it with your fingers or use a knife? I do both depending on the thickness of the skin but when I want the orange to be the main attraction, segmenting it looks so professional and yet is easy to do. Orange slices in a dish adds…
Asian Inspired Beef Short Ribs
I never knew there were so many braised short rib recipes on the web and it seems a good portion are dedicated to slow cookers. I eyed a package of two meaty-looking beef short ribs and couldn’t wait to get home and decide how to cook them. I did not want a typical braise with…
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Not sure what to make for dinner? If you have a farmers’ market nearby, drop in and get inspired. That’s what happened to me on Saturday. Mr. S asked what’s for dinner and I said I wasn’t sure and hoped the market would be my source of inspiration. Root vegetables seemed to be everywhere from…
Pork Belly Buns
It’s Chinese New Year’s Eve today and tomorrow millions will usher in the new year of the Sheep/Goat. Most Chinese have already cleaned their house (literally) where the cleaning helps to drive any bad luck away from the house and discarding anything old to make way for a new start. The years we spent in…
Smoked Cheddar Scones
I don’t know about you, but there’s nothing mouth-watering about processed cheese. It lacks any kind of taste, looks artificial, and I doubt there’s any nutritional benefit once being processed. As a cheeselover, it pleases me to know there are cheesemakers in every province. According to the Canadian Dairy Commission, Quebec is the biggest producer…
Smoked Salmon Spaghetti
Smoked salmon is well loved in our house. It’s so versatile and delicious on scrambled eggs, as a creamy pâté, in sushi rolls, tarts, chowder or soups, blinis, quesadillas and so forth. Some enjoy smoked salmon in spaghetti carbonnara which I was almost tempted to make but felt I wanted the salmon to be center…
Calgary – a visit to see my daughter
Whenever we travel to a new destination I always make a list of things to see and do. It’s aimed as a loose itinerary for us. Last Thursday I arrived for the first time in Calgary to see my daughter… a surprise birthday gift from her. When I arrived I asked her what’s on…
Brussels Sprout Salad
Salads take on many forms from the traditional and the not-so-traditional like the one posted here. Brussels sprouts are not every persons cup of tea but I’ll bet if you try it as a salad with the following delicious ingredients, I think you just might be pleasantly surprised. Brussels sprout salad not only is esthetically…
Onion Dip – made from scratch
As a youngster and young adult, one of my favorite junk foods was French Onion Dip and a bag of rippled potato chips. It’s been years since I last snacked on a commercial onion dip but the other day while I was at the grocery store, I really wanted to buy one. Instead, my inner…
Easy To Make Stromboli
Stromboli, an inside-out sandwich or pizza roll, is easy to make and perfect for informal gatherings or pot luck events. I first tasted one when we lived in NYC and let me tell you, they are addictive!