Week recipe :

this week's menu ... and a recipe

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We were out of town on Saturday, so no market trip this week. We still had some veggies leftover from our CSA delivery, so I was able to scrape together a menu for the week. I?ve also included a recipe that has been a favorite of ours for a while[...]

This Week's Recipe: Mushroom Salad

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Why Mushroom Salad? As I child I could not stand mushrooms. Raw they tasted like dirt, and cooked they were slimy and a horrible greyish brown colour. My brother on the other hand has always LOVED them. As a kid he used to be particularly fond[...]

This Week?s Recipe: Sicilian Pesto

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Why Sicilian Pesto? I remember when Pesto alla Genovese, known more commonly as Pesto, came rapidly into fashion. While Italians, especially from Liguria, have dined on pesto as long as they can remember and think of it as common as olive oil,[...]

This Week?s Recipe: Hummingbird Cake

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Why Hummingbird Cake? An all time Southern American favourite, the hummingbird cake made its first appearance in Southern Living Magazine in 1978. What might have started as a variation on a simple banana cake,[...]

This Week?s Recipe: Multicolour Sushi

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Why Multicoloured Sushi? The name might sound a little funny, however it is the best way to describe it. This sushi all came about because I, being an absolute ?foodie? (meaning that although I may be swamped creating, testing, photographing[...]

Turkey Chili - Recipe Challenge Week 2

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When I saw Rachel Ray had a chili recipe in this month's issue, I knew I had to do it in order to compare it to Martha's we did last week.  In keeping with our one flop per week, this was it.  Sorry Rach, Martha kicked your butt big time in[...]

Shroom Pasta - Recipe Challenge Week 2

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Week 2 of my recipe challenge brings us to the most recent Rachel Ray magazine.  The difference from last week?  Well, there don't seem to be any "light" recipes here.  In fact, doing my shopping for the week, I ended up with six[...]

Chocolate Cheese??!! - Recipe Challenge Week 1

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That's what my son said when he saw me putting ricotta and cocoa powder into the food processor for the night's dessert.  He was positively horrified but still had to stick his finger in it and have a taste, BEFORE I added the sugar[...]

Week 21 Up Date and a Recipe!

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Recipe for this YUMMY Simple Dish at the end! Week 21 Size of Baby: Aj is the size of a Banana! That doesn't seem big according to Loche lol :) Movement: Movement is here and there really some nites Aj[...]

Recipe of the Week: Lyonnaise Salad

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Why Lyonnaise Salad? Breakfast is by far the best meal of the day. Fresh toasted bread, crispy bacon and perfectly poached eggs with firm whites and a gooey yellow. A French salad known in Lyon as Salade Lyonnaise, is one of my favourites[...]