May 14 2012

The third out of our three-peat. Donna Hay Seasons flat roasted chicken with almond and mint. The cookbook has been one of the nicest cookbooks I have seen in awhile featuring a ton of pictures, simple straight forward recipes, and even some nice photographs.

The meal looked amazing in the book but the sauce to put on top of the chicken left a little to be desired. A few comments from the crew were: the lemon was overwhelming, the olive oil was too overwhelming, and the mint was delicious.

The BBQ is getting a good workout this weekend because it’s been so hot out lately. Back to the normal cooking as of tomorrow.

We rated this an overall score of 7.8/10 because of the few changes we would have made to the chicken sauce. Overall it was a pretty good meal.

May 13 2012

Another rendition of salmon, this time flavoured with dill. It was pretty comparable to the other salmon dishes that we have made in the past but happened to be extra delightful after a 10km race.

We rated this dish a 7.75/10. My Mom rated this meal an 8.5/10 and wanted me to post her score! Pretty tasty and very quick to make.

May 12 2012

We are trying desperately to try and catch up on our weekly cooking adventures! It’s been a busy few weeks (I know.. excuses, excuses) but have wrapped up another tasty meal.

A quick trip to the farmers market cost us a few dollars as we ended up getting more flavours of cheese than required and fresh shrimp. The cheese even came from as close as Red Deer! I may have made the mistake of filling up on spicy gouda prior to actually eating, it was sooo good (insert gouda joke here) though I couldn’t help myself.

Anyways, back to the meal. Today we cooked Shrimp with Herb Butter (I’ve said enough haven’t I?) with a white wine herb pasta. It was our first meals that we could actually eat outside and was delicious.

Overall, it was rated a 8.8/10 (2 people voted 8.5 and 1 person voted a 9.5). This recipe was quick and easy to make and was packed with flavour.