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.

April 21 2012

Pulled Pork Sandwiches and a Feta Salad.

Well, I must admit that I didn’t have a lot to do with this recipe. We had a training run early Saturday morning so the pork was put in a slow cooker prior to that and then a salad was prepared closer to dinner time.

I didn’t even take a picture! Not my best work as far as the dinners come.

The next couple of weeks are looking mighty busy so I might have to condense a few cooking days into one week when I have a bit more spare time. Too much running, biking, gardening (or never enough), and working.. No excuse but that’s the way it’s panning out.

April 16 2012

Slow braised short ribs

This recipe was a little complicated and took awhile to prepare. This is definitely a weekend meal! The ribs ended up being delicious although I would have purchased a different cut of rib.

My Dad rated this one a 9/10 and he’s always been the toughest critic between all of us. Overall this recipe scored an 8.5/10. While preparing this meal I did not think it would turn out as well.

Now, I’m finally caught up!

April 14 2012

Asian Grilled Vegetables and Steak.

We finally bought a new BBQ after what my Dad says has been 25+ years. So today it was a perfect excuse to use it!

This recipe was simple and had a lot of flavour. The vegetables turned out amazing (probably because it was cooked with more garlic than I would like to admit). I certainly would make this again because of how quick, simple, and easy this recipe was.

We rated this meal an 8/10. Recipe from Nordstrom's Entertaining at Home cookbook.

April 13 2012

Well this week I have to make up for the my absence in the kitchen. First, Sault Ste. Marie for my Baba’s 80th birthday. Then, a cold that won’t seem to go away.

Tonight we decided on Sushi. My sister struggles with an allergy to garlic and I struggle trying to find a recipe without it. I’ve always wanted to make my own sushi but had never really attempted it before. I had fun making this but it turned out to be quite a pricey meal. There probably won’t be many redo’s of this one!

I found the sushi amazing. My sister is a sushi connoisseur so she had a few comments including: the raw fish to be a bit warm and some of the sushi pieces to be a bit big (not the ones I made of course!).

Overall, this meal scored an 8.5/10. I personally thought it was a 9 but that was probably because I was cooking and rolling a lot of sushi rolls.