Julia Child’s Boeuf Bourguignon Happy, Happy Birthday Julia!!! It is her 100th birthday today!!! And It’s Julia Child’s Boeuf Bourguignon this week!! We have been celebrating for 15 weeks now. What a fabulous adventure this has been for us. I have breathlessly awaited each recipe with anticipation!! Then I researched, watched my Julia DVDs,…
Dinner Recipes
What is on your menu for dinner tonight? Try one of these amazing recipes for stovetop meals, slow cooker dinners, instant pot options, oven methods or BBQ for chicken, ground beef, fish, seafood, beef cuts, pork, vegetarian options, side dishes, soups and more!
Summer Pasta
Summer Pasta Here is a fabulous hot Summer Pasta that cooks in the sun. That’s right, it cooks in the sun!! No need to have your stove going as this is really using solar energy!!! I have made this pasta a few times and it is like bruschetta mixed with pasta. What is not to…
Guest Post at Free Spirit Eater and a Chicken Gyro
Guest Post at Free Spirit Eater and a Chicken Gyro I am excited to be doing a Guest Post at Free Spirit Eater and a Chicken Gyro today. Kym has a gorgeous site with fantastic photography and wonderful recipes. I am so very honored that she has asked me to do this. In addition, I…
Stuffed Pork Chops with Goat Cheese, Chorizo and Red Peppers
Stuffed Pork Chops with Goat Cheese, Chorizo and Red Peppers Pork chops, yummy!!! Unless they are dried out cardboard. Nothing worse!! These Stuffed Pork Chops with Goat Cheese, Chorizo and Red Peppers are fantastic!! I wanted flavourful juicy pork chops and we delivered on this one. They were delicious and so easy to do. This…
Steak Butters
Steak Butters I came up with this Steak Butters idea because I wanted blue cheese on top of my steak but I know that Ken doesn’t like that very much. So I thought of the butter. You can make so many different flavors the list would be endless. Herb butter, garlic butter, cheese butter (with…
Julia Child’s Ratatouille
Here we are at week 11 of our JC100 celebration. Only 4 weeks left. She writes about Julia Child’s Ratatouille recipe, “Ratatouille perfumes the kitchen with the essence of Provence and is certainly one of the great Mediterranean dishes.” She was exactly right our home smelt so very good as I slowly and lovingly recreated…
Lightened Up Soft Tacos
Lightened Up Soft Tacos Here is the last day of Stampede and I didn’t really do any stampeding. Amber was lucky enough to do the grounds with her friend Megan and also lucked out with an invite to see the fireworks later that night. I thought I would finish off the week with a Lightened…
Julia Child’s Bouillabaisse
Julia Child’s Bouillabaisse Julia Child’s Bouillabaisse – We are on week 10 now. Getting close to Julia’s 100th birthday celebration!! Only 5 more weeks to go. Her birthday is on August 15 and she would have turned 100 then if she was still with us. She had such great wit, talent, and knowledge. Very quick…
Stampede BBQ Calzone
Stampede BBQ Calzone We were watching The Chew the other day and Mario did a BBQ Calzone and it looked so good. I came up with this Stampede BBQ Calzone for Stampede week. So we decided to whip one up ourselves. I have been making my focaccia bread quite a few times now since my…
BUN
BUN This is one of our favorite meals. I think Ken and I could eat this at least once a week either homemade or from our favorite restaurant. It is Vietnamese and is pronounced boon, not bun. It is full of flavor on its own but with the addition of hoisin sauce and sriracha, it…
Julia Child’s Roast Chicken
Julia Child’s Roast Chicken It is week 8 into our celebration of JC100 and we are cooking Julia Child’s Roast Chicken, to perfection. I honestly think this was the best chicken I have ever made. Moist and juicy and full of flavor. You probably thought you made a pretty good chicken already but if you…
Black Beluga Lentils
Black Beluga Lentils These Black Beluga Lentils caught my eye awhile back when I was at The Cookbook Co. for a cooking lesson. They have a lovely store up front filled with specialty items. I love caviar and I love lentils so I knew I couldn’t go wrong. They only resemble Beluga as they are…