Mac and Cheese Please!

Mac and Cheese Please. The urge comes over thekitchenman to have a family favourite. Mom would go to the market and get fresh brick and aged cheddar cheeses. A portion would be used for a mac and cheese casserole. Simple when you take a sauce pan on medium heat and add 2 tbs of butter and 2 tbs of flour to make a roux. About 5/6 minutes to cook the flour and get a nice brown colour. Now add a cup of cold whole milk stirring in to the roux till well blended. I grated about 250… grams of white cheddar cheese and about 50 grams of imperial cheddar to get the deep...

Hungarian Goulash.

Hungarian Goulash. Getting tired of ones own cooking means that while the family is at home each one should take a turn. Best time to teach the young ones survival in the kitchen and here is one of the first meals I was taught how to serve. It’s simple inexpensive and can take a beating while being assembled and still come out tasty good. INGREDIENTS 4 tbsp olive oil 2 1/2 lbs stewing beef, cut into 1 inch pieces 1 tsp salt or to taste 1 tsp pepper or to taste 2 large onions roughly chopped 1 red and green pepper chopped 5 cloves garlic minced 3 tbsp sweet paprika 1...

Chocolate Chip Fondue.

Chocolate Chip Fondue. I can remember my first potato chip experience and have enjoyed eating them tasty fried tatter crisps since infancy. Where I grew up we were surrounded by the snack manufacturers and I remember all the smells as you got closer to the factory. Hostess/Frito-Lay Potato Chips. Jacks Snacks Cheese Twists Cracker Jacks, Arnolds Nut’s, Reid’s. Dare Foods for Jube-Jubes, Scotch Mints and Girl Guide Cookies Raymond’s Nuts, made Beer Nuts and Hickory Almonds. Smiles and Chuckles, made the Turtles just to name a few. Reid’s made Chicken...

Potato Zucchini Fritter Cakes with Avoca...

Potato Zucchini Fritter Cakes with Avocado Dill Dip. These make a great platform for smoked salmon or pulled pork as an appetizer. They also are most excellent as a side along with some roast turkey or eaten like a stack of pancakes. Fritter Ingredients 1 large zucchini or 2 small 1 clove of garlic peeled and minced ¼ Cup fresh basil; we grown our own, but you can find it at any grocery store ¼ cup fresh oregano. 1 tablespoon lemon zest 2 organic eggs or ‘Flax Egg’ ¼ cup gluten free flour ¼ teaspoon Onion powder or to taste 1 teaspoon salt or to taste ¼ teaspoon of pepper...

Best Beet Borscht

The Best Beet Borscht In Eastern Europe, where borscht is king, you could eat a different recipe of borscht every week of the year, and each would be authentic. Although borscht is thought of as a beet dish, the word means any soup made with a variety of vegetables. My version is easy to fix, yet retains the qualities found in a more time-consuming preparation. I flavor with kvass, a traditional fermented beet liquid for use in red cabbage found in European delis, but it’s not necessary; substitute lemon juice if you wish. Notice that the vegetables are slow and low...

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Sweet and Sour Meat-A Balls. Viewing all the Olympic activity this month you will need lots of gold metal nibbles to enjoy while watching. Chicken wings with all the frying, the cost for a few dozen and finding that the frozen store bought ones taste blah! Meat-A Balls! Easy to assemble and 10 bucks worth of ground lean beef burger, a jar of your favourite BBQ sauce and you got a yummy nibble. I made sixty bite size balls and used this recipe for the sauce. This is how I make this party favourite that makes any  party snack a tasty treat everyone will like. You will need;...