Back to Back Chicken!

                Back to Back Chickens. BBQ season is here again. What a great quick and inexpensive way to feed a family alfresco. Oil and preseason the birds with olive oil and Lawry’s seasoned salt. Stuff with some chunks of chopped white onion tossed in some salt and pepper,olive oil and let rest to marinate while the Que is heating up. Place on a rack in a roast pan to collect the drippings and place in your preheated bbq with the lid closed and on the low heat of 300 degrees, slowcook the birds basting with the collected...

Spinach and Sea Food Salad w/ Vodka Lemo...

Spinach and Sea Food Salad w/ Vodka Lemon Cream Dressing. The season for inexpensive BC coastal sea food is happening. The fresh prawns, crab and schallops are splendid to toss with your favourite greens with a lite lemon dressing accented …with vodka, yogurt and salt and pepper an a 1/4 tsp of dijon mustard and 2 tbs of good olive oil. Shake in a sealed jar and pour over salad , toss and enjoy the bounty of the sea!   Cheers!   thekitchenman.ca

Mosaic Bread (Romanian Piine Mosaic)

                Mosaic Bread This next staple was a sandwich made the evening before by my grandmother when they were heading out to the fields. It is still served in most Romanian homes today. You can sub some of the fillings but this is the most traditional and tastes very good. 5 oz butter 5 oz canned sardines drained 5 oz  smoked ham of the bone or cottage roll style 4 oz Swiss emethal style cheese 10  pitted pimento green olives 1 pickled banana pepper or fresh bell pepper 1  small loaf European bread. 1/2 cup milk Grind the...

Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler

        My aunt Marie was quite a baker and she would tell me that her style of baking was mostly the old fashioned no recipe scratch method. As I grew older watching my aunts bake I would make rehearse making some of their baked goods from some of these handed down recipes. They were always well received by friends and this fresh fruit cobbler was my favourite. I still make this simple dessert and find it hands on friendly to prepare. This cobbler recipe is particularly good with strawberries and rhubarb, but you can use any fruit combinations....

Bread and Butter Pickles

        Bread and Butter Pickles   Back when I was a young lad I had a paper route and lots of chores to tend too for making some pocket money. One laborious task was helping weed and water my mom’s extensive garden. The water nourishment for sustaining this garden was collected from rain and the winters melting snows which filled a small in ground pond. Before my mom would utilize that source she would haul pails of water from a stream that ran through our back yard property. This was a daily chore I hated the most. To make this task a little...