Wild Forest Mushroom Truffle Cream Soup.

Wild Forest Mushroom Truffle Cream Soup. While cleaning out my condiment pantry, I found some air dried wild forest mushrooms that I picked several years back. I didn’t realize how much I still had left. Beside that was also a small tin of imported Italian dried truffle flakes with lots of residue intact. With these ingredients I started to prepare some mushroom tarragon cream soup with some dehydrated garlic c crisps to intensify the flavours. A quick chop of diced celery, onion and shallot, some… unsalted butter into a sauté pan heat and stir while the...

Toffee Apples and Maple Praline Nutty Br...

Toffee Apples and Maple Pralines Back when I was a kid Halloween was a favourite friend get together with the neighbourhood kids all participating in the celebratory activities. Each adjacent house would decorate some part into a scary ghoulish stage to try and scare the living daylights out of you!  Back then the costumes were simply homemade from a cut out cardboard box silver painted robot to a red paper mache robe and your sisters blue leotards for the Superman look. An old pillow case was the chosen candy tote for the night and trying to fill it with many treats was...

Fruit Salads

Got Fruit! When thekitchenman makes a fruit platter, I search for the best fruit available. It still costs less than buying one of those ambrosia platters purchased at the Supermarkets. Plus, its not soaked in any ammonia preservatives. So many choices and a few simple fruits and you have a salad. Try adding some fruit and garden vegetables together.  Great Idea is using waffle cones for a kids health party snack. all you’ll need is one pine apple, honeydew melon, small watermelon, grapes, cantaloupe blueberries and strawberries. I use a simple sweetened oil and...

Chicken A La King

Chicken A La King. Chicken a la King frozen meals my mother would sometimes buy for me to eat after school when she worked shifts. I would pop it into the oven and simply pour the creamy chicken and vegetables over some buttered toast and it tasted beyond wonderful. I have a chicken a la King major craving to taste that creamy chicken over toast again. I created this one pot dish from stove to oven and it was way better than any of those frozen entrees from back in the day. It was simply scrumptious and it came together so easily. I poached my own chicken and made some...

Blue Ribbon Pickled Peaches

Blue Ribbon Pickled Peaches. The Georgia Peach is still tops but so are several Ontario Orchards. Here in Ontario the peach crop are supplying us with some very sweet and firm fruit this season. My pickled peaches turned out scrumptious and after tweaking the recipe to my tastes had won numerous blue ribbons over the years. I add a heaping spoon of orange marmalade to my peach pie filling for an extra flavour burst.Top with a dollop of ice or whipped cream for a smashing dessert. Here is that retro canned desert peach recipe. You will need; 3 cups sugar [Splenda or Stevia...

Roast Beet Arugula Salad with Goat Chees...

          The markets are just brimming with lots of garden fresh vegetables. Seeing that the beets are just scrumptious this season, here is one of my fav’s. Roast Beet Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese and Balsamic Glaze 3  Large red beets 3  Large golden beets 8  Ounces crumbled goat cheese 3  Cups washed, small, tender leaves of arugula or mesculin mix. 3  Tsp champagne vinegar 3  Tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 3  Tsp fresh virgin olive oil Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper 2  Tbs balsamic vinegar glaze (reduced balsamic vinegar)* How To;...