Salad Elixir

                      Tis the season to eat lots of foods that normally you would avoid. After travelling and attending several parties indulging in all kinds of different foods you would normally pass up along with being over served causes a lot of being stuffed and bloated. This elixir salad contains all the needed ingredients to help reduce that back log of holiday indulgences. Makes for a great table salad and a nice lunch snack and keeps your vegan friends at ease. You will need; Half a sweet onion diced. Half a...

Albacore Tuna Fingers.

        Albacore Tuna Fingers. Dust the belly sections with some seasoned flour and flash wok fry in few tablespoons of peanut oil. About 60 seconds. remove from the wok and drain off excess oil. Add some Tabasco/Franks hotsauce to some melted buttter, add a tablespoon of peanut butter and blend to gether in a lidded jar. Mix well and then pour over Tuna Fingers , toss till well coated. Now place back in the hot seasoned wok and stir fry till the sauce has started carmelize and remove from heat. Serve with some toasted sesame seeds and a squeeze of...

Spit Roasted BBQ Pig

Spit Roasted BBQ Pig When you lift the lid up on the old BBQ and it reveals food porn like this spit roasted pig that is just about done. I wait to hear the oooh’s and aaah’s! You catch sight of the beast with crispy char marked skin and then the aroma essence  hits your flavour buds and you start to imagine the taste with heathanistic antispation! Stuffed with apple butter and some whole granny smith apples along with seasoned chicken thighs. A final blast of heat to get some mouthwatering pork crackling for us die hard foodies. Pass the potato salad and cole...

Garden Fresh Salad

Nothing tastes better then a garden fresh tossed salad. Mouthwatering tomatoes, crispy lettuce, some slices of cool cuccumber, a wedge of sweet bell pepper and maybe an olive or two. Mix 4 parts Virgin Olive Oil to one part Red Wine Vinegar 1/2 tsp of dijon mustard together in a small jar with a dash of dried oregano and basil with some kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. Cap & Shake blending well. Add your favourite crumbled feta cheese pour over some dressing and toss together and watch the smiles. thekitchenman.ca

Barramundi with Ginger and Shallots

        Steamed whole Barramundi with ginger and shallots and a little nest of cilantro, kimchi and winter melon. It sure is great having such a fresh fish market close at hand. T&T market and me had a little bit of attitude to hurtle when it came to buying fish from a person with a language barrier. It took a little push but now I get to cook some real neat species of seafood that I might not have ever known exsisted. This fish tatse way better than sea bass at a fraction of the cost. Prepare it steamed, fried or baked with any flavours that are...

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...