This Wednesday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Cod Vegetable: Cabbage Side: Rice Dairy Free “Buttered” Baked Cod With Sauteed Scallions Fresh off the heels of a successful sole meuniere on Tuesday, my craving for buttery fish was somehow just not completely satisfied. Opting to bake the lightly seasoned cod […]
This Tuesday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Sole Vegetable: Leeks Side: Doesn’t matter … has to be potatoes when leeks are involved! Gluten Free Sole Meuniere When I first discovered sole meuniere, it felt like a gap on my culinary life had finally been resolved. Sole had always seemed […]
Sometimes the weekly menu plan is unceremoniously pushed aside to accomodate a very serious craving. This Wednesday the craving was chana masala served over my favourite rice on the planet. The Many Flavours Of Chana Masala There are many subtle differences in everyone’s preparation of Indian cuisine, but some basic ingredients are […]
This Tuesday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Organic beef Vegetable: Zucchini Side: Sweet potatoes Organic Braised Beef In Red Wine Sauce To be fair, when beef is on the menu I almost always try to find a nice piece of un-frozen organic steak that can be stretched to […]
This Monday our weekly menu plan called for the following. Protein: Cod Vegetable: Cucumber Side: Wild rice To be honest, haddock or cod both work well depending on price and availability, but be sure to buy fresh fish always! Gluten Free Baked Breaded Cod Fresh cod fillets from my local fishmonger are always […]
This Tuesday our menu plan called for the following Protein: Ground Pork Vegetable: Fennel Side: Potatoes Ground Pork Burgers With Bacon Very rarely do we ever eat ground beef anymore. Buying organic meat & poultry sometimes becomes cost prohibitive when supply is low, but to be perfectly honest ground red meat is simply […]
Our menu plan for this Monday called for the following. Protein: Trout Vegetable: Spinach Side: Cauliflower … two vegetables you say? Ah yes indeed, but cauliflower has magic properties, more details about my recent discovery of cauliflower rice below! Baked Trout In Herbed Lemon Butter Many years ago when salmon was the only […]
Anyone For Chicken Brochette? This Monday our menu plan called for the following. Protein: Chicken Vegetable: Peas Side: Basmati The end result was a tasty combo of chicken brochette roasted until tender and golden along with turmeric basmati and buttered peas. Definitely a simple meal but also very kid-friendly. Although I admit the […]
Aaah the weekend, break out every piece of cookery! This Saturday our menu plan called for French onion soup. Problem is, I really didn’t want to deal with a separate seething hot bowl of soup on our plate, especially with two young girls at the table. Keeping with the French theme however I had […]
This Tuesday our weekly menu plan called for the following: Protein: Pork Chops Vegetable: Brocolli Side: Butternut Squash Organic Skillet Pork Chops in Apple & Raisin Sauce Maybe I’m having delayed holiday menu withdrawl but I felt the need for something comforting and homey. That’s when it occured to me to sear some […]