Nothing beats the simplicity of fresh grilled fish and simple sides, it’s so light and refreshing and your body just feels better eating it. It’s always fun to take a common side like broccoli and change it up a bit, this time sliced thick, seasoned, topped with just a bit of grated dairy […]
You Can Go Far With Some Char This Monday our menu plan called for the following. Protein: Arctic Char Vegetable: Brussel Sprouts Side: Basmati Rice The fresh fillets of char at Jimmy’s this week were very reasonably priced so I couldn’t resist getting an extra to freeze for later. Brussel sprouts weren’t officially on the […]
Overview … This Wednesday our menu plan called for the following. Protein: Sea Bass Vegetable: Cauliflower Side: Jasmine Rice My trusty fishmonger Jimmy came through as always with two lovely fresh bass cleaned up and prepared before my eyes. After eating so much potato over the holidays rice is back in style for a long […]
Overview … My weekly menu plan for this Sunday called for: Protein: Crab meat Starchy Side: Rice Vegetable: Spinach When I visited my fishmonger Jimmy last week I turned up my nose at some VERY expensive frozen lobster meat, which I later regretted quite sincerely after trying frozen canned lobster from my local grocer instead. This […]
Overview … My weekly menu plan for this Saturday called for: Protein: Beef Shoulder Starchy Side: Potatoes Vegetable: Sweet Peppers Weekends at our house almost always have a main dish that requires slow cooking of some sort, and beef chuck shoulder has to be one of my all time favourites in that category. Braising is a time-consuming […]
Sicilian Fast-Food … So imagine if you will some cooked rice, rolled into a ball, breaded, and then deep fried; delicious. This historically Sicilian treat is often stuffed with a variety of tomato or meat sauce, cheeses and other tasty fillings. Whether served as arancini con burro, con funghi, con pistacchi, con melanzane or even supplì, this bite-sized […]