Making risotto is kind of like making your own pasta sauce or pizza – the sky’s the limit – all you need is a little imagination and you’re off! What’s most important with risotto is understanding the method – then you can relax and enjoy. Be sure to invite your guests into the […]

Like many things I cook, there was no recipe for this one. Coming home from work one Friday night, I wanted to make something elegant, but simple. A quick walk around Bruno’s and an idea popped into my head.
Shopping List
1 box of penne noodles
500 ml carton of whipping cream
Grated Parmesan - you can use fresh […]

Holy crap, I thought I had already posted this! That just goes to show you what the dog days of summer – oh, and getting a new (well, used) dog – will do to one’s computer time!
1 orange, juice only
1 lime, zest and juice, plus juice of 1 more
2 oz/60 ml gold tequila
3 tbsp/45 […]

After my last posting, you’ll probably conclude from this entry that I’m a mango freak. I much prefer the term fanatic – it seems so much less spooky…! Mango is amazing and so versatile, especially in summer, but sometimes troublesome to deal with, unless it’s perfectly ripe. It’s nice that mango is […]

I freakin’ *love* Indian Food (and fortunately, almost everyone I know does, too). But that doesn’t mean that you have to spend a hot summer’s day slaving over a hot stove to get a little bit of East Indian influence into your day!! The following recipe is adapted from “Curry: […]

The following recipe is a quick, easy chicken recipe I adapted from the Kraft website. The kids love it and it’s easy for them to help make. Clean up is quick and easy as well.
Quick Chicken Roll-Ups
4-5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (or fillets)
1 package stove top stuffing
1 package shake and bake
Take chicken breasts […]

Today I discovered Elise at Simply Recipes and was interested in her old family recipe for HMO which stands for Hamburger, Macaroni & Onions. I can’t wait to try it, but it reminded me of a meal that The Grants make on occasion.
Weekly, we make a big pot of spagetti sauce that might be used […]

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It’s obvious now that I should have included a bit of Brigit Binns’ prelude to the “Seared Lamb Noisettes with Pea, Feta and Mint Salad”, as discovered when both the Grill Maestro and our own Garage Guy confessed that they didn’t know what the heck a noisette was…. Well, fair enough […]

This is the easiest pizza ever, and best of all, the kids love it. Forget about the mess of using frozen or fresh pizza dough, let alone making your own. Just take a package of soft tortillas, add a bit of sauce and some toppings and voila….home made thin crust pizza! We put the sauce […]