It’s June 24th. Today is my birthday. A lot has happened in the past few months. I have met the man that I am going to spend the rest of my life with. His name is Lennie. He lives in Hawai’i. That means that we both have started to [...]
This is a Christmas recipe worth repeating.
Nothing beats brining when it comes to the most delicious and moist turkey that you have ever tasted.Â
Brining a turkey is very easy and is little more than a salt water bath with the addition of herbs and fruit. This must be done however on a thawed or preferably [...]
It’s a little less than a month before Christmas and I’ve been doing some baking. This is the easiest banana bread to make and always turns out perfect.
This recipe originally came from someone at the Dundas Valley School of Art. I have added walnuts and chocolate and substituted all of the ingredients for their organic [...]
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Here’s a great tip that I learned years ago from a chef. Along the top gumline of your two front teeth are contained your sinus nerves. It is these nerves that trigger your eyes to start watering when cutting onions. The trick is to temporarily block these nerves so that they do not [...]
For the most delicious and moist turkey that you have ever eaten, nothing comes close to brining your turkey. I got this idea out of a magazine and now always brine my turkey before cooking. This is nothing more than soaking it in salt water for 24 hours and throwing in some herbs, fruit, garlic [...]
Remember when I said that all artists were good cooks? This recipe is my own invention and since I view cranberry sauce as one of the main dishes, I make a lot of it.   Also, most cooks don’t measure therefore you might have to adjust the sugar to your own taste; okay… maybe the vodka too.
Cranberry Sauce recipe:
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All artists are good cooks. This just happens to be a fact. Maybe some don’t particularly like to cook, but when pressed to do so you will be assured of something both tasty and creative.
Most of my friends ask for this recipe, so here is my version of Guacamole.
Ingredients:Â
                         2 fully ripe avocados                                                                                                Â
                         1/2 C. Liberty Organic [...]