Wow! It’s been quite a while between posts! Although there are a few positive aspects to planning a wedding in 5 weeks, I also seem to find myself in a time crunch. What usually takes a year to do, must be squeezed in around cooking, work, company coming over, the finale of SYTYCD, and a multitude [...]
Posts Tagged ‘payday dinners’
Chocolate Raspberry Ice Cream
Posted in Baking, Chatter, tagged ice cream, payday dinners, raspberries on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Roast Pork Tenderloin with Shallots and Mushrooms En Croute
Posted in Cooking, tagged Cheese, payday dinners, Phyllo, Pork on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This recipe jumped out at me from the spring issue of Flavours which is a complimentary publication put out by our Liquor Commission. It was our first payday dinner, and we were trying to pull out all the stops and cook beyond our comfort level.
I’d never worked with pork tenderloin before, and I’d had very [...]
Saucy
Posted in Cooking, tagged Cheese, payday dinners, sauce on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m back finally! Martin was able to get our Internet back on track, and I called Tech Support to get the password and Tech Guy Tyler hooked us back up! I can’t believe I’ve been without Internet since Wednesday!
Anyways, before the ‘break’ I promised the recipe for the Fontina Cheese sauce we made to cover [...]
Fresh Pasta
Posted in Cooking, tagged Pasta, payday dinners on July 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I haven’t been able to get into the kitchen to cook lately, hopefully more of that will happen later this week. Luckily, I do have a post on fresh pasta ready!
It was another payday dinner that we decided to make fresh pasta. I’ve always wanted to make my own pasta, but hadn’t felt all that confident [...]
Focaccia!
Posted in Baking, tagged bread, payday dinners on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As a cheap and fun way to end the winter, Stacie, Kate (a work friend) and I would get together every payday and make dinner at our place. We’d plan for 2 weeks what we’d cook, and then spend hours preparing the meal while Scott and Ernie (Kate’s young man) would sniff appreciatively and stay [...]