1 L boiling water
4 orange pekoe teabags
1/2 c sugar
Juice of 2 or 3 lemons
3 or 4 peaches, peeled and sliced
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Friday, July 25, 2014
Peach and raspberry cobbler
From Canadian Living, here.
Blanching peaches makes them astonishingly easy to peel. This was fantastic. Even better eith ice cream, I bet.
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Cedar-planked salmon
From Allrecipes.
Bob made this at my mom's today and damn, it was fantastic, so I bookmark it.
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Smoked salmon and avocado openface sandwiches
Fine Cooking January 2010; online here .
Does well with a bagel or - to make it gluten-free (or snacky) - some rice crackers.
Does well with a bagel or - to make it gluten-free (or snacky) - some rice crackers.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Gravlax
Variations on this abound on the intertoobz, but the one I work from is here.
On the advice of the sage gourmet who pointed me to the recipe, I skip the coriander and add a few sprigs of rosemary and a couple sliced-up cloves of garlic. I never bother with the mustard sauce; the fish is plenty delicious without. And I generally don't get around to toasting the peppercorns.
With cheese and crackers, this is an ample appetizer for 8. Will have to see how far it stretches as breakfast or snacks. I seriously doubt that it's very economical, though, although variations on my favourites could yield some savings...could try cucumber slices and cream cheese instead of goat cheese and rice crackers, for instance.
On the advice of the sage gourmet who pointed me to the recipe, I skip the coriander and add a few sprigs of rosemary and a couple sliced-up cloves of garlic. I never bother with the mustard sauce; the fish is plenty delicious without. And I generally don't get around to toasting the peppercorns.
With cheese and crackers, this is an ample appetizer for 8. Will have to see how far it stretches as breakfast or snacks. I seriously doubt that it's very economical, though, although variations on my favourites could yield some savings...could try cucumber slices and cream cheese instead of goat cheese and rice crackers, for instance.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Lemon iced tea, version 1
From Fine Cooking, here.
First attempt at a substitute for Bridgehead's Lemon Black Iced Tea. Not half bad. Powerfully minty, though, and a little over-sweet; may leave out the mint and reduce the sugar next time and see what happens.
First attempt at a substitute for Bridgehead's Lemon Black Iced Tea. Not half bad. Powerfully minty, though, and a little over-sweet; may leave out the mint and reduce the sugar next time and see what happens.
It LIIIIIIVES. AGAIIIIIIIIIN.
OK, for serious this time!
Ambitions for week one:
* Replace delicious lemon iced tea concoction from Bridgehead with homemade substitute. Iced tea is helpfully self-limiting for me, since too much of it will upset my stomach.
* Replace delicious falafel wrap from the work caf with homemade substitute. Need to see if I can lay hands on a jar of pickled turnip spears at one of the local mid-east groceries.
* Replace delicious hummus wrap from the work caf with homemade substitute.
* See if an egg and a nectarine will be sufficient to get me through the morning, since I find I am getting good and sick of muffins.
Ambitions for week one:
* Replace delicious lemon iced tea concoction from Bridgehead with homemade substitute. Iced tea is helpfully self-limiting for me, since too much of it will upset my stomach.
* Replace delicious falafel wrap from the work caf with homemade substitute. Need to see if I can lay hands on a jar of pickled turnip spears at one of the local mid-east groceries.
* Replace delicious hummus wrap from the work caf with homemade substitute.
* See if an egg and a nectarine will be sufficient to get me through the morning, since I find I am getting good and sick of muffins.
Bean burgers
A Canadian Living recipe from a billion years ago - in the first black binder - online here.
One of the best lunch recipes I've found. Tasty, filling, unfussy, and healthy. You can even omit most of the fancy garnish-like ingredients without negatively affecting their tastiness.
According to Canadian Living a billion (i.e. 12) years ago, this costs about $1.60 per serving. Probably somewhat more now.
One of the best lunch recipes I've found. Tasty, filling, unfussy, and healthy. You can even omit most of the fancy garnish-like ingredients without negatively affecting their tastiness.
According to Canadian Living a billion (i.e. 12) years ago, this costs about $1.60 per serving. Probably somewhat more now.
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