Skillet Chicken. A New York Times recipe, the blending of mushrooms, caramelized onions and chicken makes this a rich and special dish. Find the recipe here. Likened to French Onion...

Spring Green Spaghetti Carbonara. As usual, another great recipe from this well know chief. The “greens” make the dish…peas of course, asparagus and snow peas. The pancetta is a nice...

Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits. One of the best examples of this classic and, don’t forget to use the homemade biscuits. This is comfort food all around! While Ina Garten...

Butter Chicken aka murgh makhani. Half Baked Harvest…again! Should just bookmark the website. The main difference with this recipe is the use of coconut milk instead of cream…a bit less...

New Years Eve. Started the afternoon with frozen cranberry margaritas followed by Seared Asian steak salad and mushrooms with ginger dressing and a pavlova to finish. The salad was made...

Ever What You Need. A bit of potpourri ranging from eggs, bacon, biscuits and grits to bagels and gravlax. A few words about Southern breakfast then on to lox, etc....

Fishmonger’s stew. Started with fresh, unshucked oysters with mignonette. Don’t know how to shuck oysters? Me either but here’s a video that helped me conquer the pesky bivalve. Followed this with...

White Bean and Sausage Ragout. Hearty dish made all the more so with the focaccia. Cold out? Give this dish a try to shake off the cold....

A December tradition: Marinated beef tenderloin. If you like beef, this has to be one of the best cuts…tender, flavorful and medium rare…delicious! Sides were smashed potatoes with bacon vinaigrette...

Chicken Tagine with saffron rice. This dish was from an online cooking course from The London Chef in Victoria BC so, unfortunately, there is no recipe. Unfortunate because it was...

Tacos like your abuela makes. First time with this recipe for tacos al pastor and the tortilla were homemade by my oldest daughter! I’m not biased but the tortilla made...

Thanksgiving. Turkey was brined in buttermilk which made it very moist and flavorful. The sides were our typical: kale and Brussel sprouts salad, mashed potatoes with gravy, cornbread stuffing, walnut...

Cranberry Cider Braised Beef Stew on Polenta. Half Baked Harvest recipe once again. The key ingredient…polenta and the other…the “sauce” but the real show stopper…it’s basically all done in a...

Fish Taco in a Bowl. A deconstructed fish (petrale sole) taco served on a bed of rice, avocado and black beans with in house made taco seasoning. Very tasty and...

Creamy Wild Rice Chicken Soup with Roasted Mushrooms. Getting a bit boring but this is another Half Baked Harvest recipe. It’s a must visit site if you like both classics...

Salisbury steak. This is a modification from a Pioneer Woman recipe just taking the steak portion and plating it on egg noodle pasta vs a side of mashed potatoes and...

Honeycrisp apple and kale salad. Another excellent Half Baked Harvest recipe worth a try. Even if you don’t really like kale…I’m on that fence…the combination of textures can’t be had...

Ultimate Fall Salad. Need a nice change from meat and potatoes or pasta then give this a try. The mixture of textures and flavors from the farro, to the apples...

German Sausage. Weisswurst and weiner with blaukraut and potato salad rounding out the plate. And of course no German dish is complete without bread…a classic rye in this case. Everything...

Teriyaki King Salmon. Homemade teriyaki sauce made this dish served on a bed of sushi rice with a side of fried bok choy. Email me for the teriyaki sauce recipe....

Thai Basil Beef with Peanut Salsa. Another Half Baked Harvest recipe but this one is from her cookbook, Super Simple, but here is an online source. Based on our experience...

Dungeness Crab Cakes. Local crab cakes from Met Market with potatoes and fried yellow zucchini. What makes crab cakes? The cocktail sauce…ketchup and horseradish with a squeeze of lemon juice....

Spicy stuffed zucchini involtini. An obvious take on the eggplant version but with the eggplant replaced with zucchini cut thinly with a mandoline and stuffed with pesto and ricotta cheese....

Grilled tuna. Amazing piece of sushi grade tuna. Pop it on the grill briefly…perfect! The sides: wild rice with green garlic adobo from Archipelago and mixed veggies in vinaigrette. To...

In Seattle, what else, salmon. Two versions of this bowl; different veggies and salmon prep. The second, with farro instead of rice and with seared salmon, was my pick of...

Pizza at home. This is a great recipe for at home pizza. The only thing that would make it any better is a pizza oven. Alas, I don’t have one...

Chicken on the wire. Just shows I also like something besides pork for BBQ. Chicken is second on the list with beef a distant 3rd…brisket only…no beef ribs! This sauce...

Egg Roll in a Bowl. Another one to try. It’s Whole 30, Low Carb, Keto and Paleo…all in the same bowl! What makes this dish is the creamy chili sauce…basically...

Fried Chicken and Cocktails. This is no ordinary fried chicken…it’s all about the breading. The recipe is here and it’s not really deep fried. This version was made with almond...

Simply Charcuterie and Cheese. Enough said. Have it with an Oregon Pinot Noir or a light rosé from the South of France. Could just go with a Moscow Mule and...

Doron’s Chicken Meatballs. Long a favorite of ours…with several versions…including using turkey instead of chicken. What makes these are the pine nuts and yellow raisins which, when fried, add layers...

Chicken Tikka Masala. The masala was from a jar but the taste was surprisingly all Indian. Not bad for a homemade classic of Indian cuisine. The tikka masala sauce used...

Anelli with Roasted Cauliflower. Always surprised how good gluten free pasta can taste and this one was no exception. The highlight of the dish, however, was the roasted garlic and...

Orecchiette with Chicken Sausage. More pasta. Good thing there are dozens of different pastas and dozens, if not more ways to prepare them. Our source for the sausage…with sun dried...

Linguine Primavera with Asparagus and Peas. And another pasta dish…we do eat other cuisines but as mentioned before, there are many dozens of pastas with an equal number of ways...

Shrimp and Rice Thai Curry Bowl. Pictured is an example of a mild curry so it should be a acceptable to most, even if you don’t like curries very much....

Love me some Brussel Sprouts. Another bowl and another keeper and it’s good for you to boot! The interplay of spices, sweetness from the squash and the added mouthfeel of...

Taco Torte. This is a keeper…think multilayer lasagna filled instead with taco filling and tortilla instead of pasta. When first described, I was a bit skeptical but one taste and...

Halibut Bowl. Modification of the original recipe with a switch to halibut instead of salmon. Halibut made it milder and salmon would be a better choice if you like that...

Q on the Wire. Memorial day weather wasn’t very conducive to doing a bit of BBQ ribs on the grill but…why not? Picked up the ribs last minute at our...

Crispy Rice and Egg Bowl. One of our go to sources for recipes is Smitten Kitchen and this is another great one…if you like the ingredients. Basically rice and egg....

Niçoise salad. Option for lunch…what should you have once you’ve had burgers, sandwiches, leftovers and chips and salsa? A Niçoise salad with lettuce and arugula from our deck “garden” and...

Southern Brunch. Full plate Brunch of eggs over easy…the only way to have them with grits, homemade biscuits and bacon all rounded out by mimosas. Oh…I forgot the star of...

Chocolate chip cookies! No wheat flour, no problem! These are made from almond flour which gives them a unique flavor and consistency compared to the wheat variety. Marry with some...

Look what we found. Looking around for something to fill our carb requirement  and, tucked away from immediate discovery…a stollen in the freezer from the holidays! Pictured is a tried...