Recipes
Spinach Omelet
Last year when I was looking for something to cook from Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking I came across her recipe for a spinach omelet. This simple recipe opened my eyes. Before I could make the omelet, I had to learn how to make blanched spinach. Child’s explanation of technique and the information ...
Blanched Spinach
Blanched spinach does not make a meal on its own, but it’s a handy dish to know. It’s great in omelets and can be used to make eggs florentine. It can also be served as a side at the dinner table, and it’s the first step in a lot of recipes that use spinach. Since ...
Kimbap
My first experience with kimbap, a Korean snake made up of rice and vegetable \ meat filling wrapped in dried seaweed, happened at a little shop in Manyeondong, a neighbourhood in Daejeon. I remember ordering two rolls and being completely blown away by the price, which was about 4000 Korean Won, about CAD 4.50 at ...
Peanut Butter Balls
In an earlier post, I wrote about snowballs, a holiday treat my mother would make each year. Another treat that marks the holidays at my house growing up would be peanut butter balls. If you like Reese’s peanut butter cups, then you’ll like these as well. Rice Krispies add a nice crunch to these chocolate ...
North African Eggs
I had this for breakfast once in a local restaurant and when I came across it in Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate cookery course, I decided to cook it for myself and RS. It’s a nice hearty breakfast and as usual, Gordon Ramsay’s recipes are spot on. North African Eggs Ingredients 3 Tbsp olive Oil 1 medium onion, diced 1 green ...
Clam Chowder
from the Picket Line
Before becoming a teacher, I had worked both union and non-union jobs in construction. My first construction job was 52 straight days of night-shift work that amounted to doing 85 hour weeks. Despite the long hours and work, I enjoyed the experience. It was just one other person and myself doing maintenance on a gravel ...