Cheesy Vegetable Medley

Rural Open Air Tailgate Markets provide a nice change from the grocery stores. Helping out area farm is a great way to support these hard working farm families. The great thing is the produce is fresh picked and the selection endless. Find your road side vendor and reap the benefits by purchasing local. As I explore the available food sources here in Woodstock at the Your Farm Market store is where I can get fresh from the farmers field produce and cheese’s. I’m always on the lookout for tasty cheese and artisan condiments. Ever since the large corporate food...

Butter Chicken thekitchenman Way

          Butter Chicken thekitchenman Way: 1968  and Vancouver was exploding with new restaurants and places for me to sharpen my cooking skills. I began a new job at Hotel Vancouver with good recommendations from the Banff Hotel chef. I became first cook breakfast and was happy to get some cash coming in along with a top notch job. My shift at the hotel started a 4-30 am. I worked for some time doing breakfast buffets, banquets and resided on trendy Beach Ave. I also worked a part time job at the English Bay Fish and Chip kiosk. It was a fun job...

Best Beet Borscht

The Best Beet Borscht In Eastern Europe, where borscht is king, you could eat a different recipe of borscht every week of the year, and each would be authentic. Although borscht is thought of as a beet dish, the word means any soup made with a variety of vegetables. My version is easy to fix, yet retains the qualities found in a more time-consuming preparation. I flavor with kvass, a traditional fermented beet liquid for use in red cabbage found in European delis, but it’s not necessary; substitute lemon juice if you wish. Notice that the vegetables are slow and low...

Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner .

                                                                            Turkey Dinner With the holiday season fast approaching, it is a good thing to start looking for your free range turkey and putting in your order. I like to make a trip to the usual last area farm markets and pick up all my pantry items from the farm vendors. One of the first meals I ever cooked for guests was a roast turkey dinner. Some chefs stuff the bird with a bread stuffing and cook covered at low temperature for several hours to keep the meat from becoming too dry. Other chefs roast breast...

Thekitchenman’s Leg of lamb

  LEG OF LAMB For the many years that I have resided around Canada I have noticed the huge amount of people who BBQ. Welcome to another season of outdoor entertaining. Whether it’s on your back yard patio, balcony or wilderness camping with a portable hibachi there is no finer way to entertain guests and make a first class meal. There are so many models of barbeques available to fit the budget and the space. Propane or fixed gas are most common and take the least amount of effort to operate and maintain. For the more authentic bbq flavours cooks use a charcoal fired...

Lasagne Bolognese

Lasagna Bolognese. Fresh made pasta is available at many deli’s or markets from the source. Or you can make your own homemade lasagna pasta (sometimes called “lasagna noodles”) with a dough made of flour and eggs, with or without spinach—or using just semolina (durum wheat flour) and water. But today, the dried packaged ready-to-use lasagna noodles available in the grocery store are really excellent. When using regular store-bought lasagna noodles boil them in batches. To avoid the noodles sticking together, place them vertically on the sides of the pot of boiling...