Back to Back Chicken!

                Back to Back Chickens. BBQ season is here again. What a great quick and inexpensive way to feed a family alfresco. Oil and preseason the birds with olive oil and Lawry’s seasoned salt. Stuff with some chunks of chopped white onion tossed in some salt and pepper,olive oil and let rest to marinate while the Que is heating up. Place on a rack in a roast pan to collect the drippings and place in your preheated bbq with the lid closed and on the low heat of 300 degrees, slowcook the birds basting with the collected...

Spinach and Sea Food Salad w/ Vodka Lemo...

Spinach and Sea Food Salad w/ Vodka Lemon Cream Dressing. The season for inexpensive BC coastal sea food is happening. The fresh prawns, crab and schallops are splendid to toss with your favourite greens with a lite lemon dressing accented …with vodka, yogurt and salt and pepper an a 1/4 tsp of dijon mustard and 2 tbs of good olive oil. Shake in a sealed jar and pour over salad , toss and enjoy the bounty of the sea!   Cheers!   thekitchenman.ca

Mexican Snappy Ceviche’

                Snappy Ceviche’ What a great quick nosh using fresh peices of snapper fillets, sliced calamari and cut up shrimp soaked in fresh squeezed key lime juices, chopped cilantro, chopped tomamto, minced onion, sea salt and hot sauce with a splash of iced Tequila. Serve immediatley! Si! thekitchenman.ca

Tasty Halibut Cheek Tacos.

          Tasty Halibut Cheek Tacos. Panko crumbs used to bread the cheeks. Pan fry till golden brown and set on a paper towel to rest. In a bowl mix fresh snipped salad greens, pea sprouts, tomato chunks, slivers of sweeet bell peppers, orange sgements, mango peices, ripped cilantro leafs. Blend 4 parts virgin olive oil to 1 part fresh squeezed lime juice, salt, pepper and 1 tbs of sweet rice vinegar. Add to the greens and Mix well. On a fresh warmed soft taco shell place some of the mixture and some aged shredded cheddar cheese and one peice of...

Mosaic Bread (Romanian Piine Mosaic)

                Mosaic Bread This next staple was a sandwich made the evening before by my grandmother when they were heading out to the fields. It is still served in most Romanian homes today. You can sub some of the fillings but this is the most traditional and tastes very good. 5 oz butter 5 oz canned sardines drained 5 oz  smoked ham of the bone or cottage roll style 4 oz Swiss emethal style cheese 10  pitted pimento green olives 1 pickled banana pepper or fresh bell pepper 1  small loaf European bread. 1/2 cup milk Grind the...

West Coast Shell Fish Bowl

Nothing taste better than a bowl of fresh caught BC shellfish. Simply clean the shrimp and scrub the shells and set in bowl with some ice. Fine chop a few garlic cloves, rib of celery, small cooking onion, white end of a leek, Dice 4 strips of bacon, one potato, one carrot. In a solid bottom pot add 2 tbs of olive oil and sauté the veg and bacon. Add a few pinches of thyme, oregano, tarragon and  bay leaf. Sea salt and fresh ground pepper. About 10 minutes. Add the shell fish and sauté coating by lightly mixing from the bottom with a wooden spoon. Add one tbs of butter...