My First Daring Bakers’ Challenge: Vols-au-Vent

Main Course Recipes

The September 2009 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Steph of A Whisk and a Spoon. She chose the French treat, Vols-au-Vent based on the Puff Pastry recipe by Michel Richard from the cookbook Baking With Julia by Dorie Greenspan. Alas, my first...

My First Daring Cooks’ Challenge

Main Course Recipes

I just recently joined the Daring Kitchen. This ‘club’ prepares 2 monthly challenges done as a group. You join the Bakers’ or Cooks’ Challenge (or both), do the recipe of the month by the deadline date and post it after the official reveal date...

Chicken biriyani

Exotic World Recipes, Main Course Recipes

I love a good Biriyani and its good to have a recipe to make at home instead of going out. here is one ingredients: Chicken – 1 pound Basmati rice – 3 cup Ghee – 5 tsp Onion big – 1 sliced Tomato medium – 1 chopped Green chillies –...

Lobster Scare

Food Trends & Gadgets, Instructions 101, Main Course Recipes

I have a really good food annecdote. It happened to me on Sunday. So lobsters are cheap right now and I decided to treat myself to lobster. I bought 2 Sunday night and took them home. Yes they were live lobsters. One was particularly agitated…as far as lobsters...

Poor Man’s Dinner

Main Course Recipes

So a couple of weeks back some friends of mine (yes all Cheap Eatz members) were invited to J’s house for a poor man’s dinner. What a great idea! The hightlight of the evening was J’s main meal recipe, an invention created by her uncle a long time...

Getting our grills on: Pistachio Crusted Trout

Food Trends & Gadgets, Main Course Recipes

Oh yeah baby, time to get the grills on. No I am not talking about the hip hop mouth jewelery. I am talking about that sweet summer sound of gas, charcoal or wood chips heating up the BBQ. Love, love, love BBQ season. I have one at home and one at the cottage. But...