Dijon Crusted Lamb Roast with Mint Sauce
Wed, 17/03/10 – 8:13 | 3 Comments

Lava Lake lamb roast is crusted with dijon and served with a fresh mint sauce – perfect for your Easter dinner.

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Grow Your Own (GYO) #34 : Lemon Verbena Madelines
Sunday, 30 Aug, 2009 – 20:53 | 9 Comments
Grow Your Own (GYO) #34 :  Lemon Verbena Madelines

Delicate Lemon Verbena flavors these traditional French Madeline to make a light and airy dessert or afternoon snack.

We have or I should say “had” an abundance of Lemon Verbena growing outside our kitchen door, which …

GYO #24: Roasted Butternut Squash and Pork Loin
Tuesday, 6 Jan, 2009 – 21:15 | 4 Comments
GYO #24:  Roasted Butternut Squash and Pork Loin

It is definitely winter here in the city, it is cold and makes you instantly think of comfort.  The entire walk home from Bart, I thought about what sort of comfort food I could make …

GYO: Quiche
Wednesday, 3 Dec, 2008 – 21:14 | 7 Comments
GYO:  Quiche

We did not actually “grow” our own quiche, but rather we baked it using fresh rosemary from our garden.  I knew we had to participate in Andrea’s GYO (Grow your Own) event for December and …

Contradicting …
Sunday, 19 Oct, 2008 – 20:29 | 2 Comments
Contradicting …

Just a couple nights ago, I wrote about how we never really eat breakfast so we had “breakfast” for dinner.   Today we had breakfast and it was so simple and so ordinary that I …

GYO # 17 Round-up
Sunday, 5 Oct, 2008 – 14:37 | 11 Comments
GYO # 17 Round-up

I had the honor of hosting the Grow Your Own event (GYO #17) for Andrea over at Andrea’s recipes.  I always love this event as it is fun to see what people from all over …

GYO: Eggplant Dolma with Rice Filling and Tzatziki
Monday, 29 Sep, 2008 – 20:15 | 4 Comments
GYO:  Eggplant Dolma with Rice Filling and Tzatziki

I was scouring my favorite food blogs looking for some inspiration for the weekly menu planning around here, when I stumbled upon a dish that Meeta, over at What’s For Lunch Honey, made recently.   …

I am hosting Grow Your Own
Tuesday, 16 Sep, 2008 – 21:08 | 5 Comments
I am hosting Grow Your Own

I have the honor of hosting the current Grow Your Own event for Andrea.  Thank You!  Wiffy over at Noob Cook hosted the past GYO event and has some great entries, which you should definitely …

Almond Chutney Chicken Lettuce Roll Ups
Saturday, 6 Sep, 2008 – 12:39 | 3 Comments
Almond Chutney Chicken Lettuce Roll Ups

It definitely was an evening that was not meant to be over a stove, one that was meant to be enjoyed outdoors! I found this recipe for Almond Chutney Chicken Lettuce Roll-ups a couple months ago and have been itching to make them, tonight would be the night!