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Maureen Hi, nice to see you posting here. Shaya All your dinners are special. Perfectly seared Tuna, and ooh those golden potato slices. Klary Like Shaya's, your dinners are always something I'd be happy eating. You take the best food photos. Kim You influenced dinner tonight. Just had to have grilled hot dogs. Served with homemade fries. This one is mine. Just tomatoes and onions. Moe had his topped with tomatoes and onions too but he also had mustard and a red pepper relish. Ann

OOOh I'm blushing. Irishgirl, only two. But they were farm fresh free range eggs, jumbo size. Wendy I keep coming back again and again to look at your biscuit and egg sandwich. Moe's breakfast this morning. Scrambled eggs with chives. Copied Wendy's Chive Garnish.

Jan your chicken pho looks sooooo good. David what a gorgeous roast chicken. Thesorus Your lobster dinner has my mouth watering for a lobster feast. Bruce Walleye is a favourite of Moes. Kim Sometimes a hot dog is the perfect dinner. I like all your sides. The beans and the potatoes. I grilled a small rack of lamb and made a fresh mint sauce. Served with roasted potatoes, asparagus and grilled tomatoes.

Percy, I know how much you love your breakfasts. Hope your back is better soon. I'm still drooling over Wendy's husbands Biscuits and Doddies. Perfect. Early breakfast here started with Blackberry Scones. Then a little later I made Moe a bacon, cheese and egg sandwich on homemade Potato Rosemary Rolls.

Bruce, the tapa recipe is very easy. Just saute lots of sliced garlic in 4 tablespoons or so of olive oil. Add some hot red pepper flakes. When the garlic starts to turn golden toss in the prawns/shrimp. After a minute or so when the prawns are almost cooked, add a little chicken broth, and then just before serving squeeze the juice of at least 1/2 a lemon over the prawns and toss in some chopped parsley. Serve with lots of good bread to sop up the sauce. Ann

Wow, I had to go looking for the breakfast thread. It was on the second page. Nice to see all the "sweet" and "savory" breakfasts. Alinka Now that is my idea of breakfast.

I've missed so many wonderful meals. I had to go back a few pages to get caught up. Hard to know where to begin. First of all I'm sorry I missed your birthday Marlene Belated birthday wishes to you. Marcia I love all of your meals. I'd be especially happy with your New Mexico Carne Adovada. God that looks good. And Shaya your butterflied roasted chicken looks amazing as does your baguette. Bruce as usual all your meals appeal to me. Thanks for linking to guppymo's beef soup recipe. Wendy everything looks delicious, but your husband's biscuits are a thing of beauty. Here are a few of the things we have had to eat in the last week or so. Prawn season opened last week. Short season so I plan to have these quite often. Spanish Tapa - Garlic Prawns Beef Tenderloin Kabobs Breakfast a few mornings this week have been Cheese Danish. Dinner last night was Chicken Pot Pie Tonight's dinner was grilled halibut with a tomato black olive relish. Had a craving earlier this week for something sweet. Toasted some walnuts and made maple walnut fudge.

I love homemade potato chips and they are really easy to make. But the secret is to fry them not bake them. Somethings just aren't suppose to be low cal. I always use russet potatoes but I would think that Yukon golds would make a good potato chip too. I slice them thin and soak in ice water. Dry well before frying in hot oil.

I'm sitting here drooling over David's Chicken Fricassee, Marlene's ribs, Doddie's roast pork, and Marcia'sBeef Kabobs. And I really do have to prepare Pork belly one day soon. My monitor died on Friday night and I got around to replacing it today so I'm just getting caught up. Saturday night's dinner was not exactly the healthiest but we really enjoyed it. Buttermilk fried chicken with buttermilk fried onion rings and buttermilk fried mushrooms. Needless to say I had some buttermilk I wanted to use up. Last night was another "diner" food type dinner. Salisbury steak simmered in a mushroom and green peppercorn gravy. We had lunch with our son in Victoria today. Thai food. So other than a toasted homemade bagel with tomatoes, I didn't really cook dinner.

Klary Happy Birthday. Sorry I'm late. Looks like you celebrated in style though. Bruce Thanks for posting the link to that recipe. I've saved it to try soon. Hope it tastes as good as it looks in your photo. MiFi Your duck breast looks amazing. I love pink peppercorns in sauces. Tuesday's dinner was a traditional roast chicken dinner. Wednesday we had pot roast and last night I used the leftover pot roast to make Hot Beef Sandwiches with homemade fries with canned peas. I always serve canned peas with hot chicken/turkey/pork/beef sandwiches. Diner Food. and dessert was Silly Toffee Squares.

The meals and the photos just keep getting better and better. Marlene You are the master of pork roasts as well as Prime Ribs. And those two pork belly photos Wow!. Is there anything better than pork cracklins? I'm definitely adding pork belly to my "have to cook soon list". SiseFromm Wonderful dinner. Bruce Your son certainly is eating well. Saturday night we had pizza. Used some sourdough for the crust. Topped with Italian sausage, mushrooms and black olives. Sunday's dinner was beef tenderloin with Parisienne Potatoes, and steamed broccoli. Baked Sourdough Bagels this morning. Late lunch so dinner ended up being some of the leftover cream of asparagus soup I made yesterday along with a bagel. Ann

I'm not sure what I want more Pancakes or Bruce's fried rice. Moe's breakfast this morning Poached eggs on a bed of sauted mushrooms and asparagus spears. Toasted homemade sourdough baguette. Ann

Bruce, Wish I lived at your house. I don't even care much for breakfast, but I'd be happy to eat what you make. Found rhubarb at the farmers market yesterday so I made a pie. Perfect for breakfast.

Wendy Glad you have an oven again. That chicken and pasta looks so delicious. Moby All I can say about your lobster is"WOW". Found the first rhubarb of the season at the Farmers Market yesterday. Had to make my favourite pie. Ann

Lisa Boy does that ever sound good. Glen I was gifted with a round brotform recently. Now I need to buy a couple more like yours. Great looking loaves. I found a new source for stoneground rye to feed my sourdough mother. Mixed up a biga on Wednesday night and baked some sourdough rye last night. Ann

Jennifer, I am so glad that I didn't miss your blog. I've really enjoyed reading about your kitchen reno too. Looking forward to more pictures. It just seems like yesterday that you were going to Pastry school. How time flies. Ann

Kim and Dottie hope you are both feeling better. Shaya Oh God, this looks soooo good. Such a rich dish. Marlene you definitely have a way with beef. Gorgeous steak. Wendy I'd love a bowl of your chili. Last night's dinner was grilled sausage with penne. And tonight a roast chicken dinner. Ann

Greenwich, up until I had this sauce with the parmesan, I would have totally agreed with you. I've never liked cheese on pasta dishes that contained seafood. But the exception for me is this sauce. Somehow the fresh parmesan works. At least it does for me. Ann

OOOh I love White Clam Sauce. I use fresh clams and just add them to the sauce in their shells. I don't add extra clam juice either. I saute shallots and garlic in butter and make a roux, adding some white white and a little chicken broth. Season with a little cayenne pepper, and a little oregano. Salt and pepper. Add the clams and as soon as they are open, toss in some fresh chopped parsley, toss in the pasta and serve with fresh grated parmesan cheese. Ann

Matthew Gorgeous piece of beef. Perfectly cooked. David I love the combination of your dungeness crab and asparagus mousse. Dinner tonight was herbed rack of pork with sides of corn pudding, mashed potatoes and mushrooms with snow peas.

I definitely have to give the Black Pepper Brownies a try. I have baked a mixed peppercorn shortbread that is wonderful so I know I'll love brownies with pepper. I have two recipes for brownies that are my "regulars". One I call Decadent Brownies because they contain 20 ounces of chocolate and the other is a Marbled Cream Cheese brownie. Made a batch of these recently. I tried glazing the decadent brownies, just for a picture. But these are actually best without the glaze.

Diane, I use this recipe for Spaetzle that I found a few years ago on Teri's Kitchen. I think that the recipe needs more salt, and definitely pepper and I often add minced parsley to the mix. Also I let it rest longer than 15 minutes. At least an hour, and usually longer. I just mix it up earlier in the day and refrigerate until I'm ready to cook.

Klary, great looking veal shanks. Oh Wow, your dessert makes my mouth water. I can't wait until the fresh rhubarb is available here. Dinner Saturday night was Hungarian Goulash with Spaetzle and red cabbage. And we had the same cabbage with our Easter Ham. Ann

Jon, your bread looks wonderful. Great slash job. I'm still making bread using my starter that I have been feeding since last November. This bread is from Friday. Made with a sourdough levain started the day before.

I've been playing catchup and going back and looking at all the wonderful meals over the last couple of weeks. I have to make mention of DesertCulinary Vermont Cheddar Mashed Yukon Golds. And Rocky's posole, rice, beans, and tortillas. Makes me want Mexican for dinner. Nishla Your cauliflower soup looks amazing. Like velvet with all those wonderful garnishes. And all of Shaya's and Bruce's delicious looking dinners. And Marlene I'm looking forward to the photo of your Prime Rib dinner. Your beef is always perfectly cooked. I've been without cameras for the last couple of weeks, since mine were stolen. But I'm back in business. I baked yesterday. Sourdough bread. Last nights dinner was Burgers on sourdough rolls with a side of homemade potato chips. Cream Cheese Brownies