Slow and Easy Sunday Pork “Spoon Roast”

Posted on September 16, 2008 - Filed Under Favourite Movies, side dishes, blog events, Main Dishes, Recipes | 6 Comments

Recently I bought a cut of meat called a “Pork Spoon Roast” from Harmons, my favourite local grocer. It was tender cuts of pork roast (evidently so tender you can cut it with a spoon- hence the name) marinated and wrapped in baking paper and a net. The butcher indicated that you could just roast it in […]

Simple Salmon Weeknight’s Dinner

Posted on September 9, 2008 - Filed Under health focused recipes, side dishes, Main Dishes, Recipes | 3 Comments

 
I was going to make Judy Rodgers’ Zuni Cafe’s Roast Chicken with Bread Salad (from her cookbook), last night- but time ran short so instead we grilled up some wild Coho Salmon and some sticks of yet more zucchini. I just brushed both the fish and the veg with a little olive oil and sprinkled with a bit […]

Zucchini Madness

Posted on September 6, 2008 - Filed Under health focused recipes, side dishes, Salads, Recipes, Gardening | 9 Comments

 
Every Spring I forget about zucchini-I look at the tiny innocent looking plants that my Mum gives me or that I plant in a peat pot or that I purchase at the nursery and I think- I’ll plant two -they’re small- what if one dies? But I forget that they are hardy to the point […]

Saturday Night at the Grill

Posted on August 23, 2008 - Filed Under side dishes, health focused recipes, Herbs/Spices/Condiments, Travels, faves, Main Dishes, Fun Stuff, Recipes | 7 Comments

 
Earlier today, I took my Mom on a little road-trip in my Jeep up Highway 89 towards Brigham City to the Willard, Utah  fruit-stands. I forgot my camera or I would have been able to show you a beautiful “Mayberry” type of country.

 We bought two half-bushels of locally grown peaches, some corn in the husk, green and […]

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