Good friends of ours introduced us to Butter Chicken when they treated us for dinner at a local restaurant specializing in Indian cuisine. For me, it was love at first taste and I couldn't get enough of the stuff! Considering my dad was a huge fan of Indian food (having spent time in Indian when in the British army), our family was often treated to his rendition of the curries he had
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In case you haven't caught on yet, Ozzy and I love our spicy foods. However, after discovering a couple of weeks ago that serrano peppers are NOT "like" jalapeno peppers (serranos are about 15k heat units higher according to the Scoville Chile Heat Chart), I needed
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I made these almost 2 weeks ago and Ozzy keeps asking on a daily basis if I've posted the recipe and pics yet. He was proud of the way these turned out, but I almost had to swat him out of the kitchen as he kept taking pics of the entire process. Pretty sure no one wants to see me with greasy hands and
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This is just another one of those versatile recipes that inspires you to substitute your own ingredients to make it your very own. In this case, after drooling over a recipe for Low Carb Sushi I was inspired to try something similar with chicken. The only common ingredient between the two recipes, however, is the cream cheese, because dammit...
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Jan 18, 2015 ~ This was my first attempt at baking basa in the oven. Previously I've prepared it in the slow cooker, cheating with pre-made sauces like coriander chutney and Jamaican jerk sauce. They've always turned out pretty good, but this one was hands-down the best of the lot. I'm not a big fan of basa, but the price was right and it carries sauces well.
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A few weeks ago I startled nearby shoppers as I blurted out SCORE! I could barely contain my excitement as I clung to the newly-discovered bag of salt cod which I proudly displayed to Ozzy when he came to see what the fuss was all about. Great minds think alike, and when asked "where's it from" I was prepared with "Digby, Nova Scotia" (not too far from where Ozzy was born). The Atlantic coast fisheries are renowned for their cod and halibut.
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