Member Since:
Oct. 2008
Cooking Level:
Intermediate
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Grilling & BBQ, Stir Frying, Slow Cooking, Italian, Mediterranean, Healthy, Vegetarian, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
I am more the sous chef to my husband - I can cook lots of things, can whip stuff up from what we have in the kitchen too. My husband wanted to do more adventurous food so I let him go at it - even though he didn't know how to cook .... he learned & I helped prepare etc.. we are a real team & entertain a lot. People think what we do is complicated but team work makes it easy & fun. For ourselves we try to eat beef only once a wk now and the rest is chicken, fish & some meatless meals. Use the crock pot a lot (have a crock pot cook book - makes it easy to come up with great ideas) We also Grill, bake, stir fry etc....
My favorite things to cook
Pizza - we make a beautiful one w/ olive oil spread on crust, bit of grated parm sprinkled over, then fresh sliced tomatoes all over, scliced garlic( we like lots) and then more grated parm over the top -- bake @ 500 for can't recall - about 12 min. sprinkle with fresh basil when taking out. (YUM) I also have a chicken, walnut, feta, carlmalized onions on a pizza crust with little bit of tomato sauce on bottom - can use a bit of VH Butter Chicken sause as well.
We love food made simply, from fresh ingredients ... we just had some left over chili from a few wks ago -- it was beautiful - must make that again !!
Crock pot stuff - we always braise the meat first before putting in to give more flavour. Can't think of other stuff now, but wholesome, healthy & FRESH. ( we still are challenged by eating jusnk food - but this healthy eating lifestyle makes us feel good and the food is fabulous.
My cooking triumphs
Cracked black pepper & tarragon Tenderloin (meat rolled in the pepper & tarragon) - grilled on BBQ !!! :)
We have a smoker too and we have done turkey & chicken breats, whole chickens (maple, hickory etc .... whatever suits the food we're smoking) We've also done ribs, steaks, ham, prawns and numerous other foods. It is a wonderful flavour, we cook outside and clean up is easy :)