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A Chefs Breakfast : Eggs en Cocotte

Eggs en Cocotte, a Chef's Favorite Breakfast Cooking breakfast for restaurants was one thing I thought I'd hate but I actuall...

Saturday, 10 October 2015

Recipe : Homemade Hot Sauce

How to Make Hot Sauce Recipe Homestyle with the Garde Manger Cool Kitchen Blog
Two jars of home made hot sauce. Mouth watering just looking at them.

Ok. We love hot sauce. So maybe in order to be more specific, we should call this recipe "Home Made Hot Sauce I" because there are plenty of delicious ways to mix one of these up.  This one was just packed full of flavour and enough heat to get you sweating in the face when you use it to dip your pizza in. 
Mouth watering yet?

Thursday, 8 October 2015

The Start of Something New : Gardening


pathway through the garden in fall by chris gardiner photography www.cgardiner.ca
Our pathway through the garden in fall after it's been overrun by weeds. 

A big part of good food is good product. The more you know about what you are cooking, the better you will make it taste without even trying.  So why would I pass up the opportunity to grow some of my own food? 

Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Fresh Recipe Ideas : Snap Peas

Garde Manger Cool Kitchen Blog's Sugar Snap peas from the Garden by Chris Gardiner Photography www.cgardiner.ca
Sweet Sugar Snap Peas from the Garden
As a first time gardener, I have to say - it's so amazing that sugar snap peas taste amazing because they grow oh so easily!  So you better have a few tricks up your sleeve for cooking these suckers! (for when you don't want to snack on them raw anyways)