When my husband and I head to Kelowna for a date night, we almost always go to Joey’s Grill for dinner because not only do we love their atmosphere, we love their chicken lettuce wraps. We haven’t made it to Kelowna in a while and I had a hankering for the wraps, so I decided […]
We hosted a Christmas party for Matthew’s work staff and while the dinner was catered, they let me prepare the appetizers. (I love appetizers, both serving them and eating them.) I had never served baked brie before and a friend mentioned spreading chutney on it first before baking it and I couldn’t see why that […]
My sister-in-law made stuffed mushrooms for Christmas dinner and I decided to make them again on New Year’s Eve. She used breakfast sausage but I had bacon on hand and this is how I made them: INGREDIENTS 1 pound medium fresh mushrooms 6 Bacon slices, diced 1/2 cup minced onion 4 ounces Cream cheese, room […]
Matthew’s sister came to visit a few weeks ago and prepared an appetizer that made our mouths happy…and made me call her for the recipe. It’s so, SO tasty. INGREDIENTS: 9 Jalapeno peppers 1/2 block of cream cheese (I used the low fat variety and it was just as tasty, for those who care about […]
REQUIRED Water chestnuts Bacon Toothpicks Sweet & sour sauce Homemade sweet and sour sauce: 1/2 cup ketchup 1/2 cup brown sugar Squirt of mustard 4 Tbsp soya sauce DIRECTIONS Line a cookie sheet with tin foil. Wrap a piece of bacon around a water chestnut, and hold together with a toothpick. Spoon sweet and sour […]
INGREDIENTS: 2 ripe avacados 1/2 lime Generous pinches of ground cumin, cayenne pepper, and salt. 1/4 small red onion (Optional if onions give you gas. They give Honey SERIOUS GAS.) 2 roasted red peppers 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh basil or coriander ( I like coriander) 1/2 cup sour cream DIRECTIONS: Mash avacados (sans peels […]
