Ginger chilli Chicken

Olive oil and sweet chilli sauce in skillet....heat medium for 2 min...add chicken and garlic....add fresh sliced ginger...saute....add water cresents...add more swett chilli sauce if required.....serve over bed of rice.

Hoisen Beef with Red Pepper and Onion

Hoisen Sauce: make your own...its simple and tastes better than any pre-packaged sauce! Saute beef in seseme oil....garlic chopped.......3min on high in cast iron skillet...add hoisen....another 2 min....add peppers and grill 5min...add onions and grill additional 3min....more hoisen if required......serve over a bed of basmati rice.

To decant or Not to Decant

Hey everyone...just recently (yesterday) opened a bottle of wine which tasted very young and immature (the way I feel most days) and so we decided that because I have 3 more bottles of it, the next one I will decant....or should I just cellar it for a few years. It's a young Australian Shiraz...which typically i would not cellar....but is it worth keeping at a price point of $13.00/bt??? Comments....

Canadians go to Vote!

Today our government was found in contempt of parliament.......we need to take this seriously and understand what this means. Our government has not respected our democratic process, the laws of the Canadian people and has ultimately been thrown out of power because of this. Canadians need to react. We cannot accept and tolerate this egocentric behaviour! We have rights and they need to be respected. Unfortunately this government has disregarded every Canadian! Please stand up and vote accordingly for what we all believe in; a democratic society!

Simple Appetizers

Olive and chorizo
- slice chorizo....saute them in garlic and olive oil
mix to olives warm
serve with toothpicks and a honey mustard dipping sauce

Cranberry Beef

1 package of beef strips
cranberry relish (David's)
Spicy hot peppers
1/2C water
garlic
salt & pepper
350 for 30min
Serve over rice

New Recipe

Guiness Chicken
2 chicken breast chunked
1/4 cup guiness
2tbsp of mustard seed
balsamic
salt and pepper
chicken coated, baked in over 375 for 40min.
Enjoy over steamed rice.

In this crazy world.....

Well I thought the title was fitting.....speaking with so many friends whom spent the year with me in Finland....learning tidbits of their lives....just makes you sit back and think about where we were and where we are now. One thing stays constant....a friendship that will always be there...as some of them get married in the next week....others seperate......others...sometimes just confused with the path we are on. At the end of the day, great memories relax the feeling and emotions that some of life`s challenges deliver...and we can find some peace in knowing each other the way we do.

Have GREAT day everyone!