Monday Night Pizza Party

As much as I love to cook, there’s always a day in the week where either because of life getting in the way or just plain feeling tired, neither myself nor my boyfriend want to spend too much time cooking.  These are the days for which I keep “fast food” in the fridge.  It could…

Dinner Date in Tokyo – Shrimp Stacks with Spicy Sriracha Mayo.

Tonight I thought I’d do something really different for dinner.  My boyfriends father, who has lived in Japan for over 35 years gave us a jug of Sake (Japanese rice wine) as a house warming gift when he was in Vancouver last.  We also got all kinds of fun Japanese goodies including Miso paste (for…

Organic Avocado Chocolate Pudding

Tonight I thought I’d put a couple of ripe avocados, that were on their way to going bad on my kitchen counter, to use with this simple, delicious dessert.  I’m not a huge dessert person usually but I do love chocolate and a scoop of this pudding with fresh raspberries will definitely hit the spot….

Red Snapper with Quinoa Greek Salad

Every summer my boyfriend visits his friends cabin in Rivers Inlet, a coastal fishing village in Northern British Columbia on the Wannock River.  They spend a week fishing the waters of both the river and the Pacific ocean.  When he comes home our freezer is stocked with salmon, halibut and bottom fish for the year. Digging…