Shameless Christmas Carol

This has nothing to do with cooking....

The last time I made bread....

my intention was to have a good sandwich loaf. Turns out it was just too crumbly to hold together for a regular sandwich, but I discovered it is excellent for grilled cheese!!

So....Nobody cooks all the time

But we gotta eat..
This one has puff pastry stuffed with Sopressata Salami, grated Gruyere and Dijon Mustard.


A little egg wash...


...and baked nice and brown.




All gone!

Thanksgiving

Natti had to work on Thanksgiving, one of the downsides of working in a hospital, so I had to do the cooking. That's OK, cause I smoke a pretty mean turkey.


Seamus was on hand to help out with the sampling detail.


When Natti got home from work, we packed up all the food and headed to her sister, Eva's house to lay out the spread and grub out.


Getting ready to carve the bird.

Hot Pan de Sal

This isn't exactly "authentic", but it's pretty darned close. I ran out of bread flour, so I used about a half cup of whole wheat flour. I also used Italian bread crumbs.





With a small slab of butter on it, authentic becomes a moot point.

I love coming home from a long days work......

and finding dinner ready to eat. Tonight I was greeted with pan seared salmon served over couscous cooked in chicken broth with capers and dried cranberries.


very satisfying! I never cared much for cranberries when growing up, but dried cranberries are a different story. Capers, I didn't have a clue. Salmon I thought I didn't like. Now I know I just didn't like the way it was cooked.