Fresh taste of Ontario Local produce

Haven't blogged in a while, needed to find some inspiration and back again. I've done a lot of fishing and have been eating a lot more healthier foods. Here is what I made recently.

Thinly sliced avocado, oven roasted tomato, braised carrots, fresh basil and toasted coconut and curry crusted ribeye cooked med-rare.

Coffee Break = tiramisu = creme caramel

Delicious Creme Caramel. Fluffy Tiramisu. Huge Coffee. All things you want to have on a Saturday morning with family. When the creme caramel came to the table, my first thoughts were, "that is a huge piece.." What you see there, is not even compared to in reality. Delicious nonetheless. I'm not a fan of tiramisu but my sister really enjoyed it. Every Saturday is a trip to the market, followed by eating some yummy jerk chicken, rice and peas and fried plaintains with a side of coleslaw, a childhood memory. Then a trip to the Asian store and to here, Nova Era Bakery.. all things that seem normal to me and have become a part of the daily routine of a typical Saturday!

Spanish and Chocolate

Both a great combo!

I'm studying Spanish for my trip to Malaga, Spain and let me tell you, that itself can be frustrating. Learning a new language is one heck of a challenge. (demasiado mucho!!!) I've got the basics down like "Hola", "muy bien", gracias, que hora es?

I took a mild break and started to make some chocolates. Then it hit me to learn how to say all the different types of fillings in Spanish! ***fantástica***

I made caramel fillings, dark chocolate spice, hazelnut mousse, and a lindor version of chocolate. smooth creamy ganache.

YUm! until next post..

Jessica

Toronto Birthday!

march 9-10th, 2012.

location: Toronto.

My sister and I recently went to Toronto to celebrate her Birthday at the Renaissance Hotel. There, we awed in the presence of the CN Tower, having lived in Canada all of my life, I still seem to be breathless when looking up at it, daytime or night. It still to this day has the effect on me.

We ventured off to many restaurants and Loblaw's. Amazing grocery store. The night was young, our stomachs were full and we were ready to party!

Accidental Curry Spill.. :O

March 21/2012.

I was cooking rice and making a thin creamy garlic sauce to accompany it, when I went to grab the salt and the container of curry powder spilt into the sauce! I was surprised when I tasted it with a spoon that it was delicious!

I mixed it with a little bit of honey, added the cooked rice and some canned beans finished it with freshly chopped cilantro and Voila! delicious! Marvelloso..

I also had some pork marinated overnight and grilled it, finished it with a blackberry and fig reduction. I must say.. if I had to wait for this..... I'd be drooling. =)

Sushi today, tomorrow, everyday!!!!

Sushi..

If the world ended tomorrow, I'd want to spend it eating sushi with Daniel. It is the most delicious food I've had ever in my life.. growing up I never got to experience but as I got older, my palate became more mature with foods that were raw, especially fish and eggplant. Never really liked that much.

There's this Sushi restaurant that I go to since it's opened 5 years ago, Ye's Sushi. It was always an "all you can eat" buffet. Which seems to more of a trendy thing nowadays. The food there never seems to disappoint. That's the restaurant I even bring my dates to, at least when it's a bad date, you won't leave disappointed because of such a great meal. :) I've brought all my foodie friends there and chefs. It's really uncomparable to any other sushi place I've been to. Maybe except the ones in Japan.

I want to go again soon!





J.

Midnight Birthday Cake for Esteban

I was looking at these very ripe bananas in my kitchen basket and kept wondering what I should do with them. Everyone kept telling me to make banana bread but I don't know anyone who actually eats that so I took them and dug up a banana cake recipe. Turns out banane cake isn't so bad. So I put that together with some peanut buttter ganache and roasted hazelnut simple syrup and fresh fruit with glaze and made my friend, Esteban a cake for his birthday. He's only 24.. no one ever is too old for birthday cake!

Feliz Cumpleaños Viejo Esteban! jajaja