Daily Unadventures in Cooking

Shrimp sauteed in garlic butter is really easy to make and guaranteed to please a crowd. When my local fisherman showed up again I knew I wanted to do another simple shrimp preparation to enhance the delicate sweet flavour of the fresh seafood.

Shrimp with white wine and garlic is always a popular combination, but when you add in the local tomatoes and baby leeks it brings a beautiful sweetness to this classic dish.

Scroll down for the recipe – a simple marinade to enhance the natural flavour of shrimp or prawns, but first an open letter to the fisherman I bought mine seafood from.
Dear Mr. Fisherman
Please accept my apologies, when I bought these prawns off your boat I was skeptical about what I was buying. I [...]

The salty feta is such a great contrast to the sweetness of the shrimp in this tomato based pasta recipe.

I have been overly tired and I have had a bit of a tickle in my throat the last few days so it was time to yank some of my hearty meat broth from the depths of the freezer and put it to work. I think the reason I am so tired is because [...]

I am back from vacation, and what a great week it was. I really got the chance to appreciate some of the fabulous food items that come out of British Columbia. It is with this inspiration that I post tonight’s recipe featuring BC spot prawns, wild and fresh from the waters off of [...]

All day Sunday Food Network Canada was running a marathon of Kylie Kwong Simply Magic episodes. Before this I had only ever caught 30 seconds at a time but was never very excited. However I was doing chores and it was on in the background and I found it very inspiring. I didn’t really [...]

On the way back from the island today I was poking around in MacGourmet and watching videos to kill time. It is usually a spectacular ride but it was so foggy you couldn’t see anything and so I had 3 hours to kill. I have been using MacGourmet for several months now and [...]

This is a bit of a creation on my part, I was craving an asian-style broth with noodles and prawns so I basically flavoured the broth with what I was able to find at the regular grocery store and some of my homemade chicken stock. another good way to make chicken soup for [...]