I have fond memories of childhood family dinners. There were fun times when my brother, sister and I would jokingly chew with our mouthes wide open, to gross each other out. There were nights when the three of us tried to see who could be the most obnoxious, driving our dad to dine alone with…
Baked Banana – Bravo for a 2 minute dessert!
Happy 50th Jittery Cook post! Your positive response fuels the Jittery Cook blog. Research shows that there are ingredients that could theoretically be combined into 10 quadrillion recipes — of which only one million, just .0000001%, have already been recorded. So between the already recorded recipes and the ones yet to be created, Jittery Cook may have enough raw material to keep…
Fattoush Chicken Salad – Fresh and Fabulous
Fattoush Chicken Salad is just one more recipe that could promote peace in the Middle East. Larry David may be in line for a Nobel Peace prize if his ‘Palestinian Chicken‘ episode, which Alan Dershowitz sent to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, brings the leaders of Israel and Palestine together to create entente. Fattoush Salad 1 lettuce…
Roasted Red Pepper Spread – Unforgettable
It isn’t everyday that you get to celebrate milestone birthdays with the ones you love, right on the special day. Today is one of those occasions. Very excited to wish HBD to Erin Simms, multi-talented, life of the party, warm-hearted and the best storage room organizer in the world –the only person I allow periodically…
Salmon Watercress Latkes – Martha Stewart Would Approve
Celebrating Hanukkah calls for eating food fried in oil. Potato Latkes are delicious, crispy, hot, a little salty and and served with sour cream. As they are fried in oil, these Salmon Watercress Latkes also pay tribute to the miracle of the oil which should have lasted only one night but lasted eight. Salmon Watercress Latkes peanut oil (or…
Poached Salmon Salad Sandwich with Sauce Verte
On CBC Radio “This is That”, “Wilderness Childbirth” was lauded as the way to go. Intrigued, I was picturing a cozy forest floor, moss covered, not so bad. Then the group leader, guiding four couples raring to be super natural, metioned that they shouldn’t be too preoccupied with the rain, because by the time they arrived…