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Back in the 90’s I worked in the hospital in Kitimat BC in Dietary as a Dietary aide, I loved it, I learned aot ! I worked with some great ladies, we all worked very hard , I even got to be relief cook 1 and 2 .. I learned a few swear words in Mexican & Portuguese. I got a couple of really great recipes one of which my kids and grand kids love, Tuna Roll.. I make my own scone mix 2 small can tuna in water, i can mushroom soup ….

• 3 cups of flour
• 2 tbl spn olive oil’
• 2 tbl spn baking powder
• pinch salt
• 1 cup milk
• little water
• mix together dry ingredients
• 2 cans Tuna in water
• 1 can mushroom soup use half
• Roll out to 1/4 inch nd spread tuna mix
• bake 375 for approx. 30 mins

• Cheese sauce mmmm
• 2 oz butter
• 3 tbl spoons flour
• 2 splods Hot Dog mustard
• 1/2 cup grated cheese old cheddar
• 1/4 cup grated asiago cheese to add a nip
• 1 tsp chopped garlic
• make a rue with melted butter and flour
• 1 cup milk
• add milk slowly

Mediterranean Pie another Hospital recipe

• 2 pie crusts
• 1 med onion chopped
• 1 tsp chopped garlic
• 1 bl spn minced garlic
• 1 oz butter1 12 oz pkg frozen spinach
• 8 oz sliced ha8 os shredded cheese I like cheddar
• red pepper cut in to strips
• 4 eggs slightly beaten
• Drain defrosted spinach well and stir into onion mixture.
• Layer, in order – ham, cheese, spinach, red pepper.
• Pour beaten eggs over the layers. Reserve a small amount of egg to brush on top crust.
• Put top crust on the pie.
  Decorate with left-over pastry if desired.
  Seal edges. Brush with reserved egg. Make slits for steam.
• Bake at 400 degrees F. for 35-40 minutes or until pastry is golden.
  serves 4-5
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I remember my mom (Mam) making this and the smell of it cooking was amazing , onions and the smell of the fatty lamb and black pudding oh my gosh.. famous lamb stew topped with sliced potatoes

• 2 .5 cups lamb shoulder/neck, Lap of lamb diced
• 2 onions, sliced
• 2 large carrots, sliced
• 2 tbsp flour, seasoned with salt & pepper
• 2 tsp chopped garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 1/3 cup chicken, beef (or lamb) stock
• Bunch of fresh thyme sprigs or dried time
• 5 – 7 large potatoes More if needed
• 1/3 rd cup butter( Beef Dripping )
• fresh rosemary 
• Black pudding ( Blood Sausage) Sliced
• Lightly coat the lamb meat using the flour Salt, pepper and garlic
  brown the lamb pieces in half of the butter or if you have some good old beef dripping from your butcher (it should take a few minutes on each side) then remove from the pan.
  cook the onions, carrots until soft.
  Add any remaining flour to the pan and then pour in the stock and the leaves of a few thyme sprigs. Simmer gently for 5 minutes
  Thinly and evenly slice the potatoes. Preheat the oven to 325 f
  Grease a deep casserole dish (Dutch Oven ) with butter.
  Use 1/3 of the potatoes for the base of the hotpot – place sliced potato slices so they neatly overlap
  Then add the lamb and cooked vegetables in layers leaving the stock in the pan.
  Pour in the stock so it is 3/4 of the way up the meat and veg filling this shouldn’t be swimming in the sauce.
  Top the hotpot with the remaining potatoes. Brush each layer with butter or beef dripping melted and sprinkle with seasoning & thyme
  Cover loosely with a layer of foil. Cook in the pre heated oven for around 2 hours.
  Remove the foil after the first hour increase temp of oven to 375 for last 10- 15 mins of cooking to crisp the potato topping. these are delish

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Happy Sunday to you all, Just got back from walking George I had to put my yoga pants on and runners instead of capris and flip flops brr fall is approaching fast.

For Supper I warmed up the veggie stew and made dumplings to fo on top of it, oh my goodness it hit the spot!! t makes the stew very satisfying

• 2 cups flour all purpose
• 1 tbl spn baking powder
• 1 dollop of olive oil
• a sprinkle of salt
• 3 springs of fresh parsley chopped fine
• water to mix to a sticky dough

When I make soups and stews dumplings to I always think of my mom (Mam) She was wonderful, giving ,funny loving lady who would give you the shirt of her back . A wonderful mom, gran & best friend

When we married and moved in to our own house and had our first child , Our own traditions began. I keep Christmas traditions I make Christmas puddings and Christmas Cake, I started a new Christmas tradition about 5 yrs ago by everyone getting a Christmas eve present! In this present there is new Pj’s a movie, hot chocolate and popcorn and maybe a magazine or book for Christmas eve !! Everyone loves this Now we do this with Grandkids One of the traditions I started was every Monday was Spaghetti for supper,I now quite often make my own pasta !

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A Sunday joint as mom used to call it , no not pot it was the roast of meat!! My Brother was a butcher so on a Sat We would get the Sunday joint, wether it was Pork, Lamb, Beef or Chicken..

So Sundays in my house is also filled with lots of cooking smells.. I use a Dutch Oven to roast my Meats (Joints) In this I place aTrivet of Veg, 1 a large Onion quartered, carrots left in big chunks, a red petter quartered and seeds taken out ,I sometimes use Parsnips , turnip, leeks what ever you fancy!! I then put either 1 pkg onion soup mix of a pkg veg soup mix and a couple of Bouillon cubes (oxo) then I rub the roast with Olive oil Dijon mustard. Beef Roast I get 4 tbl spns of flour , chopped garlic and fresh ground black pepper place in a big bowl and place the beef roast in bowl, with flour mix rub all over the roast,, then place the roast on the root veg trivet , the trivet will add a lot of great flavour to your roast . Once your roast is done take out the roasted Veg trivet I place the dutch oven on the stove in a jug mix up 2 tbl sons flout with water add to juices in the dutch over stir until there are no lumps, if you do have lumpy gravy run through a strainer..

If you did not use a trivet! To add flavour to your gravy! Dice up i onion 1 carrot and what ever other veg you want add. Place in dutch oven with juices from your roast and cook until soft then you can strain the veggies or put in to a blender this will add flavour to your grave and also thicken.. With a Beef Roast, I like to add a little sherry or port this elevates the beef taste mmm yummy

On Kates Birthday it is tradition to make 1 huge Yorkshire pudding and put her dinner inside of it. It is important that traditions are carried on , then we don’t loose them !

When I’m bored I love to cook. I looked in the fridge I had left over. My mashed potato salad and some salmon pate. Hmmmm. I went to the pantry. I saw 2 cans of sockeye salmon. I opened the cans of salmon mashed them with a little dill and spring onions. I then mixed in the salmon pate. This gave the dish a Smokey taste. Mmmmm. I then placed the salmon mix in a Pyrex dish them put the mashed potatoes on top of the salmon mid Brush the potatoes with melted butter. Place in a 350 oven for 45 mins until browned

This is one of our fave quick lunches Grilled Cheese my way, home made bread cheese and home made pickled red onions with Tomato Basil Soup also home made.. For about 3 yrs now I have been making most of our food from scratch!!

Twice Baked Potatoes

Another fave meal is twice baked potatoes Half the potatoes then I boil with the skin on, cool for 30 mins , scoop them out add what ever filling you want to add , I usually just add onions, peppers and cheese some times tuna !! oh my these are amazing .. I picked the Swiss chard from the garden and I use this like Spinach, i made a spinach like salad .. When we first decided the go plant based, I panicked as I love to cook, Its amazing how well you feel and how your tastebuds really change , now if we eat out at a fast food restaurant , the food doesn’t taste good .. You really should try Plant Based diet

There was 2 chicken breasts left after the bbq yesterday. Hmmm. What could I make. We have had a little family related stress as of late. Got it curry n chips a very brutish way

• 2 chicken breast sliced thin
• 2 lg carrots sliced
• large onion cut in to chunks
• 1 green peppers sliced
• 3 small yellow potatoes diced
• Tspn crushed garlic
• 1 the son Gram masala
• 1/2 tbl spn cummin
• 2 TIL sons curry spice
• 1 tbl spn Tikamasala
• 4 cups chicken stock
• Black pepper
• Potato starch to thicken
• Sauté veg add sliced chicken stock m spices bring to boil and simmer 1 hour serve with rice, millet or fries

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Chicken curry and fries with , Naan Bread Amazing

Another recipe i love to do and everyone loves is my salmon pate’ or moose it is a very quick and tasty treat.. David has always smoked his own salmon..

• 2 spices smoked salmon take off skin
• 2 oz butter
• 1 tbl spn lemon juice fresh or from a bottle
• 4 tbl sour cream
• fresh ground black pepper
• melt butter in microwave, add smoked salmon break up with fork, add sour cream and lemon juice blend with hand blender, place in fridge to cool after an hour serve with a crusty baguette or crackers , and a wee nip of scotch yummy Then there is burns night and the Haggis lol

Growing up in the UK Potato Salad was not a common thing to have , I remember mom buying Heinz Potato Salad or Vegetable salad in a can !

The potato Salad I do over, the years has evolved !! We Emigrated to Canada in 1980 BBQing was new to us. So we had a little Hibachi Briquette BBQ ! We loved it would go to Lakeelse Lake for a BBQ at Hospital beach.. I started buying potato salad in the store , David wasn’t in love with this so he asked if I could start to make it and potato.salad but mash the potato! . My warm potato salad was born over the years I have tweaked it .. Everyone loves it . I boil potatoes and eggs together. Mash the potatoes and eggs together add a big dollop of butter salt, pepper and seasoning salt and Mayo ..

I have had people over that didn’t like potatoes or potato salad, until they tasted mine.. I remember a friend of Victorias was turning 16, I asked what I could get him for his Birthday!! His answer was a dish of my potato salad!! There was also one of Kate’s friends who would come over for supper and i would make extra so she could take some home .. It is simple but good food! The eggs are Jumbo eggs and potatoes are from Save-on.. Will post a pic of potato salad when done.. Then Custard and sponge, home made custard !

Thinking back life was so simple and easy

Found this on line from a UK newspaper !! Im loving this blog ..

Over 250 cans of food and essential items bought in the 1970s have been found in near-perfect condition in a mysterious cupboard that hadn’t been opened in 40 years.

The extraordinary find was made by the caretaker of a tower block in Hove, East Sussex – and because there was no key, he had to use an angle grinder to gain entry.