Grilled Rabbit

I joined my other half on a hunt one morning. He caught a rabbit, which we ate for supper. While he cleaned it, I made some croutons out of some stale bread and made some home made rolls. It was the first time eating rabbit for both of us, and I'd definitely try it again. For those of you wondering, rabbit is a red meat. I wouldn't BBQ it again - the legs were too tough. We took the leftovers and made pulled teriyaki rabbit the next day, which was much better!

White Chocolate Raspberry Cake

In August, we celebrated my husband's, brother's and mother's birthdays. A white chocolate raspberry cake had been requested from a local bakery, but I didn't realize they needed over a week's notice to make it. Instead, I found a recipe for white chocolate cake and made it myself. It was sandwich layer included the icing as well as some raspberry sauce which was also served with the finished cake. I topped it with raspberries and melted dark chocolate that I used to write out "Happy Birthday" and create scroll work designs.

This cake was time consuming, calorie-laden, and more expensive in terms of ingredients than I normally would go for, but it got a unanimous thumbs up!

Fish Fry!

No recipe, just instructions:

1. Catch some fish (or send husband to do so). Pike is pictured.
2. Fillet said fish
3. Rinse clean.
4. Chop into pieces, and deep fry (I dipped pieces into milk then Fish Crisp original batter to coat before frying).
5. Serve and enjoy - eat as soon as it cools enough to bite into for the crispiest serving!

Fresh Spring Rolls

I watched a demonstration in the store and was inspired to try to make these Vietnamese fresh veggie spring rolls. They weren't as good as his, but it was a fun experience!

Just another burger and a salad

Salad: baby romaine, cucumber, tomato, feta cheese, pecans, and avocado topped with a raspberry walnut vinaigrette.

Burger: BBQ sauce, onion, ketchup, tomato and avocado on a home made beef patty.

A Very Berry Tart

I had never made a tart before, and maybe never even eaten one, but I stumbled across this recipe from the blog Cooking with my Kid, and was inspired to make it for a book club brunch I was hosting.

It was quite easy. I used fresh raspberries and frozen blueberries, and have decided that frozen works perfectly - just use frozen (don't thaw the berries first). I don't keep self-rising flour on hand, but here's a simple recipe to make it.

As I said, I'd never had a tart before, so I'll let you know it tasted like a cross between a cookie and a cake in terms of texture and density. Not overly sweet, with nice tart berry bursts.