Recipe - Impressive Appetizer - Smoked Salmon

Ever wanted to whip up an easy plate of snacks to impress? Try below;

Smoked Salmon with Cream Cheese

small package of smoked salmon
1 block of cream cheese
box of Grissol Melba Rounds
1 jar of capers

1. Cut and fold smoked salmon into pieces that will cover the cracker.
2. Spread cream cheese on crackers on serving plate.
3. Add smoked salmon folds.
4. Top with 2-3 capers on each.
5. Serve and enjoy!

An easy plate to put together for when company comes over...especially the ladies...;)

Recipe - Great Tasting Chili!

I know this post is a little out of date, but my buddy came over for Superbowl, and I cooked up a batch of chili, which is one of my faves, for when the guys come over for sports or for poker. It's quick and easy, and tastes great!

Great Tasting Chili

1 onion
1 green pepper
a few mushrooms
2 pounds of lean ground beef
2 medium cans of diced tomatoes
2 reg cans of kidney beans
2 pkgs of chili spices

1. Cut up the onion and green pepper, and saute with olive oil in a fry pan. Halfway cooked, add sliced mushrooms. While the veggies are cooking, brown the ground beef in a 4 qt pot.
2. When the ground beef is cooked, add the packages of chili spices to the beef, and stir in.
3. Once the beef is coated, add the sauteed veggies to the pot.
4. Open the cans of tomatoes and add...stirring in.
5. Open the beans and drain first, and rinse under the tap. Add the beans to the pot.
6. Turn heat on low, and allow to simmer for a bit (the longer it simmers, the better it tastes!).
7. Add crushed chilis, depending on your taste.
8. Serve and enjoy!

Its an easy recipe, and I have had rave reviews about it. Great for living by yourself, and freeze batches for the cold days ahead.

Review - Chubby's Fish & Chips

Been a few days since I had an entry here, so here it goes. My buddy Dave and I headed to Toronto for our usual Friday night excursion to the ponies at Woodbine. But, before we hit the track, he took me out for a bite to eat for my birthday next week! Well, what a place he picked. Chubby's Fish & Chips was a great place to get a burger (the fish looks great, and we will be trying it next time). We both had the banquet burger and fries, which was loaded with back bacon, and I could hardly get my mouth around it. I would rank this burger between the old Lick's Homeburger (from a few years ago before they went to preformed patties) and the new Lick's Homeburger. For those of you that don't know me, Lick's is my favourite burger place. Anyways, Chubby's has me hooked, with the burgers, and real fresh cut fries. The old fashioned kind that Swiss Chalet and Harvey's used to make! If you are in the Islington/Rexdale area, check out Chubby's, you won't be disappointed.