Barley bacon and vegetables stir fry is cooked like a risotto, a flavorful and healthy side or main dish, delicious!

Here I cooked my barley for 25 minutes in a large volume of water, sautéed a few veggies and some bacon, then briefly stir fried my ingredients together, this recipe makes for a delicious main dish, it can be a side dish too.

Grilled monkfish tails with orange sauce and chorizo chips, delicious!

Monkfish pairs beautifully with bacon or as I did here with chorizo. I made a lightly orange flavored sauce with white wine and vegetable broth and we all loved it!

Thai style ginger and garlic mussels, spicy shelled mussels for a delicious quick meal!

This time I cooked them Asian style with garlic, ginger and coconut milk, served them over jasmine rice, a delicious weekday meal or starter if you have guests.

Cream puffs filled with vanilla and sweet wine pastry cream, delicious!

This is an extremely delicious bite size dessert, the puff pastry is sweet, the vanilla pastry cream is soft and creamy with a light taste of Sauternes sweet wine. Sauternes can be substituted by any dessert sweet white wine of your region or country. You could also use any liqueur of your choice like Rum, Grand Marnier, etc.

Veal tips stew, Port wine sauce, slow cooked with carrots, bacon and Paris mushrooms, flavorful and delicious!

The Port wine sauce is flavored with a little mustard, paprika and BBQ sauce and rosemary, thyme and basil.

Black pepper shrimp stir fry with lots of vegetables, spicy, flavorful and so delicious!

Here’s a recipe for a quick and simple shrimp stir fry with a delicious black pepper sauce.

Easy lemon coconut quick bread, so sweet and flavorful, delicious!

This quick bread is flavored with shredded coconut and lemon zest, a delicious combo.

Pork roast wine sauce porcini and sundried tomatoes, such a flavorful and festive dish!

This is an easy and flavorful recipe, the sauce is made of white wine, cognac and cream. Cognac is optional, but I find it is the touch that brings this sauce to another level.

Homemade mint marshmallows, such a delicious candy and a great gift for your family and friends!

This is a quick and easy recipe to make and it is delicious! I love this mint flavor, it makes the marshmallows feel less sweet and when dipped into chocolate ganache, it is a match made in heaven!

Triple chocolate praline bark, such a delicious candy!

This bark is really the easiest candy to make, my family loves it! It can be stored for about 2 weeks in your fridge. It makes for great gifts too!