As mentioned in a previous post, I’ve made a pork themed meal for my husband’s birthday for several years running now. Its always fun to come up with a different concept each year and think through the recipes for each of the courses. Last year’s surprise party was so much fun that I decided to do a scaled down version for a small group of … Continue reading Menu Planning: Toby’s Backyard Birthday BBQ
When I first celebrated my husband’s birthday in 2009, we were dating nearly a year, so I felt I knew him pretty well, especially his love of pork. Since I love to cook, I thought a fitting gift was to cook him a really special dinner. As I was brainstorming ideas on what to serve, I had the idea to challenge myself with creating a … Continue reading From Divine Swine to Backyard BBQ
When we visited my Toby’s parents in Montreal in the fall, I asked my mother-in-law to show me how to make her pork and shrimp wontons. They are so delicious, but quite a project to individually wrap each one, so multiple hands for assembly are appreciated. The photos below are from our trip, but when I made these at home, I adjusted the pork/shrimp ratio … Continue reading Pork and Shrimp Wontons
Each year at our Harvest Party, I like to have one large, warm dish in the crock pot available for our guests to serve themselves. In the past I’ve made a pumpkin turkey chili and a butternut squash soup and this year I wanted to try out pumpkin BBQ pulled pork sliders. I searched around for a recipe that looked good enough to try and … Continue reading Pumpkin BBQ Pulled Pork Sliders
Half Pint Garden 