Prawn Bisque

This recipe may kill you, well not literally, but it is going to take some courage and bravery to make especially if you weren’t the one setting and pulling up the prawn trap. B.C. spot prawns are the best tasting prawns there are, sweet, briny and meaty. In this recipe you are going to take…

Lentil and Sausage Soup for a cold rainy day.

This is the perfect dish for dinner on a rainy fall day and if you are trying to work more vegetarian meals into you repertoire leave out the sausage though I do find it adds a degree of complexity to the dish. When I first made this we were sailing in the Broughtons, it was…

Roasted tomato soup

Roasted tomato soup ROASTED TOMATO SOUPRecipe adapted from Gordon Ramsay’s Times article. Ingredients Serves 6 For the soup: 3.5 pounds roma or marzano tomatoes, halved 1 large red onion, peeled and 
thinly sliced 3 garlic cloves, peeled 
and sliced thinly 10-15 sprigs of fresh thyme, leaves picked 4 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp castor sugar Sea…

Spicy Corn Chowder

What could be better on a rainy day besides a good book?  Corn  chowder of course and you are sure to have the ingredients on board.  This recipe uses chipotle chiles.   I use them a lot but only one at a time so a small can goes a long way.   After I have…

French Onion Soup

This is going to taste so good when we are at anchor up north!!! This is a twist on a traditional French Onion Soup using beer instead of wine to bring a robust earthy flavor with the caramelized onions that is built on with the roasted tomato. The soup is finished off with balsalmic vinegar,…

Roasted Tomato Soup

Not that I am wishing for cold weather, but this soup is going to be sooooo yummy on a cold, rainy day at anchor. I’ll take a picture for you if it happens just to prove it!! ROASTED TOMATO SOUP Recipe adapted from Gordon Ramsay’s Times article. Ingredients Serves 6 For the soup: 3.5 pounds tomatoes,…