Chou Pastry dough recipe for sweet desserts or savory appetizers, delicious!

This is my absolute favorite recipe for chou pastry, it’s tried and foolproof.

Banana sponge cupcakes, with chocolate chunks, delicious!

This is the quickest cupcake recipe I have ever made, basically dump all ingredients into the bowl of your stand mixer, mix, bake.

Baked cod in a light tomato sauce with mixed sauteed vegetables, delicious!

Cod is an awesome fish, it has a mild flavor, firm flesh and can be cooked a thousand delicious ways.

Simple but loaded plum pie, so delicious!

I went to my grocer for my usual shopping and found these awesome plums, the variety with purplish/black skin and green flesh, they were just at the right maturity for me, means not too soft, not overripe, so I bought 42.32 oz. (2.64 lbs. or 1.2 kilos) to fill my 9 inches Ø (23 cm Ø) pie pan…!

Pumpkin muffins with pecan, such a delicious combo!

This is a soft and tender muffin loaded with pumpkin, pecans and spices: ground clove, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Feel free to play with the amounts of spices or to omit those you don’t like.

Green cabbage and beef meatballs crockpot with red bell peppers, delicious and comforting!

Over the years, I have become a great fan of cabbage, it’s quickly prepared and cooked, mixes well with other vegetables, I very much like to mix it with carrots or peppers, it makes awesome broths, plus it is good for the health.

Velvety pumpkin soup with a dash of olive oil and a slice of baked bacon, delicious!

I find that pumpkin soup is quite delicate and elegant. On occasions, I like to serve pumpkin soup to my guests, I decorate my dishes with some herbs, or a few almond flakes, it’s always a success, plus it’s quick and easy to make, and can be made ahead…

Mini peach and berry tartlets on a vanilla pastry cream, delicious!

These mini peach and berry tartlets are so simple to make and yet so delicious. I find them so cute! I added some peach syrup into my vanilla pastry cream for the peach tartlet and made a quick raspberry syrup to pour onto the pastry cream for the raspberry and blueberry tartlets.

Mini salmon skewers asian cuisine style for appetizers, delicious !

This is a quick and easy recipe; the only delicate part is when you fry the salmon as it must not be overcooked. You can serve these mini skewers lukewarm or even cold.

Squid ink pasta with shrimps, mussels and scallops, creamy sauce and simple samphire/garlic pesto, delicious! 

This is a beautifully colored and very flavorful dish to serve on special occasions. The pasta should taste remotely of iodine, a bit like sea urchins when it’s freshly made, but here I used an industrial brand, and it tasted just like any dry pasta, I liked the color though for a change and it was delicious.