Cottages are great fun, but they are also a lot of work, particularly when you're opening them. This year we got a surprise that the hot water tank was kaput - hence forcing my family to install a new one. On a rainy and cold saturday the men-folk spent the afternoon under the cottage installing a new one.
Not to be embracing cheesy gender roles, but i thought it would be a great opportunity to cook a stellar meal - because honestly i would rather be in the kitchen than in a damp spider filled hole under the cottage. When i was in town at the grocery store (while the men-folk were digging a ditch) i picked up some pretty good filets, and then i spotted fiddleheads, which are a lovely spring treat that one cannot pass up the opportunity since they are only around so briefly.
I went a little veggie crazy, but i managed to use up the leftovers in the following breakfast and lunch.
The menu:
Bruschetta and mushroom tapanade on crostini
Fiddleheads (which i parboiled then sauteed)
Fried mushrooms
Grilled asparagus
Grilled endive
Steak filets with a home-made rub
Roasted mini potaotes with rosemary and garlic
Cherry pie with chocolate ice cream from the Kawartha Dairy
Bruschetta, mushrooms, goat cheese and crostini
freshly rised fiddleheads
My plate
making the bruschetta
Top: Cherry pie and ice cream
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