Anna Sultana's Grilled Grouper with Mustard Sauce, Maltese Style

In August I posted Ma's recipe for Pixxispad Mixwi - grilled swordfish.

It's been a popular post.

Guess people are enjoying the outdoors before winter hits.



If you'd like a little variety, here's another fish grilling recipe.

It calls for grouper, what folks in Malta call a sea bass.

In Japan the call a sea bass a Suzuki, which made me think of David Suzuki.

No real connection to the

Anna Sultana's Imqarrun il-forn - Baked Macaroni, Maltese Style

If you're not Maltese, I'll let you in on a little secret.

Timpana is near and dear to every Maltese person's heart.

But there's something that is very similar, and that we love just as much.

Imqarrun il-forn… Baked macaroni.



Imqarrun il-forn is basically Timpana without the crust.

When Ma was in a rush, she would skip adding the crust.

And then she would apologize.



She didn't have to

Easy Brownies by Margaret Ullrich

Just found out some of you don't normally use condensed milk.

The leftover milk from making the fudge created a problem for some of my readers.

Well… worry no more.

Use the leftover milk to make some brownies.



Really into chocolate?

Try this recipe for Double Chocolate Brownies.



Hint:

You might want to check the brownies after 20 minutes.

You want them to be a bit moist.

if you

Fast Fudge by Margaret Ullrich

I know fudge isn't really healthy.

I'm sorry.

But sometimes one just has to indulge.

And this is an easy recipe.



So just humour me and enjoy.

And eat an extra vegetable tomorrow.



While we're talking chocolate...

Here's a recipe for an easy fudge cake - perfect for the Fall Supper.

Yes, it's an easy recipe.



Hints:

If you don't have unsalted butter, use what you have and don't add

Anna Sultana's Baked Stuffed Lampuki - Baked Fish, Maltese Style

Since it's the Lampuki Season - at least it's the Lampuki Season in Malta - 

I thought I'd mention another lampuki recipe.

This is a baked fish recipe.

So, yes, it is a little healthier than a fried fish recipe.



If you can't find lampuki, substitute another dense fish.

Ma used bluefish and haddock.

I've used this recipe with salmon, too.



Hints:



You can place 3 strings on the

Feng Shui and My Least Favourite Room, part 5 by Margaret Ullrich

Tomorrow is Full Moon number nine for 2013.

Just three more full moons to go.

Followed by a few new moons.

Yes, the year is just zipping by.

Yes, I'm stalling.



I'm still on the same project from Tisha Morris' book Feng Shui Your Life...



Make your least favourite room your favourite.



Yes, I know I've been working on it for three months, more or less.

Summers in Manitoba or short.

So

Anna Sultana's Fried Lampuki - Fried Fish, Maltese Style

In Malta its Lampuki Season.

In Winnipeg, Manitoba - the heart of Canada - it's not.

Oh, well, this is a simple fish recipe.

So, use what you have.





About lampuki…

Other names for it are dorado, mahi-mahi or common dolphinfish.

No, it's not the endangered marine mammal dolphin.



It is a surface-dwelling fish found in temperate, tropical and subtropical 

waters, such as the Caribbean

KFC Chicken Spice Recipe - Margaret Ullrich

The heart wants what the heart wants.
Well, to paraphrase that..
The mouth wants what the mouth wants.
And sometimes the mouth wants some good old KFC chicken.


About 40 years ago, while we were living in British Columbia, Paul heard a rather humorous story from his co-worker whose relatives were visiting from Fiji.
All was going well, until the little boy started to cry.
Seems he was

Anna Sultana's Bringiel Mimli II - Stuffed Eggplant, Maltese Style

Got an e mail about a recipe I posted about two years ago.

It was for Ma's Brinġiel Mimli.

That's stuffed eggplant, Maltese style.

Is there a variation?

Of course there is.



Eggplant isn't quite as popular as potatoes, tomatoes and corn.

At least not for many North Americans.

Which is a shame.



Eggplant is low in fat and carbohydrates. 

A 1998 study in Brazil found that eggplant

Anna Sultana's Bzar Ahdar Mimli II - Stuffed Green Peppers, Maltese Style

Okay.. you know what's coming.
Ma's recipe for Stuffed Green Peppers with meat is great.

But of course Ma had more than one way to stuff bell peppers.

And a good thing, too.



Some people object to eating meat.

Especially as a stuffing in a vegetable.

No problem.

Ma had a recipe for Bżar Aħdar Mimli that is meatless.



The peppers in this recipe are fried on their sides, after they have

Anna Sultana's Bzar Ahdar Mimli - Stuffed Green Peppers, Maltese Style

A few days ago I posted about Ma's Qarabali Mimli.

Ma always prepared stuffed vegetables.

Her motto was 'have bread crumbs, will stuff.'



The only vegetable Ma didn't stuff was…

No, I've seen her stuff that, too.

At least twice.





Some vegetables, like Qarabali Mimli, could be turned into a total meal.

Some vegetables just became heftier side dishes.

All were good.



Ma's Bżar Aħdar

Anna Sultana's Apple Pudding

Ah… Autumn.

What taste brings autumn to mind more than an apple does.

And there are so many different kinds!!



When apples were at their peak, Ma made Apple Pudding.

Back in the 50s and 60s, Ma mostly had to settle for macintoshes.

And that was fine.

But if you prefer a different apple - or if the store has a particular variety on sale - then buy a few kilos.





About peeling and coring

Feng Shui and My Least Favourite Room, part 4 by Margaret Ullrich

Tomorrow will be 2013's new moon number nine.

A new moon is supposed to mean a new beginning.

I'm not ready for a new beginning.

I'm in a rut.

I'm still on the project from Tisha Morris' book Feng Shui Your Life...



Make your least favourite room your favourite.



Yes, I know I've been working on this for over two months.

And I'll probably still be working on this when the moon turns

Anna Sultana's Qarabali Mimli - Stuffed Zucchini, Maltese Style

While I was growing up, Pop had a garden.

Over the past forty years, I've usually had a garden.

It was just a given, a natural part of life, like having a toilet.



Pop wasn't the crunchy granola type.

I'm not the crunchy granola type.

A garden is just what one sometimes needs to cook Maltese style.



Take the ever popular zucchini.

Zucchini are usually available in grocery stores.

Yes,