Recipes

Linguine with Meatballs in Blush Tomato Asiago Sauce. Juicy, tender meatballs in a deeply flavourful tomato sauce complemented with cream & asiago cheese.

Toffee Pecan Cookies. Buttery, soft and chewy sugar cookies with added toffee bits and crunchy pecans. So very delicious with just the right added crunch.

Bacon Jack Breakfast Burritos. Kick start your morning with a little spice. Spicy scrambled egg, smoky bacon and Pepper Jack cheese inside a warm crispy tortilla!

Orange Ginger Hoisin Ribs. Oven baked, tender, succulent dry rubbed ribs with an incredibly flavourful orange ginger and Hoisin sauce/glaze. I’m always willing to try new ideas for rib recipes and this one was fantastic. It uses both a dry rub and a glaze for the ribs for maximum flavour impact. I do like to let …

Streusel Spice Pear Cake – a delicious weekend brunch pear and spice coffee cake with a crunchy streusel topping that’s also delicious made with apples if no pears are available. I found three big juicy pears on the kitchen counter this morning  that had begun to get over-ripe due to the fact that had survived a very …

Chinese Chicken Salad Pita Sandwiches I came home from classes for lunch today and threw together this experimental pita sandwich with things I had on hand, including some leftover grilled chicken from last night’s supper. Next time I make grilled chicken, I’m planning leftovers just to make this tasty sandwich. It was the best lunch …

Toffee Chocolate Chip Muffins. Everyone loves a great chocolate chip muffin but this recipes ups the ante on flavour with the addition of toffee chips to the muffin batter. 

Strawberry Neopolitan Cake My baby girl turned 12 this month and this was her request for a different birthday cake to serve at a dinner party she threw for her friends. It`s a basic chocolate cake, layered with shortcut versions of chocolate and dark chocolate mousse and fresh strawberries, then covered in sweetened vanilla whipped …

Lime Cumin Chicken – this versatile quick and easy grilled chicken can be used in chicken burgers, in tacos, on nachos, served with rice and veggies or turned into outstanding panini wrap sandwiches. If you have a two sided grill hanging out in a cupboard that’s rarely seen, it’s time to break it out and start …

Pomegranate and Goat Cheese Bruschetta 1 baguette4 ounces fresh unripened goat cheese1 pomegranategarlic cloves Drizzle: In a small pot simmer 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar4 tbsp brown sugar Simmer for 5 minutes or so or until the volume is reduced by half. Cut the baguette on a sharp diagonal to create large slices of baguette. Toast …