We featured a summer fruit version of these cookie tarts a couple of months ago and I wondered about making a fall version too that might be good for the holidays. With Thanksgiving on the horizon here in Canada I thought maybe individual spiced nut tarts would be a good idea for dessert and these …
Burgundy Thyme Pot Roast. A slow cooked, tender pot roast braised in red wine and onions which produces a rich and very flavourful gravy.
Strawberry Vanilla Buttercream Cheesecake Shortcake – This over-the-top cake was a big hit at one of our recent sips-n-nibbles get-togethers with friends. A pound cake bottom gets topped by a whole, crust-less vanilla cheesecake before being crowned with whole ripe strawberries and completely covered in velvety Italian buttercream frosting. This one takes decadent to a …
Leftover Turkey Mushroom Turnovers. An easy and delicious way to stretch leftover roasted turkey or chicken into a next-day meal. So I was left at home alone for dinner one evening this past week and had to pull together something for a meal for one. Leftovers in the fridge included some leftover turkey and gravy …
Roast turkey is not a special occasion meal at our house; in fact, it is probably one of the most common dinners we cook at least once a month. We like to open roast our turkey and never cover it while it is cooking. We always use a meat thermometer to get it to an …
White Cheddar Burgers with Beer Bacon Jam. Pockets of melting aged white cheddar compliment the beef flavour well but the star of the show is the intensely flavoured beer bacon jam. One tasty burger! White Cheddar Burgers with Beer Bacon Jam. As the school year starts and we progress further into September, a touch of …
Ginger Lime Salmon Paper Parcels – These tasty salmon paper parcels are simply steamed with vegetables & seasoning ingredients inside parchment paper; an easy, flavorful, healthy meal option. These tasty salmon paper parcels are simply steamed with vegetables and seasoning ingredients inside parchment paper. They are a delicious, healthy option for either a family supper …
Grilled Flatbread Greek Pizza – One of our family’s favorite summer meals is pizza from the backyard grill. We make batches of flatbread dough and freeze individual sized portions of it to use when we need it. For a quick workday meal, we take the dough out of the freezer in the morning and …
Blueberry Snack Cake. An easy to make, moist, buttery snack cake with plenty of ripe blueberries baked right in. Great for packed lunches and after school snacks.
As food jokes go, this one is pretty lame, I have to admit…but since we did have some of this delicious vegetarian chilli on hand to serve a couple of our herbivorous friends and I was in the mood for a big juicy burger, as often we do here, we combined the two. One of …