Brown Sugar Balsamic Barbecue Sauce. An easy to make, versatile, sweet and tangy barbecue sauce that tastes terrific on anything from the summer grill.

  This is a basic plain naan recipe to which you can add other ingredients to make different versions. Some common additions are herbs, onions, garlic and even minced lamb or nuts and raisins.   Makes about 10 naan   1 envelope regular yeast1 cup lukewarm water1/4 cup + 1 teaspoon sugar3/4 cup milk1 beaten …

Almond Sugar Cookies. These easy to make Sand Dollar Cookies are a actually a soft and delicious version of almond sugar cookies. Freeze them to have on hand at a moments notice.

Baked Chicken Empanadas. A baked and not fried version of this popular Latin American street food, with a slightly spicy chicken filling that everyone will love. Freezer friendly too!

Perfect Chocolate Sponge Cake. A simple chocolate sponge cake with a light texture and far fewer calories than other cakes.

  Olivia has been baking cookies again and getting a little adventurous this time. The Mayans are said to have been very fond of the combination of chili and chocolate and I have tried hot chocolate that has been steeped in chili peppers before and enjoyed it very much. This recipe actually uses chili powder …

Italian Sausage Hash with Quick Tomato Compote It’s never too early to start thinking about a delicious, satisfying weekend brunch and I have to admit that I have been indulging in variations of this particular idea for the last few weeks. Drawing on the fried tomatoes that so often accompany a full English style breakfast …

This delicious calzone uses the 3 classic margartiha ingredients, basil and mozzarella and tomato, the latter being in the form of roasted tomato jam. You can find that recipe here. This calzone also gets a flavour bump from the additon of Italian herbs added to the calzone dough. Calzone Dough: MAKES ENOUGH FOR 6-8 Calzones 3-4 …

A very ripe golden pineapple beckoned from the fridge to be used up quickly, so I decided it would somehow become dessert last night. A recent conversation about whether or not one could still still buy Orange Pineapple Ice Cream ( I still don’t know the answer), served as the inspiration for this dish. I …

Bananas Foster French Toast. A completely indulgent version of French toast topped with a rum, caramel and banana sauce. Terrific for a celebration or Holiday brunch like Easter or Mothers Day. Happy Mother’s Day! Spouse had to work on the day so I delivered this breakfast to her and a coworker early this morning. I don’t …