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Sour Cream Lemon Scones. Beautifully light and tender little lemon scones that go together particularly well with wild blueberry jam. Perfect for weekend brunch or morning coffee.

Our family just returned from our summer vacation road trip from Savannah to Boston and let’s just say there was a fair amount of caloric indulgence all up the eastern seaboard of the US. With great summer produce still available, we will be seeing even more delicious salads on the dinner table to balance the …

Amaretto Peach Sorbet. A very easy peach sorbet recipe with the added fragrant flavour of Amaretto liqueur. A delicious refreshing end to an elegant summer dinner.

Coconut Chickpea Korma. An easy to make simplified version of this vegetarian coconut chickpea korma that makes a great side dish or satisfying meal served with rice or naan.

Biscuits with Chanterelle Mushroom Gravy and Chorizo Sausage. An incredibly flavourful brunch idea using easy homemade sausage and fresh mushrooms.

Blueberry Phyllo Snake Pie The inspiration for this interesting and unusual dessert came from watching a Jamie Oliver episode from Morocco where he makes a M’hanncha, an almond paste filled spiral pastry made from a thin, phyllo-like pastry. I was intrigued by the method of rolling the filling into the pastry in one long rope …

Taco Pizza. From the grill! Take all the flavour of your favourite steak or chicken tacos and transfer them to a flatbread pizza made right ton the backyard grill. Remember that Mexican Spiced Steak with Sweet Pepper Salsa from yesterday? Look what we did with the leftovers? Taco Pizza! Only last week we featured a …

Smoked Beef Brisket. Covered in a smoky dry rub which creates an incredibly flavourful bark on perfect slow cooked beef brisket. Makes the most delicious brisket sandwiches you will ever try.

Chorizo Pepper Jack Cheeseburgers with Guacamole. If you’re bored with the same old burgers, get ready for a flavour revolution in this incredibly different but tasty cheeseburger idea.

Our recent Apple Cobbler Squares were quite popular on Pinterest last month so with Strawberry season about to start locally and on full swing n many locales, here’s a really good way to put them to delicious use. I find that these are actually best after being cut and stored in an airtight container overnight. …