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Old Fashioned Chocolate Pudding Pie. Using a 40 year old recipe for homemade chocolate pudding as the filling in this simple but luscious pie.

As regular readers will attest, I love my weekend brunches and this delicious Canadian inspired frittata made this past weekend’s brunch very special indeed. I sliced these beautiful potatoes and blind baked them into an oven safe frying pan to form a potato “crust” for the frittata which included some lightly fried Canadian Bacon and …

Maple Chomeur or Poor Pans Pudding has been a popular dessert in Quebec for decades made up of cake & a simple maple sauce. It doesn’t look like much but it is pure warm, comfort food heaven.

Tomato Eggs Benedict with Potato Latkes and Prosciutto – this is a hearty and delicious version of Eggs Benedict using potato latkes instead of English muffins, as well as prosciutto and a quick cooking tomato compote. This recipe is great for brunch or for those who love breakfast for dinner.

Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Shortcake. A very special celebration cake featuring a raspberry swirl cheesecake atop a butter scratch cake, all covered in luscious vanilla whipped cream. We were celebrating the birthday of a friend recently and I wanted to include two favourite things in an idea for a new cake recipe. Those, of course are …

Turkey Club Stromboli. A fantastic use for leftover turkey in a hearty hot pocket of a sandwich, that’s practically a meal in itself.

Chipotle Jack Bacon Burgers. Fantastically flavourful spicy burgers with oozing pockets of cheese and topped with plenty of bacon. THE burgers to serve on game day, especially for the Super Bowl.

Homemade Honeycomb Sponge Toffee Candy. An easy homemade candy recipe that you can dip in chocolate for a homemade version of a Crunchie Bar. This Homemade Honeycomb Sponge Toffee Candy is a favourite recipe from childhood that I was reminded of the other day. I mostly make it around Christmas time as a seasonal treat …

Midnight Mint Chocolate Cake. A dark chocolate easy-to-make scratch cake with layers of peppermint flavoured buttercream frosting and a chocolate glaze finish.

  Pears are Spouse’s favorite fruit and desserts made with them are irresistible to her. I had a leftover pastry on hand the other day so I decided to try this cute dessert just for her, which is like a pear pie with caramel sauce. She is normally quite restrained when it comes to desserts, …