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Quick & Easy Mango Chicken with Chinese Noodles. A super simple, super fast way to have a tasty dinner that everyone will love, on the table in no time.

The Best Homemade Old Fashioned Sponge Cake. A simple, basic, yet versatile sponge cake recipe that can become the basis of many different desserts, trifles or dessert cakes.

Butterscotch and White Chocolate Chip Cookies We have a guest chef on the blog today and he’s none other than my 10 year old son Noah. Both of my kids have caught the baking bug over the years; did they have much choice? 😉 One rainy day last week, Noah was rummaging through the cupboards …

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 …

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 …