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Caesar Dressing. The old fashioned way! An old school caesar dressing recipe using a coddled egg to thicken and a little optional anchovy paste for seasoning.

Cumin Salmon Spinach Salad bowls with Mango Lime Salsa – a deliciously different way to enjoy a healthy lunch or dinner. The cumin salmon is an idea from Spouse, who is a little too fond of cumin sometimes in her cooking but it does go very well in this dish. I decided to use the …

Spinach Orzo  Primavera – a quick, healthy side dish is as simple as tossing some sautéed vegetables with some cooked orzo. A side in no time. Sometimes a quick side dish is as simple as tossing some sauteed vegetables with some cooked orzo like in this super east Spinach Orzo Primavera. You can use practically any …

Roasted Lime Cumin Pork Tenderloin. A simple marinade infuses the lime and cumin flavour into the pork tenderloin before roasting. Delicious served with this easy to male Mango Lime Salsa too. A couple of recipes today from my Sunday evening supper. The Lime Cumin Pork tenderloin also makes delicious hot sandwiches or wraps. The Mango …

Mango Lime Salsa. A simple but delicious accompaniment to chicken, fish, tacos or just to enjoy with tortilla chips. A must with our chicken taco salad too. A simple but delicious accompaniment to chicken, fish, tacos, salads or just to enjoy with tortilla chips. Like this Mango Lime Salsa recipe? Like this mango lime  salsa …

This is an old standby recipe that I’ve been making for many years. If you never have before, try making it with fresh golden pineapple instead of canned pineapple; the difference is worlds apart. Cream well 1 cups sugar½ cup butter Add2 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition1 tsp vanilla extract …

Crusted Sesame Salmon. An easy delicious 15 minute dinner. Crusted Sesame Salmon is a delicious, quick dinner that’s ready in only 15 minutes Pictured with Bakeapple Peach and Ginger Chutney, Orange Infused Couscous and a small Greek Salad. Click here for the Bakeapple Peach and Ginger Chutney recipe. Like this Sesame Crusted Salmon recipe? You’ll …

Strawberry Orange Shortcake with Cointreau. Fresh strawberries get marinated in orange zest and Cointreau liqueur then served on homemade sweet biscuits with vanilla whipped cream. Forget the crocuses, when I start making these individual Strawberry-Orange Shortcakes, barbecue weather must be upon us! This is my favourite summer barbecue dessert and easy to make too. I’ve …

Ham and Cheese Stromboli – another delicious way to use the leftovers from a baked ham dinner that the whole family will love. Here’s another leftover rescue recipe that I like to make the day after a baked ham dinner. We had a dijon and brown sugar glazed ham the previous night and managed to …

Crème Caramel is a very classic dessert but many people are too intimidated to try to make what is, in reality, not a very difficult preparation. I like experimenting with adding flavour elements to the custard and adding fruit syrups as well. I particularly like this lemon and blueberry version probably because wild Newfoundland blueberries …