Breakfast and Brunch

Freezing Scones. The Experiment! What happened when I froze prepared scones before baking and then baked them from frozen.

Donuts, Glazed or Filled. A great basic recipe for yeast raised doughnuts that you can experiment with to try different fillings or glazes.

Maple Brown Sugar Apples for Toutons, Pancakes or Waffles. We love these on toutons at our house as a Canadian twist on a Newfoundland favourite. 

Ham Omelet Grilled Cheese Sandwich, on Ben’s Honey Wheat Bread – a real morning kick-starter breakfast with the wholesome taste of real honey baked into the bread. There’s no doubt that we are a sandwich family. From bacon and egg breakfast sandwiches to a quick grilled cheese lunch, and even a hearty, satisfying club sandwich …

Buttermilk Biscuit Sausage Rolls. Your favourite breakfast sausage gets wrapped with a flakey buttermilk biscuit dough and baked to golden perfection for an on-the-go or sit down breakfast.

Steak & Eggs Breakfast Sandwich. Toasted crusty bread, topped with cheddar cheese, tomato guacamole, sliced steak, two eggs and a bacon chipotle aioli. A mouth watering “breakfast for dinner” idea or an outstanding weekend brunch. Here’s an amazing Steak & Eggs Breakfast Sandwich recipe in celebration of World Egg Day! Anyone who reads this blog …

Parmesan Spinach Quiche with Warm Tomato Garlic Compote. This shortcut recipe uses ready-made frozen puff pastry, making it easy to get into the oven in mere minutes. Eggs are an important start to many mornings around here. I’m an eggs over easy kind of guy myself, but like 69% of Canadians, the rest of my …

Cumberland Sausage. Mildly spiced with common herbs and spices, this traditional meaty British sausage has little filler, freezes well, and can be stuffed into sausage casings or formed into patties.

Orange Marmalade. Who knew making marmalade was this easy? This version adds a little natural vanilla flavour in what might me the best marmalade you’ll ever try.

These beautiful light and flaky apple turnovers use a shortcut puff pastry with a secret ingredient for pastry success. Apple turnovers have always been a favourite of mine because I’m basically a pastry freak. Surround anything with pastry from a Steak Pie to a Turkey Wellington to Apple Pie and I’ll go mad for it. …