Mini Chocolate Pumpkin Whoopie Pies Wouldn’t these make a terrific take-along treat to a school or neighborhood Halloween party? I saw the idea for these on Pinterest but having my own standard recipe for whoopie pies that I’ve used for years, I used that recipe for the chocolate cake shells and adapted my cream cheese …
Goat Cheese Spanakopita Rolls with Warm Tomato Garlic Compote. A delightfully delicious appetizer course or make them smaller as finger food for parties.
We are between two Thanksgiving seasons here in North America. Canada celebrates the harvest season holiday weeks before our neighbours to the south. However, we both eventually need help getting rid of all that leftover turkey. I have a whole collection of leftover turkey recipes that you can find by clicking here. This delicious recipe …
We featured a summer fruit version of these cookie tarts a couple of months ago and I wondered about making a fall version too that might be good for the holidays. With Thanksgiving on the horizon here in Canada I thought maybe individual spiced nut tarts would be a good idea for dessert and these …
Strawberry Vanilla Buttercream Cheesecake Shortcake – This over-the-top cake was a big hit at one of our recent sips-n-nibbles get-togethers with friends. A pound cake bottom gets topped by a whole, crust-less vanilla cheesecake before being crowned with whole ripe strawberries and completely covered in velvety Italian buttercream frosting. This one takes decadent to a …
Leftover Turkey Mushroom Turnovers. An easy and delicious way to stretch leftover roasted turkey or chicken into a next-day meal. So I was left at home alone for dinner one evening this past week and had to pull together something for a meal for one. Leftovers in the fridge included some leftover turkey and gravy …
Roast turkey is not a special occasion meal at our house; in fact, it is probably one of the most common dinners we cook at least once a month. We like to open roast our turkey and never cover it while it is cooking. We always use a meat thermometer to get it to an …
The Best Roasted Pumpkin Soup. Roasting the pumpkin really intensifies the natural sweet flavour in this easy, satisfying fall soup.
Ginger Lime Salmon Paper Parcels – These tasty salmon paper parcels are simply steamed with vegetables & seasoning ingredients inside parchment paper; an easy, flavorful, healthy meal option. These tasty salmon paper parcels are simply steamed with vegetables and seasoning ingredients inside parchment paper. They are a delicious, healthy option for either a family supper …
Grilled Flatbread Greek Pizza – One of our family’s favorite summer meals is pizza from the backyard grill. We make batches of flatbread dough and freeze individual sized portions of it to use when we need it. For a quick workday meal, we take the dough out of the freezer in the morning and …