Recipes

The Best Black and White Cookies. By 14 year old guest blogger Olivia, who know a thing or two about this iconic New York City treat.

 Cheese Stuffed Lamb Burgers with Lemon Mint Tzatziki When I dropped by the St. John’s Farmer’s Market  last Saturday, I had a brief chat with Adam Blanchard, the owner and talented cheese maker at Five Brothers Artisan Cheese. Adam has had great success over the past year since the launch of his local cheese making …

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 …