Recipes

Strawberry Mango Crumb Cake. An ideal summer brunch coffee cake with a buttery crumble topping and sweet pockets of strawberry and mango baked right in.

Grilled Tomato Mozzarella Pizza – this is a great basic grilled pizza recipe that you can make any number of additions to or enjoy just as it is, with the quality, simple ingredients speaking for themselves. In the never ending quest to make as many different meals as possible on the summer grill as possible, …

Grilled Kung Pao Chicken Burgers – something spicy and deliciously different from the backyard grill. Delicious on grilled flat breads too. We practically live off the grill during the summer months and I am always inventing new ways to make a meal on the back deck. While I was making a quick batch of my …

This Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake uses a buttery toffee frosting for one of the richest, most indulgent cakes you will ever sample. A terrific celebration cake, especially for a large group. I was feeling a little experimental after enjoying that Sticky Toffee Pudding last week and wanted to try a version of my favourite buttercream frosting …

  I have to admit that I’ve become extremely fond at breakfast time of the Quick Tomato Compote that was recently featured in a different brunch recipe on this blog and have been looking for other ways to enjoy this bright, fresh condiment in other breakfast ideas. This one is a different idea that is …

    This experimental twist on baklava was the result of trying to find a use for some phyllo pastry that was leftover from making my Phyllo Chicken Prosciutto Margherita. (Look for that recipe in the coming days) The only nuts I had left in the house were salted some toasted cashews, so in they went …

Boston Cream Pie Okay, so I cut this one a bit prematurely before the vanilla custard mousse was properly chilled but as sometimes happens, my anticipation got the best of me. I had been thinking of making a version of Boston Cream Pie based upon, as some of our Facebook Page members guessed, the one …

Today’s recipe is a little twist on a family favourite here at our house. These are soft, moist and chewy and just plain yummy. They have been a bake sale favourite for school fundraisers and must-haves at kid birthday parties for years. My mom has been making a version of these squares with coconut in …

Lemon Meringue Cake- a beautifully light homemade sponge cake layered with fresh lemon curd & covered in sweet meringue; the perfect Sunday dinner dessert. I’ve had a hankering to try my own version of a lemon meringue cake for a while now and I took the opportunity to indulge my love of lemon desserts when …

  The first time I had  a fried pie was many years ago at a county fair in Vermont as I was making my way back from southern Ontario during a bit of a meandering road trip. I remember buying some amazing smoked ribs from a burly biker type with a southern drawl, who was …