Recipes

  Egg Fried Rice with Vegetables – vegetarian and gluten-free, here’s quick & easy, delicious side dish that you can also add a little spicy heat too, if you like.  

Glazed Lime Apricot Chicken Breasts – this delicious sweet, tangy and slightly spicy glaze can be used on grilled, baked or pan seared chicken; your choice!

Bacon and Swiss Frittata We are up and having a little brunch this morning before trimming the Christmas tree. I hadn’t planned a frittata for this morning and certainly was not in the mood for an early morning supermarket run, so as usual, I set out to make do with what was on hand. Luckily, there …

Chewy Toffee Butterscotch Squares This one is a favorite no-bake school bake sale item that Spouse makes. Not sure where the recipe came from but the kids love them. I consider this one to be more of a candy than a cookie and the toffee bits really go well with the butterscotch. This batch is …

Apple Raspberry Muffins. These light, moist homemade muffins with sweet and tart pops of apples and raspberries will be the talk of your weekend brunch.

Sausage Chili Soup with Cornbread Loaf. A simple but flavourful soup that gets part of its seasoning from the taste elements in good Italian Sausage.

Curry Chicken Sliders. These easy but delicious chicken sliders are perfect finger food for parties or make them larger as incredibly tasty chicken burgers. This is an alternative way to serve the same curry chicken that I had wrapped in phyllo pastry a couple of weeks ago. These little curry chicken sliders are served on …

Raspberry Chocolate Buttercream Napoleons. Frozen puff pastry makes this a much easier dessert to prepare while thoroughly impressing your guests. Originally published Nov. 2009. This is another of what I call a fridge cleaner recipe. That’s because it started with leftover puff pastry and buttercream frosting that I had in my refrigerator at the time. …

This simple recipe idea was another fridge cleaner I came up with using leftover stuff in my fridge as a last minute dessert. I think a little creme anglaise might go well with this one too…well, then again, what doesn’t? Serves 4 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (about 12x 12 inches) ½ cup partridgeberry jam 2 …

Ham and Parmesan Scrambled Egg Phyllo Cups I was in a brunch mood again this morning and procrastinating on my school work as usual, so in the spirit of  both avoidance and good taste, I set out a challenge to make something out of things already on hand in my fridge. A few sheets of phyllo …