Recipes

Roasted Tomato Bruschetta. Roasting the tomatoes intensifies their flavour and brings out the natural sweetness. A perfect flavour combination with goat cheese and balsamic reduction.

The busy work and school week, combined with extensive chauffeur duties to our kid’s activities, leaves us with a tight schedule to fit an evening meal on many occasions. One solution is to have a quick meal in the fridge that is on the table in a couple of minutes. These Curry Radicchio Chicken Salad …

This is a simple but versatile recipe for a tasty side dish. We serve this one hot or as pictured here, as a cold pasta salad. It’s a great pot luck or picnic dish as well. 1 pound package of dry spaghetti½ cup extra virgin olive oil¾ cup freshly grated parmesan cheeseJuice of 3 lemonsZest …

This is a bit of a simplified version of my Raspberry White Chocolate Truffle Tuxedo Cake previously featured on this blog. It uses only three of the elements of the more complicated dessert but is still very delicious while being a little easier and faster to prepare. Chocolate Cake 1 cups sugar1 cups all purpose …

This definitely is my very favorite pasta dish! It combines so many of my favorite flavours and ingredients. Scallops are my favorite seafood and this roasted fennel and tomato sauce is a perfect accompaniment to the scallop, ricotta and bacon flavours. This is a great recipe for any special occasion dinner. I sometimes prepare the …

Chocolate Raspberry Scones, luscious melting dark chocolate pockets & pops of bright raspberry flavour go beautifully together in these easy to make scones.   Don’t these Chocolate Raspberry Scones look tempting? Chocolate and raspberries…mmmm! I made these for Sunday brunch this past weekend. I may have them again this weekend! I often make these with really …

Chicken Egg Rolls with Orange Ginger Sauce. Forget bland takeout versions, these easy homemade egg rolls are packed with bright flavours. A perfect addition to your next Chinese food dinner. Several years ago, I came up with this chicken egg rolls recipe, basically with ingredients that I had on hand at the time. I am …

Simmer together for about 20 minutes2 cups orange juice1 tbsp grated fresh ginger root½ cup brown sugar¼ tsp salt¼ tsp pepper1 clove minced garlicZest of one orange After simmering together for 20 minutes, strain the liquid through a sieve and return the liquid to the pot and the pot to the burner. Thicken the sauce …

Here’s a great cool weather dessert, made even better with the addition of a great caramel sauce, the recipe for which follows this post. It is the best recipe for caramel sauce that I have tried and we use it in all sorts of desserts and for the kids especially, on outstanding caramel sundaes. Peel …

This Turkey Parmesan Baked Rotini is our most popular leftover turkey recipe to date on Rock Recipes and for very good reason. Leftovers never tasted so good.