Recipes

Toad in the Hole. A much loved British comfort food dish comprised of sausages and Yorkshire Pudding. I love to serve it with roast potatoes and gravy. 

Garlic Thyme Beef Gravy. A good basic gravy recipe made from readily available supermarket or homemade beef stock. Get the Toad in the Hole recipe here. Like this Beef Gravy recipe? You’ll find hundreds of other great ideas in our Slow Cooked Sundays Category and even more in our Chicken Recipes Category. To keep up with …

Sour Cream Pastry Crust Peach Pie – this easy to make pastry is ideal for fruit pies like peach or cherry. I make a couple of different versions of peach pie but I do particularly like this simple one, made with sour cream pastry. This is a must-have dessert at our house at least a …

I invited one of the neighbours for dinner one day last week and needed a quick dessert to serve to our last minute guest. With some frozen puff pastry, fresh peaches and bakeapples already on hand, I managed to whip this one up in just a few minutes. Serves 4 3 large peaches, peeled and …

Apple Fennel Coleslaw pictured on an Apple BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich A terrific BBQ side dish or to top a green salad. Also very delicious on our Apple Barbecue Pulled Pork Sandwiches. 1 large head fennel 2 large firm apples 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives Cut fennel and apples into very thin slices and julienne …

I do have a particular fondness for any dessert that incorporates chocolate and orange flavours and with Spouse’s newfound love of bread pudding this was a bit of an obvious invention. There’s nothing like a happy marriage! 😉 Begin by making some candied orange zest and orange syrup Using a sharp vegetable peeler or paring …

Old Fashioned Peach Crumble. Dessert couldn’t be simpler, easier or tastier than this fresh peach crumble with a buttery oatmeal crumble topping.

I make large batches of this sauce and freeze it in pint sized containers for quick and easy workday dinners. Add some sausage or boneless chicken breasts and dinner is ready in about 20 minutes. 1/2 head fennel sliced 2 tbsp olive oil salt and pepper to season In a large baking pan toss the …

Bakeapple White Chocolate Shortcake. Bakeapples, or cloud berries are a Newfoundland favourite but this recipe can be adapted to use any simple fruit compote or jam like raspberry, strawberry or peach.

Thanks to all who emailed to say thanks for the Signal Hill photographs. It seems in showing some international readers our little corner of the world, I set off a wave of homesickness for those transplanted Newfoundlanders who also regularly read this blog from far off places. 😉 The remainder of the blueberries form our …