Recipes

Roasted Vegetable Chicken Pot Pie. Turn leftover roast chicken or turkey into an incredible comfort food meal with vegetables that are roasted to bring to their natural sweetness.

Apricot Apple Relish. A sweet and tangy accompaniment to pork, chicken or ham. 

With the help of a little child labor, I am beginning to navigate the kitchen from my rented wheelchair which will be with me for a couple of months yet after a major ankle surgery several weeks back. Thanks to all who have sent well wishes for a quick and successful recovery. I’m slowed down …

Inspired by some leftover chopped chocolate chunks, Noah wanted to make Double Chocolate Cookies. After discovering some leftover white chocolate chips in the cupboard he quickly ammended that thought to Triple Chocolate Cookies. How can a boy of 8 be blamed for upping the ante when a favourite cookie is involved. I think we might …

This was a bit of a delicious experiment that started when making chocolate ice cream with the kids yesterday. We did make a little old fashioned fudge sauce as a topping for the kids but I also swirled it through the ice cream along with some chopped homemade rum truffles for the adults. The result …

Newfoundland Figgy Duff. It has nothing to do with figs; raisins were once referred to as figs here & are always added to this traditional steamed pudding.

One of my personal must-haves for the Christmas season is homemeade chocolate truffles. Great to have on hand for holiday entertaining or a quick and simple gift idea, perhaps even as a hostess gift for those Christmas parties on your schedule. The chocolate orange truffles pictured here are a particular favorite but there are so …

A French Chocolate Tart or Tarte au Chocolat is not nearly as fussy a dessert to prepare as many people think. Even the pastry in this simple recipe is pretty forgiving.

This Limoncello Pound  Cake with Blueberry Port Sauce is proof positive that lemon and blueberry are such a perfect flavour combination.

Partridgeberry Coconut Meringue Squares. A soft cookie base, covered with sweet-tart partridgeberry jam and a layer of coconut meringue. Delicious with practically any favourite jam of your choice. This is another old family recipe that I make every Christmas. I have also made this recipe with blueberry jam, raspberry jam and apricot preserves. I think …