Recipes

I have received many requests to post photos of the construction of this years gingerbread house, so once again, I put together a photo slideshow of the process. Take a look.  

Calzone Dough: MAKES ENOUGH FOR 6-8 Calzones 3-4 cups all purpose flour1 packet instant yeast¼ cup extra virgin olive oil1 ¼ cups lukewarm water½ tsp sea salt Mix dry ingredients together except for one cup of the flour. Add the warm water and mix very well with a wooden spoon for about 5 minutes. Add …

As many readers already know, one of our family’s annual Christmas traditions is to construct a gingerbread house inspired by an actual historical home right here in St. John’s, Newfoundland. This is the fifth year that we have incorporated this tradition into a fundraiser for Bishop Feild Elementary School. On the last day of school …

Raspberry White Chocolate Truffle Tuxedo Cake. A multilayered celebration cake that is sure to be the hit of any worthy occasion. This Raspberry White Chocolate Truffle Tuxedo Cake is a pretty impressive looking dessert and probably looks pretty intimidating to beginner bakers but if you break it down into its individual components, it isn’t difficult at …

These Caramel Apple Waffles are a Fall brunch classic at our house but I have to admit we often serve this as dessert with ice cream to delighted guests. We have a guest chef appearance this morning with her take on caramel apple waffles. Spouse is a cracker-jack on the old waffles and had this …

Strawberry Vanilla Whoopie Pies – this recipe can be made as all vanilla flavour or choose one of 2 options to change the filling to strawberry flavour for a sure fire, kid party hit. These Strawberry Vanilla Whoopie Pies are great recipe to try with the kids this weekend. Making Whoopie Pies is one of …

I love anything lime and this is a particular favorite. There is less filling than other meringue pies but it is very intensely flavoured. Delicious! Pastry: Sufficient for two 10 inch pie shells.1 cup very cold butter cut into small cubes2 ½ cups flour½ tsp salt1/3 – ½ cup ice water (Only enough to make …

Blueberry Ripple Ice Cream. Even the wild blueberry jam is homemade in this outstanding ice cream recipe.

Coconut Cream Trifle. A white cake gets soaked with some coconut rum and layered with coconut cream filling, then topped with vanilla whipped cream and toasted coconut for garnish. I got quite a response from posting my coconut cream pie recipe. Several people emailed to say they had made it and loved it. If you …

Beef Beer Chili. Forget ground beef, this recipe braises diced sirloin steak in a spicy beer and tomato sauce for an incredible, hearty version of chili con carne.