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 …

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

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 …

Pictured with Turkey Stew The recipe for my turkey stew has appeared previously on this blog but I did not post the recipe for these savoury biscuits which I often serve with turkey or chicken soups and stews. When my friend Barb was the recipient of some leftover turkey stew earlier this week, she raved …

Serves 2 1 cup bakeapples ¼ cup sugar Combine and simmer for about 2o minutes. Cut about 18 thin slices French baguette Whisk together: 1 tsp grated lemon zest 2 eggs Salt and pepper to season ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg 3 tbsp milk or whipping cream Dip the bread in the egg mixture and …