Carrots

Carrot Cake Jam – a a differently delicious and easy jam recipe featuring the flavours of a perennial dessert favourite, carrot cake.

Traditional Newfoundland Pea Soup and Dough Boys. Made with leftover ham or salt beef, it’s a hearty local favourite that has warmed many a belly over the decades.

Vegetable Galette with Whipped Goat Cheese, Mint and Honey. A simple, savoury galette to serve as a starter course or as an elegant vegetarian lunch. Goat cheese is whipped with caramelized shallots and herbs, then topped with fresh vegetables, honey and mint, all wrapped up in a flaky homemade pastry

Roasted Carrot Celeriac Soup. A deliciously simple soup that starts building flavour by first roasting the vegetables to bring out their natural sweet flavour.

Carrot Cake Cheesecake is a brilliant combination of a luscious, creamy cheesecake layer baked right on top of moist delicious carrot cake. Genius!

Chickpea Soup with Green Lentils & Tomato. A healthy and delicious vegetarian soup featuring chickpeas, green lentils, tomato, carrots and onions in a light, herb flavoured broth. Now that our daughter Olivia is home from university in Toronto for the summer, the vegetarian cooking around here is on the upward swing and this Chickpea Soup …

Maple Pecan Carrot Cake with Maple Buttercream Frosting. A delicious new twist on a traditional carrot cake with maple syrup and plenty of crunchy toasted pecans in the cake, topped off  by a creamy maple frosting.

Dijon Cole Slaw. Our standard recipe with cabbage and carrots or try adding sweetness with the addition of golden raisins and bell peppers.

Leftover Turkey Cottage Pie. Two ways! Stretch whatever turkey dinner leftovers you have, or even make a couple of easy additions to them, to create another delicious meal. For a dozen great ideas for leftover turkey, click here to visit that recipe collection. What to do with all that leftover turkey… or even just the leftovers …

Carrot Raisin Rice Pilaf. A terrific base recipe to use as is or add your additional herbs, veggies, even nuts to create your own favourite version. Although others in the family love a good rice side dish, other than in sushi, I’m not much of a rice person. This side dish is far from bland …