When I was growing up every Friday night was hot dog night. It was a night we all looked forward to, especially my father. He adores hot dogs. I believe they are his favorite food group. Simply put if you put a plate of hot dogs and beans in front of him, you have served him his … | Continue reading
I am sharing a quick and easy dessert recipe with you today in the form of an Easy Blueberry Cobbler. It was inspired by a recipe for Blackberry Cobbler that I saw on Pioneer Woman. It is also in her book, Pioneer Woman Cooks, and is titled Patsy's Blackberry Cobbler. I have a co … | Continue reading
The recipe I am sharing with you today was adapted from a delicious soup recipe I found in the book, Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazen. It is a book I recently bought on my kindle. I had her original Classic Italian Cookbook which I got way back when. It wen … | Continue reading
Scottish Farmhouse Eggs. This simple and delicious recipe for a baked egg dish is one which I had saved on the Food52 site a very long time ago. It was a contest winner, but was later found to have been adapted from a recipe found in Bon Appetit Magazine in 1993. I really liked t … | Continue reading
I decided to make another loaf of bread in my bread machine this past weekend. I don't really use it enough and have made a promise to myself that I will use it more often this year! This weekend I baked a lovely Honey Whole Wheat Bread in it. I adapted the recipe from one which … | Continue reading
Hello everyone and welcome to my Sunday Meals of the Week post! On Sundays I like to share with you, my dear readers, all of the deliciousness that I have enjoyed as my main meals over the past seven days. That's a whole lot of tasty to be getting on with! This week was a bit dif … | Continue reading
I had some glace cherries leftover from Christmas and was wanting to use them up. I spied this recipe for an Irish Cherry Tea Cake over on Irish American Mom. It looked really tasty! This is a very European cake. As I was explaining to my sister most European cakes are quite stur … | Continue reading
We eat a lot of chicken in my house. It's one of the cheaper proteins and we really like it. I say we, but I mean me. There is only me in this house. So, what I am saying is, I eat a lot of chicken. 😕 I like chicken. It's incredibly versatile and happily takes on the flav … | Continue reading
One thing we really like in my family are corn dogs. Even my mother, who was as skinny and slight as a tiny bird, had a cheeky box of corn dogs frozen in her freezer. She might have even had two. In all truth we are a family that loves hotdogs full stop in any way, shape or form. … | Continue reading
I was cleaning out my refrigerator after Christmas and found a few things that I wanted to use up. Specifically, the end of a bar of sharp cheddar cheese and a packet of Boursin cheese. When we were growing up, occasionally our mother would make stuffed baked potatoes for us for … | Continue reading
I thought it would be fun today to talk about our favorite store-cupboard/larder ingredients. Why they are our favorites and how we like to use them. This is by no means a complete list for me. I am a regular foodie and there are loads of ingredients that I LOVE! I could actually … | Continue reading
I decided to pop some flour, etc. into my bread machine before I went to church on Sunday morning so that I could have a fresh loaf of bread waiting for me when I got home. It had been a while since I had used my bread machine! I thought it was about time I dusted it off and gave … | Continue reading
Hi everyone and welcome to my Sunday Meals of the week post! On Sundays I like to do a roundup of all of the main meals which I have enjoyed cooking and eating over the past seven days. You all seem to enjoy seeing them as well, so that makes me happy! I do hope that when I share … | Continue reading
One thing which is done really well in North America is the North American Diner. These, usually roadside eating establishments are well known for serving up good, honest, simple and delicious fare! With excellent service, great food, reasonable prices, brilliant conversation and … | Continue reading
I saw a similar recipe to this on a blog called Krumpli the other day. It looked like a very simple and tasty recipe and so I bookmarked it. My mother used to make us a snack of melted cheese and bacon on toast when I was growing up and that is a snack that I also made occasional … | Continue reading
Normally on Wednesday nights I will go out for supper with my father and sister to a local eatery called the Big Scoop. Today was going to be their first day opening since before Christmas and the weather is really poor and so we decided to give this week a miss as we thought it … | Continue reading
I made some soup at the weekend and was wanting something hearty to enjoy along with it. You cannot beat a hot bowl of soup or stew in the winter months served with a tasty bread or roll. I discovered this recipe on Pinterest, attributed to Simply Delicious Food and printed it ou … | Continue reading
We have been having some wicked cold days here in Nova Scotia these past few days. Winter has descended upon us with a vengeance. This is soup weather with a capital "S!" There is nothing I like better than a hot bowl of soup on a cold winter's day and I reckon I am not alone in … | Continue reading
Prior to Christmas quite a few of my readers wanted me to post my mother's Barbeque Sauce recipe. This was on my YouTube channel. Its not something which really requires a lot of time. Making the sauce that is. It goes together in literally minutes. The time is taken up by braisi … | Continue reading
Hello everyone and welcome to the first Sunday of 2025 and my very first Meals of the Week post for the new year! On Sundays I like to do a recap of all of the main meals that I have enjoyed over the past seven days. Seven tasty entrees with all of the sides and menu suggestions … | Continue reading
I know it's not long since Christmas has passed and I still have Christmas cake in the cake tin, but I was wanting something different with my hot drink today. It's been snowing all day and I just wanted to sit down with a hot drink and a piece of cake and watch the snow fall. I … | Continue reading
I was having the family over for New Years Day dinner and had a ham that I was going to bake, and so I was looking for some delicious side dishes to serve alongside the ham. We have always, for as long as I can remember, had ham for New Years Day dinner. It was something my mothe … | Continue reading
I have been wanting to roast potatoes in my air fryer for a while now. I have baked them, and I have made chips, but I had never made classic roasted potatoes in the air fryer. I love my air fryer, and I use it a lot. It is the perfect kitchen tool, especially for the smaller fam … | Continue reading
I thought today I would jump on the bandwagon and do as others have done and share with you the recipes which have been the top ten recipes as chosen by you, my sweet readers, over the past twelve months. They are not necessarily recipes which I posted over the past year, but the … | Continue reading
I wanted to showcase something special for New Years Eve that I thought all my readers might enjoy. I had a lovely looking steak in the freezer and to me, having a steak is really a special treat and so I took it out and then looked for a delicious way to cook it. I saw this tast … | Continue reading
New Years Eve for me has always meant picky bits and nibbles. Things to be enjoyed sitting in front of the television with drinks. I have never been much of a party goer, but when the children were growing up we used to bring the New Year in together with picky bits, nibbles, col … | Continue reading
Hi everyone. Welcome to my Meals of the Week post. This will be the last one for 2024 (hard to believe). My next one will be including the last few days of this year and the first few days of next year! This year sure has flown by. It's been a really delicious year, once again! A … | Continue reading
If you are like me, you will find yourself with a half empty jar of mincemeat after the holidays. I love mincemeat and usually make my own every year, but it is also something which I tend to keep a few jars of on hand all the time. It comes in handy for making all sorts of lovel … | Continue reading
I had a quantity of leftover cooked turkey left over from the holiday meal along with an assortment of veggies, stuffing and gravy. One thing which we always loved when we were growing up was that our mother would make dinner sized pot pies from the leftovers of most holiday meal … | Continue reading
I wanted to share one more bake with you before Christmas. These delicious Cranberry Eggnog Muffins are a recipe I adapted from a page called The Recipe Girl. The original recipe made 14 to 16 muffins. I did not need that many muffins and so I small-batched it to make a much smal … | Continue reading
Here is my Christmas Cake, all decorated for this Christmas, 2024. I was really looking forward to putting this together for you this year. I started planning it way back in September. Decorating a Christmas Cake each year for Christmas is a very British tradition. The Christmas … | Continue reading
Hello and welcome to my Meals of the Week! Every Sunday I like to share with you, my dear readers and subscribers, my meals of the week from the previous week. That is everything that I have cooked, eaten and enjoyed for my main meals over the past seven days. It is something I e … | Continue reading
As soon as I saw these cookies over on Two Peas & A Pod, I knew they were something that I wanted to bake. They looked and sounded very Festive. Buttery soft and chewy chocolate cookies with Andes Mints melted on top. The perfect combination for a Christmas cookie and a great add … | Continue reading
This Creamy Artichoke Dip recipe which I am sharing with you today is one that I used to make fairly often when the people I worked for at the Manor were entertaining over the holidays and on other special occasions. It was a real favorite of them and of their guests. No small wo … | Continue reading
This week I managed to bake my annual gum drop cakes. These delicious cakes are very much a Maritime Province tradition. It may be a Canadian tradition for all I know, but I do know that here in the Maritime Provinces it would not be Christmas without at least one of these to cut … | Continue reading
What a day I had yesterday. I had bookmarked a recipe from one of my recipe files for these orange scones. I had written it into a notebook of mine, probably 35 or 40 years ago and had never made them. I did sound delicious. I don't know where I copied it from. It was a recipe wh … | Continue reading
This Chocolate Peppermint Bundt Cake recipe is one that I have had my eye on for a while. The original recipe comes from Two Peas & Their Pod. I had bookmarked it a while back and was waiting for the Christmas season to come along so I could bake it. Christmas and peppermint just … | Continue reading
Today I am sharing a delicious roasted Pork Loin and Sauerkraut recipe with you as an alternative option to serve for your holiday dinner, be it Christmas or New Years. Food has gotten so expensive these days, especially the cost of red meat and don't get me started on the cost o … | Continue reading
Hi everyone, and welcome to my Sunday Meals of the Week post! This is a post I look forward to doing for you every Sunday. A recap of all of the delicious main meals that I have enjoyed over the past seven days. That is a whole lot of tasty. You all seem to enjoy the recap as wel … | Continue reading
I have been baking Christmas Cookies for the holidays since I had my children. I used to do a huge production of cookie baking for the holidays, often starting back in September and then freezing everything ahead of time ready to crack open for the holidays. My house is pretty mu … | Continue reading
When I lived in the U.K. I always made my own Eggnog. It was not something which was commercially available over there, and it was not a popular Christmas drink over there either! Most people didn't even know what it was. And if you mentioned it to them, they would wince in disgu … | Continue reading
Every once in a while, I will see a recipe that intrigues me. So it was with this recipe I am sharing today for Tomato Soup & Bacon, Grilled Cheese Casserole. I first encountered it on a blog called This is Not Diet Food. Trust me when I say nothing on that page is diet food, lol … | Continue reading
This delicious Lemonade Chicken recipe which I am sharing with you today is one which I had flagged on Pinterest a number of weeks back. I adapted it from one which I found on a blog called Dash for Dinner. The flavors sounded interesting and like something which I would enjoy. I … | Continue reading
A number of weeks back I ran across a photo on Pinterest of the cutest mince pie. It was shaped like a gingerbread house. I traced it back to here, which was a compilation of a lot of different gingerbread houses. But the actual link given for the original source was dead. Never … | Continue reading
I think I am pretty late to the Marry Me Chicken party. Its not something I have ever made, although I have been hearing about it for a while now. Marry Me Chicken is your favorite cut of chicken doused in a Parmesan and sun-dried tomato cream sauce alongside bacon and angel hair … | Continue reading
Hello everyone and welcome to my Meals of the Week post, for this the first week of December 2024. Every week on a Sunday I like to share with you, my sweet readers, all of the deliciousness that I have enjoyed as my main meals over the past seven days. That's seven days of tasty … | Continue reading
There was a special on at the Super Store for card carriers for Chocolate Oranges. You could buy them for $3 a piece, maximum of four. I picked up four. Terry's Chocolate Oranges have been a family Christmas tradition for a very long time. I used to get my father one every year. … | Continue reading
This recipe I am sharing with you today is a very old one that I have been making for well over 45 years now. It is a recipe that I got from my good friend Leona way back when. Leona was a bit older than myself, more of a mother figure to me really. I met her in London, Ontario a … | Continue reading