I was wanting to bake something really autumnal for the weekend. We are really having some cozy days here. It's been quite cold chilly in the mornings and in the evenings, but the days are quite pleasant. I love the flavors of pumpkin and spice and ginger in the autumn, they just … | Continue reading
As soon as I saw this recipe for Baked French Eggs on a blog called Melissa's Southern Style Kitchen, I knew that it was something I wanted to make here in my own home. Not only did they look delicious, but they looked relatively simple and quick to make. Rich and indulgent their … | Continue reading
I saw this easy 7-Layer Mexican Dip Burrito recipe on Pinterest the other day. I pinned it to make at a future point as it looked really good. The recipe comes from a page called Sweet Peas Kitchen, and it is a winner. Not only did it look very easy to make, but I loved that it h … | Continue reading
I stumbled onto this recipe for the French Laundry's Apple Kuchen on Pinterest the other day. It led me to a page called An Inspired Cook. It looked really delicious. I was very keen to try it with the new red fleshed Sweet Tart Applies I had bought. The French Laundry is a very … | Continue reading
This past weekend was the Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday. Well, it is actually today (Monday) but most people cook their dinners on the Sunday. That gives everyone a day for travelling back home on Monday if they have had to travel any distance. When I was a child it was always on … | Continue reading
Hi everyone and welcome to my Sunday Meals of the Week post. Every Sunday I like to do a recap of all of the meals that I have enjoyed as my main meals over the past seven days, and from the feedback that I get from all of you, this is something that you also enjoy seeing! I like … | Continue reading
I have this cookbook by Taste of Home entitled Farmhouse Favorites. This is a recipe I found in there. I liked the basic recipe but felt I could make it even better. I do like to play with recipes from time to time. First, I cut the recipe in half to make a smaller amount. The or … | Continue reading
I recently received a surprise package in the post from my friend Tina who lives in the U.K. Tina is a very dear friend of mine and really was instrumental in helping me when my life went pear shaped in the U.K. and I ended up returning to Canada in 2020. She helped me to pack an … | Continue reading
The other day my sister Cindy and I went to the local hardware store to buy some canning jars. We were going to be canning applesauce, and I needed 1/2-pint jars. When I lived in the U.K. I had some really lovely Weck canning jars, but of course all of that got left behind when I … | Continue reading
My sister and I got together yesterday and canned our own applesauce. Yes, this is the color it turned out. This is because of the variety of apples I used. We wait for these special apples every year. They are beautiful and they make the best tasting applesauce. Making your own … | Continue reading
Several years ago I was blessed to have been able to take a trip to Scotland. My husband at the time was recovering from his Prostrate cancer treatments and the McMillan trust afforded us a respite holiday, which was really nice of them We took a coach tour up to the Trossachs Na … | Continue reading
It was the autumn General Church conference (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) this past weekend and so I chose to cook things to eat that could be easily done and enjoyed in between the sessions. I had seen this delicious looking soup recipe for a crockpot ham and bea … | Continue reading
Here we are another Sunday, another of my Meals of the Week posts. I really enjoy doing these posts every week. It is a wonderful opportunity for me to review all of the delicious things that I have been lucky enough to have cooked and eaten for my main meals over the past seven … | Continue reading
I had picked up some chicken breasts to use for a video the other day and then ended up not being able to do the video. I wanted to cook the chicken breasts anyways, and found this recipe on a page called A Family Feast which looked really delicious. I am always looking for new a … | Continue reading
Its apple season here in the beautiful Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia! Each week brings new and delicious apples to the table as the different varieties ripen. We grow a lot of apples here in this valley that I live in. It is one of the main farm crops, although they are now gro … | Continue reading
I saw this recipe on Epicurious the other day and was instantly intrigued. I chose to print it out right away. I hadn't realized that you need to have a membership to view any more than two recipes and as soon as I had moved away from the initial recipe, I was not able to go back … | Continue reading
I had some chicken leftover from a rotisserie chicken that I wanted to use up today and I had a hankering for tacos or some kind of Mexican food. Mexican food was not something I grew up. It was very rare in my world. I did not get to try it until I had grown up and left home, bu … | Continue reading
I wanted to make myself something a bit more substantial for my breakfast this week and decided to make some overnight oats. Most of the time I enjoy a protein shake, but I just wanted something a bit heftier. I also wanted it to be fairly healthy. I saw a recipe for Coconut Over … | Continue reading
Hi Everyone and welcome to my weekly Sunday Meals of the Week post! Every Sunday I like to do a recap of all of the main meals that I have enjoyed over the past seven days. I find it very useful for myself and you, my readers have also said that you enjoy what i share, which is w … | Continue reading
I was on Instagram the other day (Food Obsessed Girl) and saw this pudding recipe. It immediately caught my eye. It is a British style pudding. In the U.K. the term "pudding" is used to describe any dessert. It can be cake, pies, cookies, sponges, and, well, puddings. I love Brit … | Continue reading
I am really pleased to be able to share this small batch Honey Bun Cake recipe with you today. I adapted it from a recipe I had seen on A View From Great Island the other day. It looked and sounded really delicious. Only problem was the original recipe made a huge 9 by 15 inch ca … | Continue reading
I grew up with a mother who could make a tasty pot of soup from just about anything. Whenever we had a roast dinner we knew that we were going to be enjoying a lovely pot of soup at some point within the next couple of days. We almost NEVER had soup from a can, unless it was toma … | Continue reading
I saw this Garlic Roll Cupcake recipe over on a blog called Plain Chicken the other day and immediately bookmarked it. It looked like a very simple make and they looked really delicious. I am always looking for quick and easy bread/roll recipes to serve with meals, and these look … | Continue reading
Well, here we are, its Sunday and we all know what Sunday means! On Sunday I like to post my Meals of the Week post. That is everything delicious which I have enjoyed over the past seven days for my main meals. Just the main meals, not the breakfasts or lunches. Just the dinners. … | Continue reading
Here I am with another recipe from my Big Blue Binder today. I have no idea where it came from. The Big Blue Binder is a large plastic covered binder which I have used to collect recipes in from the time I was a teenager. Many of them are hand written, gifts from friends and fami … | Continue reading
Its just about Autumn, a few more days and it will be official! I think I can feel justified in breaking out the Pumpkin recipes now! Don't you? Its the pumpkin time of year. You might think that this is an odd type of a pasta sauce, but pumpkin is one of those flavors that goes … | Continue reading
Is there ever such a thing as too many Gingerbread recipes? I think not! At least not from my perspective. Gingerbread is one of my favorite things to bake and to eat. It smells so lovely when it is baking. I could just bottle it and use it for perfume. I saw this brilliant looki … | Continue reading
I was really craving Quiche for dinner the other day. There was a recipe in the Smitten Kitchen Keepers cookbook for quiche that I wanted to try out, which was for a deep dish quiche. I did not want to make a deep dish quiche however, no matter how delicious it looked and so I to … | Continue reading
A while back someone had requested that I make Piccalilli. I had never made Piccalilli before and I have to confess it has never been one of my favorite things, but I thought that this year I would make a small batch just to try it. I have only ever had commercially made piccalil … | Continue reading
Believe it or not I never tasted Pizza in my life until I was about 15 years old. The Winter Carnival at our High School here in town was doing a coffee house in the New Gym on the Saturday night of the Carnival and they were serving pizzas as the food. It was love at first bite … | Continue reading
How can it be Sunday all over again! Haven't the weeks been whipping by super quickly? I cannot believe how fast the days are going and here we are already into the middle of September. It seems impossible, but there you go, it's quite true. September is halfway over already! On … | Continue reading
Maple Oatmeal Princess Cake. Prepare to fall in love. I saw this cake recipe on Food 52 the other day and I immediately printed the recipe out, knowing that it would not be too long before I would be baking it. It spoke to me of old fashioned goodness and reminded me very much of … | Continue reading
On Sunday's I have dinner with my family, usually over at my sister's place, although they do all sometimes come here. This week she made a lovely meal of Meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, carrots and she had this fabulous corn casserole as another side dish. It was love at first bit … | Continue reading
I fancied a bit of chicken for my dinner today and so I had thawed out some chicken breast. Two actually. They were really large and so I ended up cutting them in half through the middle to make four cutlets that were a more reasonable size. I wanted something crispy and breaded, … | Continue reading
I find myself with an inordinately large supply of tins of baked beans in my cupboards. I rarely (read never here) make myself homemade baked beans these days. With only me in the house it just makes far more sense to buy the beans in the tins. Not quite as good as homemade, but … | Continue reading
When I was going through my Big Blue Binder the other day I came across this Maple MOlasses Blueberry Muffin recipe printed out onto a piece of paper. I cannot remember where it came from. I did find a video on YouTube by Crosby's Molasses for the same type of muffin, but when I … | Continue reading
I had taken a chicken breast out of the freezer the other nice to use and wanted to do something different with it. I know I could have just coated it in crumbs and baked it or poached it, etc. but I really was in the mood for something delicious. I also wanted quick and easy. (I … | Continue reading
I was making myself some soup for lunch the other day and wanted to make some sort of bread to enjoy along with it. I wanted something quick and easy and I remembered this Mixer Batter Buns recipe that I had seen in one of my cookbooks. It was originally published in the first ed … | Continue reading
Hello! Happy Sunday and welcome to my weekly Meals of the Week Post! On Sundays I like to share with you, my dear readers, all of the deliciousness I have enjoyed over the past seven days for my main meals of the week! This is one of my favorite posts to do every week and by all … | Continue reading
I came across this video on YouTube the other day for a ten minute prep Crescent Roll Cream Cheese Danish. They looked so delicious that I immediately wanted to give them a go. So much so that as soon as I had finished my work for the day I drove to the grocery store to pick up s … | Continue reading
When I was a child we did not get to eat out in restaurants as a rule. It was only when we were moving house that my parents actually took us out for a meal. I remember when we were moving from Manitoba to Nova Scotia in the summer of 1966, we got to eat out in lots of restaurant … | Continue reading
I got a new cookbook yesterday. I had been anticipating it's arrival for quite some time. Everyday Comfort by Holly Nilsson, author of Spend with Pennies. Do you know what the mark of a good cookbook is? You don't even have it in your hands for 24 hours and you are cooking one of … | Continue reading
I fancied some tuna for my dinner today. I love tuna anything. Sandwiches, casseroles, salads, etc. I always have done. I fell in love with it in Grade 8 when one of my friends had a tuna sandwich in her school lunch bag which she didn't want. I switched out my sandwich with hers … | Continue reading
With most children starting back to school today I thought it would be nice to share a recipe that is something fun for the kiddos and to mark what is a very special day for most kiddos as they begin a new school year and are reunited with their friends, many of whom they haven't … | Continue reading
With it being the Labor Day weekend, I wanted to make a couple of salads to go along with my Turkey Burger. If I had an outdoor grill, I might have been tempted to make a beef burger, but I don't so a turkey burger it was. I confess I am not totally in love with Beef Burgers, but … | Continue reading
Here we are, another Sunday and the first day in the month of September. Sundays are the days for my Meals of the Week posts. The day when I gather together all of the deliciousness that I have enjoyed as my main meals over the past seven days and share them, plus my menu plans a … | Continue reading
I decided to cook myself some chicken for my supper today. I didn't want anything complicated and so I went to one of my favorite cookbooks for inspiration. Apples for Jam, a cookbook by Tessa Kiros. It is quite simply my favorite cookbook and one which I chose to bring back from … | Continue reading
I picked up some nice smallish all butter croissants in the grocery store the other day and thought that they would make great slider/hot sandwiches. These were just the right size to serve as hearty appetizers at a get-together or for game nights. Football season is just around … | Continue reading