Stuffed Pork Roast with Browned Potatoes. Here I am on the first day of my challenge to cook meals for myself only using what I have in my home. This week I have challenged myself to stay away from the shops and only cook and feed myself with what I already have in my home/la … | Continue reading
Here I am again with another Meals of the Week post, this one for the first week of May. Temperatures were not overly warm this week, so I am still enjoying a bit of comfort food. A few days were absolutely frigid actually. That is what this time of year is like. Very transit … | Continue reading
Good Housekeeping magazine used to have a section where the readers could write in and ask them to repost a recipe from a past issue that the reader enjoyed and perhaps had misplaced. This is one of those recipes, carefully clipped from the April 1993 issue of Good Housekeeping … | Continue reading
Oh, I had big plans for celebrating this weekend's Coronation of King Charles III. I was going to do this and I was going to do that. I first was enthused by the Coronation Quiche. But then everyone was doing it.I did not want to do what everyone else was doing. So I gave up … | Continue reading
Pork Medallions with Creamy Dijon Sauce make a wonderful midweek supper. Delicious and tender pieces of pork in a rich and creamy sauce. Its quick and easy to make, simple enough for every day and yet elegant enough for a special occasion! Even a date night if that's on the ca … | Continue reading
I have been interested in food and cooking for all of my life. When I was a child my mother would give me her old magazines and I would clip recipes from out of them. My mother was not someone who tolerated little hands messing up her kitchen, so I never really got to try any o … | Continue reading
Its a horrible day out there today. The wind is blowing and the rain is falling. Its not fit for man nor beast. Its probably one of the few last days where I will feel comfortable putting my oven on and so I took advantage of that to make myself a Cranberry Baked Ham Steak din … | Continue reading
Most Sundays I go to my sister's home for Sunday Dinner. Sometimes it's a roast beef dinner, other's it might be chicken or even pork. Whatever the main course, it is a wonderful opportunity for us to get together as a family and break some bread together.This week I decided to … | Continue reading
Something which I have started doing here in The English Kitchen over this past month is sharing my Meals of the Week with you at the beginning of every week. I share all of the main meals that I have cooked or shared with family over the previous week, along with links to recip … | Continue reading
It won't be very long now before the Coronation of King Charles. Many people all over the world will be taking the opportunity to celebrate the occasion in one way or another. It could be by having a street party, a special breakfast a luncheon or a tea party. Personally I o … | Continue reading
Macaroni Cheese & Tomato Bake is a recipe that I love. I had not made it in a very long while, mostly because it made so much. This week I decided to downsize it to half the amount so that I could enjoy it reasonably.My daughter Eileen and her husband make this very often. Its a … | Continue reading
I was a grown up adult before I ever tasted a waffle. They just were not something my mother ever cooked for us, although she did have a waffle iron attachment to her griddle. I imagine she probably found them quite fiddly.She hardly ever cooked us pancakes either. Once a yea … | Continue reading
I was in the grocery store and spied a couple of strip loin steaks marked down by 50 % because this was their sell by date. How could I resist. I had to pick them up. My mouth was watering. A good steak, cooked properly, is really high on my list of the foods that I love!I had … | Continue reading
I had the family over for supper at the weekend and I baked a quantity of potatoes for us to have with our dinner. I always like to bake extra's because you never know what you are going to find on the inside of a potato.Sometimes they will be perfectly find and sometimes they … | Continue reading
This recipe which I am sharing today is something I actually cooked prior to becoming sick. I am only just getting around to posting it now. Sorry about that! I hope you won't hold it against me! (I know you won't.)It is a recipe that I had pinned from Eating Well 101. I ha … | Continue reading
Another Sunday, another Meals of the week post. The post where I catch you up with all of the things which I have cooked for myself and my family over the previous week. I may live on my own, but as you can see I eat very well.Things were a bit simpler this week as we have all … | Continue reading
The recipe I am sharing with you today is for a delicious snacking cake that I have been baking for my family for many, many years. It boasts a simple plain cake bottom with a tender crumb and a baked on coconut streusel topping.Its called Dandy Candy Cake and I suspect it gets … | Continue reading
When I go to the shops I like to snoop around the international section. You never know what you are going to find. I am always spying different things. Food items of curiosity.For me the best part of any holiday is exploring the food, so perusing the international food secti … | Continue reading
I don't know about you, but for myself, with these Spring days that are warming up and the gorgeous sunshine we have been enjoying of late, I find myself craving salads. I adore salads. They are one of my absolute favorite things to make and to eat, and this is the time of … | Continue reading
One of the most iconic and popular dishes in the UK has to be Classic Bangers & Mash. Its right up there with Fish & Chips and Curry and Rice. And let's not forget, Sunday lunch Roast Beef.And really, in my opinion, the British have some of the best sausages in the world. I t … | Continue reading
I felt a bit better today and so thought I would cook myself some pasta. I had pinned this pink pasta sauce a few weeks back that I found on a site called The Dinner Bite. It looked very simple and effortless. It also uses store cupboard ingredients. I haven't been out shoppin … | Continue reading
I spent a great deal of this past week (or at least from last Wednesday on) laying on the sofa feeling sorry for myself as I suffered from my illness. In between bouts of coughing myself inside out and blowing my nose, I watched episodes of Martha Stewart on You Tube. Doesn& … | Continue reading
Well, this was the week, everyone in my immediate family came down with Covid. Three years of evading it and it finally caught up with us. My sister and I ended up having to rush over to my father's on Sunday morning as he had collapsed. We did not know it was Covid then, … | Continue reading
My sister gave me some slices of ham to take home after our Easter Dinner on Sunday. I wanted to use some of them up in a very simple way. I love ham fried in bit of butter. It goes good with eggs as a tasty alternative to bacon and it also makes a nice burger filling or supp … | Continue reading
Lemon Butter Tarts. You don't get much more Canadian than Butter Tarts. Butter Tarts are a dessert that Canada is known for and are pretty near impossible to resist on a dessert tray!I have loved Butter Tarts my whole life. When my sister and I were growing up we would pool ou … | Continue reading
I wanted to make a delicious side dish this weekend to use up some of the vegetables that needed using up in my veggie bin. I had seen this dish on page called Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen. It was called Swiss Vegetable Medley.I didn't want to make 10 servings. I also didn't … | Continue reading
I probably eat more chicken in this house than I eat anything else. Its usually fairly affordable, relatively healthy, and I like it. I probably eat more chicken breasts than any other cut. Its much lower in fat than the legs or the thighs, and it lends itself to a great many … | Continue reading
Here I am with another meals of the week post, this one covering Sunday April 2nd to Saturday April 8th. I have to say I am most appreciative of the feedback that I get from these posts. It is clear that you are being inspired from what I am cooking and eating and that makes me … | Continue reading
Dutch Boterkoek. I know this is not an English recipe but a traditional Dutch recipe. I also know that traditionally it is baked at Christmas, and this is Easter.But I saw it on this page and it cried out to me. I had pinned it ages ago. I was invited over to my sister's this … | Continue reading
I have always loved making my own granola. My next door neighbor Mabel shared with me her recipe for homemade granola back in the 1980's and I started making it then. It was something my family always loved.Its a highly nutritious cereal and if you can make your own from scratc … | Continue reading
I was in the grocery store the other day and they had some lovely bone-in old fashioned pork chops marked down by 30%. You had to either use them on that day, or pop them into the freezer which I did.Pork is now one of the less expensive meats, and when you can get it for 30% … | Continue reading
Roast leg of lamb is something that a lot of people like to enjoy for Easter. One, this is the season of Lamb, Spring, and two, its just that tiny bit more special than a regular roast and much different than the turkey of Christmas.Lamb just feels glamorous.Shoulder of lamb is … | Continue reading
I had a medical appointment today about an hours away from where I live. You know how those go. Your appointment is at a certain time. They want you to be there early to register and then you often sit waiting for quite a while after your appointment time before you even get … | Continue reading
The month of March has surely gone out like a lion and it is dogmatically making each day of April thus far blustery, rainy and sometimes even snowy. I guess we can't really complain as we have had a fairly mild winter for the most part when compared to other winters in the pas … | Continue reading
Here I am with another Meals of the week post, this one from the 26th of March to the 1st of April. I think I will be making this a regular thing. I have always been interested in what other people are eating on a daily basis and I think other people will be interested in the … | Continue reading
I really love Oatmeal Cookies. I think of all the cookies, next to peanut butter, oatmeal are my favorites. When my children were growing up I always made sure the cookie jar was filled with fresh cookies when they got home from school.When I was a child we only ever very ra … | Continue reading
One of my favorite side dishes has always been creamed corn. I normally buy it in a can and I will be honest with you here, I have been known to eat it with a spoon right from the can! Yes, I do like it that much!I discovered this Easy Creamed Corn recipe on a page called Sweet … | Continue reading
I quite simply adore cabbage. I love it in any way shape or form. I love it raw. I love it cooked. I love cabbage.My family has long been cabbage lovers. I think the only one of us that is not fond of this humble vegetable is my father. When we were growing up and my mother ma … | Continue reading
I love Pierogi. They are one of my favorite foods of all time. They were not something I grew up with, but something which I discovered when I moved out to Winnipeg to get married in 1977. I remember being in a restaurant at Polo Park and my husband told me I should try Pierog … | Continue reading
Easter is just a few weeks away and I wanted to come up with a viable option for the smaller family to enjoy for Easter Dinner.When I was growing up and for all of the years I was raising my family we always enjoyed Ham at Easter. When mom cooked it, it was always cooked the d … | Continue reading
I have a pasta obsession. Its true. I put my hand up. I cannot resist a dish of fine pasta. I collect pasta like little boys collect bubblegum cards as well. I have a cupboard full of a whole variety of different pasta shapes and sizes.Whenever I see pasta on offer at the sh … | Continue reading
I thought it would be fun to share with you all of the meals that I have enjoyed eating over this past week. When you are a person that lives on their own there can be a tendency to eat out of tins, or to eat frozen meals. I don't want that to be my life and if I can inspi … | Continue reading
Baked Funfetti Donuts. I have a confession to make here. I have never baked anything funfetti in my life. Not even one of those funfetti cake mixes. Yes, I am very late coming to the funfetti party. I'm not really sure why. It is what it is.I am having family over today for … | Continue reading
Todays recipe is for an easy, yet elegant fish supper that I think everyone will love. Not only is it delicious, but it goes together very quickly and easily.I was inspired by a recipe I found in a Cook's Country book entitled One Pan Wonders. I have adapted it to use what … | Continue reading
The recipe I am sharing with you today comes from an old cookbook of mine, The Hershey's 1934 Cookbook. When we were living in Meaford Ontario about 30 years ago now, there was a shop at the edge of town that was filled with nothing but books.I used to spend hours in it per … | Continue reading
One thing that I have always enjoyed is Spaghetti & Meatballs. It is something which my children always enjoyed when I was bringing them up as well. It was a real family pleaser full-stop!Whilst I am not always very fond of Spaghetti Bolognese (its a texture thing), I don' … | Continue reading
One thing which I really learned to love when I was in the UK was lamb. It was not something which I had ever really eaten very much of prior to going over there to live. At our wedding supper I had roasted saddle of lamb and it was delicious. I fell in love. It was so tasty! … | Continue reading
I have always had a great fondness for Tuna Salad Sandwiches. Tuna wasn't something that my mother used to buy to make us sandwiches with. She had a thing for canned Salmon. If we were going to have a fish sandwich at all, it was with canned Salmon.Then in Grade Eight I … | Continue reading