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
I was cleaning my freezer the other day. I like to do it about every six months or so. It helps me to keep an eye on what is stored in there and to remind me of things I may have forgotten and gives me a chance to use them up before their best by date. I hate waste and it is easy … | Continue reading
I am excited to share this quick and easy recipe with you today for a delicious breakfast, brunch or light supper egg bake. I had seen photos of something similar to this on Pinterest and it looked really delicious, but try as I might I could not find the actual source of the rec … | Continue reading
I have always wanted to make these Lunch Lady Brownies. Today was finally the day that I got it done! I have always wondered what all the hoopla was about and now I know. They are quire simply easy to make and incredibly delicious! There are many recipes for them online. I chose … | Continue reading
Occasionally I will have a day where I know I am going to be really busy and am not going to have a lot of time to cook. Rather than eat a ready-meal or frozen dinner, I will often throw something into the crockpot or slow cooker, as it is also known. I have a really tiny one. It … | Continue reading
Hi there! It's Sunday and if you have been reading me for any amount of time you will know that on Sunday's I like to share my main meals along with their menus that I have enjoyed over the previous week/seven days! One of the main reasons I started doing this was because I found … | Continue reading
We are almost at the tail-end of wild blueberry season here in Nova Scotia, Canada. I thought I better get in at least one blueberry recipe while I still have fresh wild blueberries available to use! When I first move over to the U.K. I really missed blueberries. They were not to … | Continue reading
It won't be long now before the children all go back to school. The shops are full of school supplies and the kids are getting excited at the prospect. I was always a child that really looked forward to the beginning of the school year and I loved the smell of new pencils, crayon … | Continue reading
I would be the first one to admit that I am not familiar in the least with Persian food, but when I saw this recipe on Pinterest the other day I was immediately drawn to it. It had a beautiful color and used very simple store cupboard ingredients. I adapted this recipe from one I … | Continue reading
I am not a person who eats a lot of red meat. It is a once in a blue moon treat for me, or it is something I eat when I go to my sister's for supper. She is fond of doing a roast for Sunday dinner and I will have beef then. I eat mostly chicken, fish or vegetarian meals. (I am no … | Continue reading
I was really craving some cookies at the weekend. I am a bona-fide cookie monster. That's why I don't bake them very often. When I do bake them, I cannot leave them alone. Especially when they are as delicious as this Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Raisin Cookie Recipe! I adapted this re … | Continue reading
I had seen this recipe for a Tuna Wrap Melt the other day on a blog called Nibble and Dine. It looked really delicious and I do love tuna anything, and I love wraps. I had been thinking about it ever since I had seen it on Pinterest. It just looked really simple and really good. … | Continue reading
Hi everyone! Here we are, another Sunday, another Meals of the Week post! Every Sunday I like to share with you, my dear readers, my meals of the week. Everything delicious that I have cooked and or eaten for my main meals over the past seven days! Because I live on my own, feedi … | Continue reading
My father was coming over for supper last night. I was really looking forward to having him. It is not something that I get to do very often. He lives with my sister now and she feeds him very well. Occasionally however, she has a night off and goes somewhere with her husband and … | Continue reading