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
I am sharing a lovely Pain d'Épices (French Gingerbread Loaf) recipe with you today. This is something which I have wanted to try for a very long time. I do not know how many times I have book-marked a recipe and then not made it. I decided yesterday that the time was right and s … | Continue reading
One of my favorite vegetables is cabbage. I can enjoy it in any way, shape or form. I love it raw in salads such as coleslaw. I love it fried in butter and tossed with noodles. I love it steamed and cooked in a cream sauce. I adore it in a gratin. I just love it full-stop. This r … | Continue reading
Some days I just fancy an egg. I usually don't have them for breakfast. I am not that hungry first thing in the morning, but I do like them for a light lunch or supper. I had picked up some lovely eggs at Pelton's the other day and they were calling to me and so I decided to make … | Continue reading
Corn Scalloped Potatoes are a side dish that I have been making for my family for many, many years. It is something which we all love and since living on my own it is something I don't make near often enough. I like to have someone to share it with if I do make it, although I am … | Continue reading
Hello everyone and welcome to my weekly Meals of the Week post! On Sundays I like to do a recap with you, my dear readers, of all the deliciousness that I have enjoyed over the past seven days. This week I think I ended the month of November 2024 spectacularly! As a person who li … | Continue reading
I had some pineapple leftover from making my pork chop recipe the other day and had in mind to make a delicious pineapple upside down cake. I had not made one in quite a few years. This was a cake that I used to make fairly often when my children were growing up. They loved it. I … | Continue reading
Americans just finished their biggest Turkey Holiday of the year and in the U.K and Canada, our big Turkey Day is looming. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, we as three nations will consume a lot of roast turkey. I am one of those people who just adored Roast Turkey, and I coul … | Continue reading
I took a pork chop out of the freezer last night to cook for my dinner today. I had seen a recipe on Pinterest that looked really delicious, and I was keen to try it out. I adapted the recipe from a site called Cook Top Cove. I will tell you up front that I normally do not clic … | Continue reading
I am sharing a recipe with you today for a classic Thanksgiving dish, or holiday dish that goes very well with Roast Turkey. This was something they always wanted me to make when I cooked for the American family at the Manor in the U.K. And yes, they did like marshmallows on the … | Continue reading
From the minute that I saw this Herby Bread & Butter Stuffing for Two recipe on the New York Times page, I knew that it was something I was going to be cooking for sure. The stuffing is always my favorite part of any holiday meal. Sometimes when a person lives in a smaller family … | Continue reading
I had some ground beef that needed using the other day and whilst looking for a tasty way to use it, I discovered this Chili-in-a-Bowl recipe in a small Grocery store Pillsbury cookbook I had entitled Country Cooking from their Home Cooking Library. It was published in 1994 and i … | Continue reading
Hello everyone and welcome to my weekly Meals of the Week post! On Sundays I like to share with you all of the delicious (most of the time) things that I have enjoyed for my main meals over the past seven days! I like to cook, and I like to eat. As a Senior and as a person who li … | Continue reading
This Gum Drop Cookie recipe I am sharing with you today is for an old family favorite. These are cookies that I used to make every year for the holidays when my children were growing up. They loved them. I did too! I use butter in them which makes for a lovely crisp edged cookie, … | Continue reading
One thing that I really like to bake and enjoy during the Holiday season is Gingerbread. Nothing says festive to me more than Gingerbread. The smell of all of those warm spices while the cakes and bakes are in the oven spells pure and utter COMFORT to me. Home Sweet Home. Family … | Continue reading
In looking for delicious options for Holiday Side dishes this year I came across this Green Bean Stuffing Casserole Recipe on a site called Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons. I immediately bookmarked it and decided to try it out. It looks like a tasty mash of two of my favorite holiday … | Continue reading
I had been fancying a tuna sandwich of some sort for several days now. I love tuna sandwiches, melts, casseroles, etc. If you have a couple of tins of tuna in the cupboard you are never very far from having a meal prepared. It is a most versatile ingredient! I had seen an open-fa … | Continue reading
I was having my family over for supper on Sunday afternoon. Usually, we all gather at my sister's table, but this week I thought that I would give her a week off. I had bought one of those President's Choice Holiday Feast Turkey (and fixings) pie that I wanted to cook and to try. … | Continue reading
Prepare to fall in love. This cookie recipe I am sharing with you today is not only a very simple one but probably one of the most delicious cookies that I have ever made and baked. So delicious in fact that I am now going to have to bake more to pop into the freezer for Christma … | Continue reading
Here I am with another Meals of the Week Post. Each Sunday I like to share the recipes and menus for all of the main meals that I have enjoyed over the past seven days! This is something that I enjoy doing and it is something which my readers also seem to enjoy! I am determined t … | Continue reading
Heuvos con Ajos, Spanish Garlic Eggs. As soon as I saw this recipe on YouTube (Spain on a Fork) I knew that they were something I wanted to cook. I love cooking eggs for my supper sometimes and I love trying new ways of preparing them. These looked and sounded fabulous. One of my … | Continue reading