One of my absolute favorite cookies are oatmeal cookies. I love them chewy in the middle with crisp edges. I love them crispy through and through. I love them filled with raisins, or filled with nuts, or chocolate chips, or all three! I JUST LOVE OATMEAL COOKIES, any which … | Continue reading
Roasted Veggie Hot Dog Hash. This is an easy sheet pan supper sized for two that is not only delicious but very easy on the pocket book. I also consider it to be almost a store cupboard type of meal as it uses things that I usually have in my larder and refrigerator.I adapted … | Continue reading
As many of my readers know, around two years ago I had to make a horrendous life change, through no fault of my own. I found myself in the middle of a Global Pandemic having to leave everything I had acquired and then some from my life in the UK and make my way back to Canada. … | Continue reading
I confess in my personal life, when it comes to cooking, I can be rather lazy. Its not that I don't enjoy cooking, but if I can find a shortcut to use and still produce delicious food, I am there! That's why I especially love sheet pan suppers. Everything cooks all on … | Continue reading
I love biscuits. I especially love drop biscuits. There is no fussing about with having to roll anything out. You can just mix everything together and drop them onto the baking sheet.They also end up with nice craggy crisp bits that I find very morish. I also adore cornbread … | Continue reading
I am a great lover of pasta. I am a great lover of broccoli. When I can combine those two loves into one quick, easy and delicious creamy pasta dish, then I am in heaven!I adapted and downsized this recipe from a blog called Savory Nothings. It now feeds only two people which … | Continue reading
Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday, or pancake day as it is lovingly referred to throughout the Christian world. This is the last day before Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent. Traditionally on Shrove Tuesday families would use up the last of their flour and eggs before t … | Continue reading
Honey Sriracha Turkey Meatballs. This recipe I am sharing with you today makes either a simple and tasty appetizer for game nights or dinner parties, or a delicious main course when you add some rice and perhaps a salad or other vegetable on the side.Not only are they delicious … | Continue reading
Sticky Sweet Lemon Rolls. These are some of the tastiest and quickest sweet rolls that you could ever want to bake. With their sweet lemony sugar filling, and that beautifully tart lemon glaze, they don't let you down!I hope you will not hold my bad photography against me t … | Continue reading
One of my favorite vegetables has always been cabbage. I love it in any way shape or form. I could eat it every day, and sometimes do. My cats even enjoy it, which I think is kind of strange, but oh well! (I only let them have it in small amounts, just in case.)When I was a ch … | Continue reading
Chicken Tender Nachos. Chicken tenders are one of my favorite pieces of the yard bird! Always moist and tender, quickly cooked, and crazy adaptable to many tastes and flavors.When I worked at the Manor I used to cook up a huge iron skillet of Chicken tenders to put into the ref … | Continue reading
Occasionally I like to bake myself some muffins to enjoy in the mornings or with a hot cup of herbal tea mid-morning or afternoon. I have my favorites but I found myself with some applesauce that needed using up today and so decided to look for an applesauce muffin recipe to tr … | Continue reading
I am a sandwich lover. I am with the Brits on this one. I have never met a sandwich I didn't like and enjoy. Over in the U.K. they have whole shops dedicated to sandwiches. The British love their sandwiches.They are also huge fans of the burger. I am not so fussed over reg … | Continue reading
A POEM FOR TEAWhen the world is at oddsAnd the mind is all at seaThen cease the useless tediumAnd brew a cup of teaThere's magic in its fragranceThere's solace in its tasteAnd the laden moments vanishSomehow into spaceThe world becomes a lovely thingThere's beauty as … | Continue reading
Sorry if you came here expecting cake this morning. You will be disappointed if you did, but maybe not because what I am sharing is just as delicious as cake, except in a different way. My sister Cindy has a blog called Flat Belly Files (Real Food for Real People) which I real … | Continue reading
When my children were growing up, one thing which I used to make frequently for them for breakfast on Saturday's was pancakes. They loved them. When I was a child we only ever got pancakes once a year. On Shrove Tuesday. And always for supper, never breakfast.We never go … | Continue reading
I felt like having a scone today with my mid-morning break. Call it a late brunch as you will, as I didn't really have time for breakfast this morning and I was famished.I didn't necessarily want to bake a full batch of scones, however. Especially where there is just m … | Continue reading
When I was trying to think of a dessert which would make the perfect ending to a romantic dinner, the best one I could think of was Creme Brulée. It might seem a bit cliche but it's simple to make and delicious.It's also a dessert that you can make (up to the point of … | Continue reading
Steak and Potato Pie. I put my hand up now. I have a great love for savory pies. Well, I love any kind of pie, really, but I do so love a good meat pie.With a flaky, buttery crust, rich gravy and meat filling, I don't think there is anything much more delicious on earth. It … | Continue reading
I thought I had already tasted the best molasses cookie ever made. My mother made excellent Molasses Cookies and Molasses Crinkles have always been a family favorite!Both cookies are cookies I have been baking for years and years. Cookies I grew up loving. Molasses Cookies I … | Continue reading
I had some chicken breasts the other day that I wanted to use up, but I didn't necessarily want to eat them as chicken breasts. Know what I mean? I was wanting to make a kind of a casserole with them. I am a huge fan of the casserole!I love making and eating casseroles. … | Continue reading
This recipe for Washington Pie I am sharing today is actually a cake recipe, not a pie. It comes from the pages of an old cookery book of mine. Woman's Day, Old Fashioned Desserts by Barbara Myers.It is a recipe I have been making for a very long time, however. I first ta … | Continue reading
Wicked cold weather here in Nova Scotia today, but I expect it is the same everywhere. You would expect nothing less at this time of year in Canada. Actually, Winter has been slow in coming this year, so we really don't have a lot to complain about.I love days like this, w … | Continue reading
We are experiencing a bit of a Polar Vortex here in the Martimes. It is the coldest it has been all winter and I believe much colder than it was last Winter. We need to be taking great care against frost bite when out and about and wearing our woolies!Thank goodness for centr … | Continue reading
As a very small family (read single person here) I have often been tempted to pick up one of those quick side dish packets you see in the shops. You probably know the kind I mean. They involve noodles or rice of some sort and promise to be very saucy and tasty.My experience with … | Continue reading
I was having my father over for supper the other night and wanted to cook him something that was substantial and yet healthy at the same time. Usually he likes beans and wieners, but I wanted to cook him something much nicer than that.He has hotdogs fairly often and I don't … | Continue reading
My father was coming to my place for supper last night and so I wanted to make him something special for his dessert. My father has a sweet tooth and dessert is something he really looks forward to. He is 89 years old now and we do like to indulge him from time to time with som … | Continue reading
When I was living in the UK, as a food blogger, I was often being sent products for review. This was a very common practice for companies. I was always more than happy to receive something free of charge and write about it.I always tried to be as fair and impartial as I could b … | Continue reading
I have been craving Beef Stew all week. It's a winter thing I guess, and having just come through having had a bad cold I was really craving some sort of comfort food.In the UK they make things called Hot Pots in the winter months. This is usually with lamb, but I have als … | Continue reading
I had a quantity of Italian Sausage that I wanted to cook and so the other day I went searching online for some inspiration. I remembered being invited to a friend's home for supper back in the 1990's and she had made an Italian Sausage Rigatoni bake that was quite delicious.I h … | Continue reading