A love for creating recipes, cooking, and sharing tasty food
There is a Korean restaurant right across the street from us and they make the most spectacular kimchi. I was inspired to make it, but it wasn’t even close to the style the restaurant makes. I wanted a “saucy and
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This recipe for baked beans is one of the Hubby’s favourites and has converted vegetarians. And it’s perfect for when you need a large pot for a potluck, as it makes a very big batch. The key to the recipe
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I went for supper with a couple of my sisters and my mom last week and my one sister ordered clam chowder. We were talking recipes and I mentioned cullen skink. Blank looks all around until I explained that cullen
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Whenever we carve pumpkins, I love to make roasted pumpkin seeds! There are unlimited choices for seasoning and they make for a salty, crunchy, and a perfect snack while watching a Halloween movie. I have found the green seeds from
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I originally saw a warm mushroom salad on Chucks Day Off (Chuck Hughes) and it looked soooo good. I’ve made it quite a few times since then and it tastes great every time. And there are so many mushrooms you
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I wanted to make some scalloped potatoes, old school style, but of course, kicked up a notch. I looked up Julia Child’s recipe, but it looked to be a bit of fuss to make and ended up settling on scalloped
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I find nuts and bolts a great treat to have out on the table as the sweets come out in force at Christmas, and after your umpteenth Christmas function, most people have reached their sugar limit. I have to admit
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Nothing beats a big bowl of fresh homemade roasted vegetable salsa! This has a nice fresh flavor and can be made as hot as you want by using more or fewer jalapenos. The Hubby and I both prefer a less
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I love au gratin potatoes, but with a lactose intolerance I can’t take the easy way out and buy the boxed version. Which I fully admit is a guilty pleasure, or rather, was. These au gratin potatoes are cheesy, saucy,
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I consider myself a decent cook, but I have never mastered cooking rice (with the exception of paella). Either burnt, gloppy, uncooked, and bizarre combinations of all three. But I recently took a gamble and tried microwaving my coconut rice.
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