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How to Roast Dirty Potato Fans + Video
Feb16

How to Roast Dirty Potato Fans + Video

I am so pleased to teach you How to Roast Dirty Potato Fans! This impressive side dish is a feast for the eyes & the palate, and can pair well with any meat dish. Dirty potatoes are an actual heirloom variety of potato, and these particular ones are grown in Ontario. These potatoes have a flaky skin that holds more dirt than other potatoes might, so they need to be washed thoroughly. The insides of these potatoes are bright white...

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How to Bake a Christmas Chocolate Log + Video
Dec01

How to Bake a Christmas Chocolate Log + Video

This fabulously traditional recipe for How to Bake a Christmas Chocolate Log is perfect for the Holidays, even as a host/hostess gift. Chocolate log cakes are traditionally made & enjoyed for Christmas, but this cake can be made any time of the year. I found this spectacular recipe in an eBook called A Cornish Grandmother’s Family Favourites available on Amazon. In this eBook, the Chocolate Christmas Log recipe uses the same...

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How to Make Blood Orange Meringue Pie: Easter Surprises
Apr17

How to Make Blood Orange Meringue Pie: Easter Surprises

This recipe for how to make Blood Orange Meringue Pie is an unusual treat that you and your friends and family will enjoy. Such a nice change from the standard lemon meringue pie. How to Make Blood Orange Meringue Pie: Try using other citrus fruit for a lovely fruit meringue pie. Some other options include: lime orange tangerine grapefruit sudachi Type: Dessert Recipe Prep Time: 35 min Cook Time: 15 min Bake Time: 10 – 15 min...

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How to Cook Lemon Curd + Video: Easter Surprises
Apr09

How to Cook Lemon Curd + Video: Easter Surprises

Learning How To Make Lemon Curd is definitely worth it! A super tangy, super easy & super quick recipe that can be eaten by itself like a pudding of sorts, or used inside of something else amazing like a jelly roll. Whatever you decide, this lemon curd is absolutely delicious, will make your lips pucker, and satisfy your sweet tooth. How To Cook Lemon Curd: This delightful sauce is intensely flavored and suitable for use with...

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How to Bake Traditional White Bread + Video
Mar27

How to Bake Traditional White Bread + Video

Everyone should know how to bake a really good, all-purpose loaf of bread, and a great place to start is with this recipe for Traditional White Bread. How To Bake Traditional White Bread: To bake bread of this kind, you will need to use a good, traditional, fresh active dry yeast, which you will allow to bloom in warm water. The bowl containing your proofing yeast should be kept warm by placing it in a larger bowl containing warm...

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How to Cook Boxty: St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
Mar13

How to Cook Boxty: St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Boxty is a traditional Irish recipe for a potato pancake containing both mashed and grated potatoes, giving you the experience of both pancake & hash browns in one. What a good choice for breakfast or supper! It goes well with many other ethnic cuisines as well. I think it would be delicious with smoked salmon, in place of other kinds of pancakes like crepes or blini, served with sour cream or creme fraiche. Salmon is one of the...

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How to Bake Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies + Video: Valentine’s Day Treats
Feb13

How to Bake Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies + Video: Valentine’s Day Treats

Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies for Valentine’s Day just seems like the perfect cookie for the occasion. Chocolate chips & maraschino cherry chunks inundate this rich, buttery cookie dough, creating flaky deliciousness upon baking. Surprise your sweetheart with these sweets. How to Bake Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies: Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter for romantic results! Type: Cookie Recipe Serve with: tea, coffee or...

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How to Bake Goat Cheese & Walnut Soufflé
Dec26

How to Bake Goat Cheese & Walnut Soufflé

A Goat Cheese & Walnut Soufflé is light, fluffy & ever-so-tasty. Beautiful served alongside a roast beef dinner as a marvelous contrast, and even in replacement of mashed potatoes. How to Bake Goat Cheese & Walnut Soufflé: The recipe requires an 8 cup soufflé dish. This soufflé can be made ahead & refrigerated as long as 7 days prior to serving. It may deflate somewhat, and it’s always better to serve...

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How to Make Lemon Meringue Pie
Dec22

How to Make Lemon Meringue Pie

A lemony, tangy Lemon Meringue Pie is just the perfect dessert after a hearty turkey or roast beef dinner. Oh, how we do enjoy that pie at Thanksgiving, Christmas, even Easter in our household. Although purchased pie filling preparation is quicker, and quite tasty as well, nothing surpasses the flavor of “prepared from scratch” pie filling where we use freshly squeezed lemon juice & fresh lemon zest. It takes a bit...

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How to Make Hot Berry Sauce
Dec21

How to Make Hot Berry Sauce

Hot Berry Sauce is lovely for dessert over vanilla ice cream, biscuits, pancakes, pound cake or cornbread. It’s so versatile & easy to make using any choice of berries you have on hand or prefer. How to Make Hot Berry Sauce: My recipe yields about 2 cups of berry sauce. Type: Sauce Recipe Serve with: vanilla ice cream, biscuits, pancakes, cheesecake, pound cake or cornbread Prep Time: 5 min Cook Time: 8 – 10 min...

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How to Make Chocolate Turtles
Dec21

How to Make Chocolate Turtles

This is an easy & tasty recipe for Homemade Chocolate Turtles! If we have one chocolate to choose for the Holidays, like Christmas or Easter, it would be Turtles, hands down. With their ooey-gooey caramel centers cloaking pecans & coated with chocolate, these are quick to disappear around our house. How to Make Chocolate Turtles: 2 lbs of chocolate will yield roughly 38 pieces of chocolate turtles. Type: Candy Recipe Serve...

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How to Bake Turner Family Christmas Log Cookies
Dec19

How to Bake Turner Family Christmas Log Cookies

Christmas Log Cookies are beautifully impressive, and so very delicious that you may wish you had locks on the cookie tins! Both children & adults alike really enjoy these tasty Christmas goodies, so I usually make 3 or 4 batches at a time. Don’t forget about cookies for Santa too! 😉 I have never before shared this recipe… How to Bake Christmas Log Cookies: Type: Cookie Recipe Serve with: coffee, tea or milk Prep Time:...

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How to Bake Lemon Cake Loaf with Poppy Seeds
Dec05

How to Bake Lemon Cake Loaf with Poppy Seeds

I am a particular fan of lemon cake & topped off with poppy seeds – it’s just too good! Topped with a delicious, tangy, fresh lemon & sugar syrup…It just doesn’t get better than this. How to Bake Lemon Cake Loaf with Poppy Seeds: This loaf slices neatly & fanned out on a lovely serving tray with a few slices of sugared lemon & lime or lemon zest curls. To be completely beyond delicious, sift...

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