Gluten Free Holiday Brandied Tiger Nut Fruit Cake + Video
This Gluten Free Holiday Brandied Tiger Nut Fruit Cake will be the pièce de résistance of your Holiday table! Chock full of dried fruit, and topped with either fondant or icing, it’s not only a labor of love, but impressive beyond compare. Properly preserved, fruit cakes can be stored for many years – some stories we’ve heard have boasted serving 100 year old fruit cake. Gluten Free Holiday Brandied Tiger Nut Fruit...
April Food Holidays & Events
Here are April Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here & there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. Month Holidays: National BLT Sandwich Month: How to Make Club Sandwiches Browse Sandwich recipes, Sandwich & Burger shows Browse Bacon recipes, Bacon shows Playlist: Bacon Recipes + Reviews Playlist: Lettuce Recipes + Reviews...
How to Bake a Winter Spice Cake + Gluten-Free Video
On a snowy & blustery day, you’ll be glad to know how to bake Winter Spice Cake. Not to mention, we serve this cake with a Hot Cake Sauce – absolutely divine! Enjoy the warm aromas of comforting spices throughout the house, and bring smiles out on everyone’s face. Winter Spice Cake: Serve with ice cream, if desired, and the decadent, hot cake sauce, like flowing lava over a moist & fluffy volcano of a cake!...
How to Bake Dark Brandied Christmas Fruitcake
In our house, we love Dark Brandied Christmas Fruitcake with warm spices and delicious dried fruits, always reminds me of the aromas of the Holidays. Even those, who say they don’t like fruitcake, rave about this Dark Brandied Christmas Fruitcake. It just isn’t Christmas, if our favorite fruitcake isn’t on our dessert platter of goodies. Note: This recipe calls for nuts, and since some people don’t eat nuts, I...
How to Cook Cream of Roasted Butternut Squash & Sweet Potato Soup + Video
Cream of Roasted Butternut Squash & Sweet Potato Soup is exactly what you want to cozy up with this time of year! A heavenly, creamy combination of autumn ingredients, perfect for the fall. It’s a soup everyone will love with hearty butternut squash & sweet potato, roasted & creamed to perfection. We are hauling gorgeous squashes out of our kitchen garden this time of year, and I’ve been harvesting our sweet...
How to Bake Napa Valley Vanilla Fig Balsamic Apple Crumble + Video
Napa Valley Vanilla Fig Balsamic Apple Crumble is sure to be a new family favorite for dessert. This treat is a homey and filling dessert that is just as appropriate for serving after a dinner party as it is at a potluck meal, with simple and satisfying ingredients. Although you could end a backyard summer BBQ or a holiday buffet with this amazing apple crumble, I do enjoy it most during the colder weather in the fall and winter,...
How to Make Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine + Video
Napa Jack’s Holiday Poultry Brine is a great idea for most any poultry, at any time of the year! Brining will do wonders to kick up the flavors, especially of your Holiday turkey, using this poultry brine recipe and directions. Until you try this method of preparing poultry for roasting, you won’t fully appreciate the fantastic results as your birds are more moist, more tender and have much more flavor, as the delicious...
How to Braise Haskapa Malbec Bratwurst + Video
This recipe for How to Braise Haskapa Malbec Bratwurst is one you will want to adapt to use with other sausages & meats to bring out and enhance all their great flavors. So juicy, these pork-based sausages benefit from the sweet & tangy haskap taste along with a robust, red wine like a Malbec to keep things moist & give a beautiful finish carrying all that flavor. Braised Haskapa Malbec Bratwurst: I am using the fantastic...
How to Bake Haskap Oatmeal Cookies + Video
This recipe for How to Bake Haskap Oatmeal Cookies will make everyone smile! These cookies have a nice crunch on the outside and a lovey chewy inside with dried haskap berries add a wonderful tang to the overall flavor. A lovely idea for a host/hostesss gift when visiting over the Holidays as well, these cookies are sure to please. Haskap Oatmeal Cookies: Haskapa is the brand name of the company that produces and processes haskap...
How to Bake Haskap Apple Pie + Video
You’ll love this recipe for How to Bake Haskap Apple Pie! This recipe is probably the best of the best recipes I have done for an apple pie. An absolutely beautiful star-burst or flower pattern presentation you can create on your pie with the crimson-purple haskap berries in the center, this pie is a stunner. The flavor of apple & haskap goes so well together with plump, tender pieces of apple and the dried haskap berries...
How to Cook Napa Valley Blackberry Ginger Balsamic Ham + Video
When you use this recipe for How to Cook Napa Valley Blackberry Ginger Balsamic Ham, you will be accepting compliments from guests and family. When we have had about all the turkey we can eat during the Holidays, nothing hits the spot better than a delicious ham. This fabulous 9 1/2 pound hickory smoked ham shank portion is gorgeous and I can hardly wait to taste it. Tender & juicy with a delectable flavor of blackberry &...
How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey + Video
Holidays are the time for turkeys, but for me, I love roasted turkey and could enjoy it any time of the year, especially when this recipe for How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey is used. There’s nothing like a golden brown, roasted turkey with crispy, tasty skin, and moist, juicy turkey meat. The savory aroma carries throughout the house, making taste buds dance & mouths water. Whether it’s Thanksgiving,...
Web Chef Review: Ontario Golden Delicious Apples at Harvest Barn Country Markets
The season for harvesting Ontario Golden Delicious Apples has come, and you should see the fantastic beauties at Harvest Barn Country Markets. These locally grown, golden delicious apples are at the perfect stage of ripeness now, all juicy and crunchy and d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s. They are ready for making mouthwatering pies, to pack in your childrens’ lunches, to bake – smothered in brown sugar and marshmallows, making tasty...