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Gluten Free Holiday Brandied Tiger Nut Fruit Cake + Video
Dec18

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...

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How to Cook Haskap Mushroom Turkey Gravy + Video
Nov21

How to Cook Haskap Mushroom Turkey Gravy + Video

How to Cook Haskap Mushroom Turkey Gravy is a recipe you’ll love for the Holidays or anytime you enjoy turkey. This amazing gravy is savory with the flavoring of the roasted turkey, rich, perfectly thickened, with delicious mushrooms, and the addition of haskap juice, making an even more mouthwatering taste. Perfect on your Holiday potatoes, stuffing & poultry, whether it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter. Haskap...

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How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey + Video
Nov10

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,...

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How to Roast a Turkey Quarter + Video
Aug13

How to Roast a Turkey Quarter + Video

Tonight, when I looked in my freezer and weighed my meal options, I decided to take out a turkey quarter that was staring back at me. I defrosted it and decided to share with you how I quickly prepare a turkey piece for roasting. Hopefully, this will take the fright out of roasting meat and help you on your way to becoming a stellar chef or an even more experienced chef in your own kitchen, baking and cooking from scratch. Roasted...

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Secret Weapon of Holiday Cooking: Kitchen Tools
Oct09

Secret Weapon of Holiday Cooking: Kitchen Tools

That’s right…Canadian Thanksgiving is this weekend! It kicks off the beginning of the Holiday season with American Thanksgiving shortly after, Christmas in December, New Year’s celebrations, Valentine’s Day, then Easter…It seems there’s an occasion every single month until the middle of Spring! So, with all that cooking, I have my secret weapon in the kitchen when it comes to kitchen tools…...

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Great Food Photos are Tantalizing

If you’re a foodie like I am, food photography is marvelous to you. There’s nothing like a food photo to get those gastric juices flowing… Not only that, you instantly start to get creative about what you’d like to eat, cook or bake too! Food can bring back memories or spark you to create new ones of food. To me, food unites families, reminds you of your grandmother or of your childhood. It brings back memories...

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How to Bake Superb Sweet Potato Bread for the Bread Machine

Easy and tasty, this bread is sure to please. You can make it more sweet and bake it on the Sweet Bread cycle, or omit the molasses and honey and bake on a Normal Bread cycle. Delicious either way! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Bread Serve With: Softened butter or with a Holiday feast Prep Time: 7 min Cook Time: 2 hr, 30 min Yield: 1 loaf Ingredients: Instructions: 1. Combine all ingredients in the bread machine reservoir, except...

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How to Bake Spiced Sweet Potato Loaf

This is a delicious addition to your Fall cookery…Delicious around the Holidays or just because! It’ll make your mouth water! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Bread Serve With: Softened butter Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 1 hr for a large loaf, 25 min for large muffins Yield: 1 large loaf or 12 large muffins Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups Mashed Sweet Potatoes – You may roast them for more natural sweetness, or boil them and mash...

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How to Bake Sensational Southern Sweet Potato Pie

Since I married a Texan man, I’ve had to learn how to make this fabulous Sweet Potato Pie with my Canadian twist! A perfect union! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type: Dessert Serve With: Our Homemade Whipped Cream Prep Time: 17 min Cook Time: 1 hr 30 min altogether…Unless you boil sweet potatoes (20-25 min, instead of 40-45 min roasted) Yield: 1 large sweet potato pie Ingredients: Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 2....

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How to Roast Traditional Prime Rib

I just love Prime Rib, but I want it in the traditional manner! Old-School style with au jus and Yorkshire pudding! My mother makes melt-in-your-mouth prime rib, and this is her recipe, as told by me…LOL ~ Kimberly Edwards 😀 * This is a very easy recipe calling for only 4 ingredients! Type: Main Serve With: Mashed potatoes and gravy, Yorkshire pudding, turnip or any other delicious side dish! Prep Time: ~ 10 min Cook Time: ~ 1...

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How to Roast Incredible Southern Candied Yams + Video
Sep22

How to Roast Incredible Southern Candied Yams + Video

We love our yams and sweet potatoes so much that not only do we always make the Scrumptious Sweet Potato Spoonbread on each Holiday occasion, we also need our Candied Yams as well! Yes…we make both! Type: Side Serve With: Holiday Feast Prep Time: ~ 10 min Cook Time: ~ 1 hr, 10 min Yield: Feeds ~ 8 people with 1/2 yam each The ingredients & instructions are listed below the video for measurements & directions. Please...

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How to Cook Blue Ribbon Turkey Gravy

Your Holiday turkey is simply NOT complete with out the Gravy! This Blue Ribbon Gravy is amazing and flavorful. The Perfect Compliment to your Amazing Turkey! ~ Kimberly Edwards 😀 Find the recipe here: The Most Delicious Traditional Holiday Turkey . Type: Sauce Serve Over: Turkey & Mashed Potatoes @ your Holiday Feast Prep Time: 5 min Cook Time: 15-20 min Yield: Enough gravy for 8-10 people, and leftovers from your Holiday Feast...

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How to Cook Terrific Mashed Turnip
Sep18

How to Cook Terrific Mashed Turnip

Thanksgiving: Ever looked at those turnip or rutabaga in the grocery store and thought, “What in the world do I do with these?” I absolutely love turnip! I even loved them as a kid. It’s one of my very favorite vegetables, and it is an essential dish for the Thanksgiving feast! In fact, I always make extra for leftovers! There are many ways to make turnip, but with these root vegetables, to me, Simple is Best! Type:...

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