How to Bake Shepherd’s Pie from Scratch
One of my favorite “soul food” recipe is Shepherd’s Pie… …What’s not to love with this traditional, tasty combination? Mashed Potatoes and Ground Beef with tasty home-style spices. This recipe may be just how your grandmother made Shepherd’s Pie, but she may have even called it “Cottage Pie” from the more “English” translation. If it isn’t the same as...
How to Make Flavored Finishing Sugars
Most of the time, sugar is, well, just sugar…Right? True…However, there are times when flavoring sugar for desserts, drinks, fruits, etc. can be simply amazing and truly perfect! A little something different…that “je ne sais quoi”! Typically speaking, you don’t use a lot when you’re talking about finishing or flavored sugars. They are simply to enhance flavor and give a marvelous twist. So,...
How to Cook Healthier Cream of Spinach Soup
Looking for a quick and healthier version of a creamed soup? This is your recipe. This Cream of Spinach Soup is quick and easy, plus it is so tasty and is healthier than other versions of creamy soups out there. Type: Soup Recipe Serve With: fresh, crusty bread Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 25 hour Yield: Approximately 8 servings Ingredients: 3 x 300 g packages of frozen spinach – or 3 bundles 2 large onions – chopped 4...
How to Cook Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli
Today is Day 4 of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike. For dinner tonight, I’m making Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli with Tomato Sauce from scratch…except for the won-ton wrappers I’m using from our freezer as the ravioli pasta dough. This squash recipe is a little involved, but well worth the work – it is absolutely amazing, healthy & even vegetarian…Probably my family’s favorite meal of...
How to Cook Mennonite Style Borscht
Learning how to cook Mennonite Style Borscht is something we don’t take lightly in our family. We make this cabbage soup often, especially in the colder months of the year. One side of my family has Mennonite roots. We are German, but hailing from Russia, on my mother’s side. My other side is Ukrainian and they are well known for eating borscht too! “I love Borscht! I’m giving you our secret family recipe...
How to Cook Kimberly’s Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipe
Jerk chicken is a fun recipe to try to cook! It seems like a lot of ingredients to add, but typically they’re all sitting in your pantry already. Adding “this and that”, you’re going to look like a real pro in the kitchen! LOL…and the flavor will surprise you! Try it! Type: Chicken Recipe Serve With: Rice and peas Prep Time: 15 min + overnight marinating time Yield: Enough to marinate 3.5 lbs chicken and...
How to Bake Kimberly’s Sweet Potato Buns
I wanted to bake these yesterday to eat with our turkey sandwiches, but better late than never. Everyone still wanted regular leftovers yesterday anyway! LOL These are a healthier version of buns made with all white flour, although you may make them with all white flour or bread flour. Type: Bread Recipe Serve With: Softened butter or when making roasted turkey sandwiches Prep Time: 15 min, 1 hr 20 min rising Bake Time: 20-25 min...
How to Cook Brandy Cardamom Pumpkin Custard
Funny…No one felt like pie this Canadian Thanksgiving. So, instead, I used this as an opportunity to play around with a dessert for our feast. Everyone in the family loves Chai flavors, so I tried to enhance our pumpkin spices with a bit of Indian flair adding cardamom. Then, well, alcohol enhances flavor and I used brandy for this recipe as it reminds me of the Holidays. Try this – it’s so fast and super easy to...
How to Cook Kimberly’s Favorite Creamy Mushroom Soup + Video
Kimberly’s Favorite Creamy Mushroom Soup is a dish perfected over the years, to get the best flavors! Looking for something that tastes super indulgent, but without all those extra calories and fat? This soup is perfect to impress your taste buds and your family! There never seems to be enough leftover because you’ll be left wanting more. This delicious and creamy soup has a splash of red wine and is so indulgent, it seems...
How to Cook Creamy Roasted Carrot Soup
When life gives you carrots, make roasted carrot soup! I looked in my mother’s fridge after returning from my trip to Dallas, hungry for a Fall soup…Running low on ingredients, my mother did have a lot of carrots – Thus, Kimberly’s Creamy Roasted Carrot Soup emerged… ~ Kimberly Edwards Type: Main Dish Serve With: Dollop of sour cream or plain yogurt and chopped chives. Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 1 hr...
Cool Indian Kitchen Finds
I love bringing home different cultural elements into my globally diverse kitchen! As you know, I love cooking foods from many, many cuisines from around the world… …That’s what makes cooking exciting to me. Now, when I’m preparing something Asian, I like to present it with a great pair of chopsticks and cook it in a wok! That’s what gets you that authentic flavor and feeling to the food. It’s like...
How to Bake Dark & Delicious Holiday Fruit Cake
So traditional…So delicious…Dark & Delicious Holiday Fruit Cake is fruit cake, the RIGHT WAY! Whether you’re preparing this Christmas treat for this year, or you’re allowing it to age until the next one, this cake is sure to please the masses. Dark & Delicious Holiday Fruit Cake: It’s full of fruit, nuts & loving goodness. Our Dark & Delicious Holiday Fruit Cake will make you remember your...
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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