Old fashioned mints – Straight from Grandma’s box I was up for an adventure. Who doesn’t love a good mystery? I couldn’t have asked for a better surprise than this when combining a few ingredients from a hand written note from my great grandmother’s old card box stuffed with goodies of cut out recipes and…
The Best Date Sandwich Cookies Ever
The Best Date Sandwich Cookies Ever Oatmeal and Dates are the perfect combination for breakfast! Wouldn’t you love to be able to eat delicious cookies for breakfast? In a perfect world, we could have guilt free mornings of enjoying cakes or cookies with that first morning coffee in a perfect harmony. However…. most of us…
Babcia’s Orange Buttermilk Cookies
Babcia’s Orange Buttermilk Cookies Happy Monday everyone! With Christmas only a couple weeks away my kitchen is still generating goodies at healthy (or rather unhealthy) rate. It will soon be time to start doing up some packages and sending them out for delivery. Every year I make a list and try to add a couple…
Basic Chicken Soup Broth- A delicious stock for many Soups, Stews and Sauces
Basic Chicken Soup Broth- A delicious stock for many Soups, Stews and Sauces Bring on the Soup! Steamy, varieties of chicken, potato, creamy cauliflower and broccoli, and my family’s all time favourite..Italian wedding Meatball soup. Whatever you are fancying, a good number of them start with a good chicken base. At this time of year…
Grandma’s Simple Traditional Shortbread Cookies – Basic is Better
Simple and Traditional Shortbread Cookies There are some things in life that improve over time. Health care, technology, human rights (as a society we’re working on them!). But when it comes to food, sometimes we are better to take a step back and think of what our grandparents were making. Many of our ancestors devoted…
Moist and Rich Chocolate Birthday Cake Emoji Style
Moist and Rich Chocolate birthday cake emoji style I will be the first to admit that I am not a great cake decorator. I am totally enamoured with the majestic beauty of some of the cakes out there. Cake decorating is certainly an amazing art form, and I do admire the creativity…
Family Secret Meatball Recipe
Family Secret Meatball Recipe Does anyone remember that episode of “Everybody loves Raymond” when Marie teaches Debra to make the family secret meatball recipe but purposely changes the recipe so Debra’s meatballs aren’t as good as Mom’s? Well, I promise not to do that to you! These are true authentic Italian meatballs just like generations…
Apple smothered Pork chops
It’s apple time again and soon I will be canning another batch of fresh apple sauce. The only problem is that I still have several jars down in my pantry. The solution it seems it to use up some jars! What a perfect time to make some Apple Smothered Pork Chops. What better…
Simple Dill Pickles
Well, we kind of cheated on the cucumber picking this year. It’s a bit of a chore and this summer has just been running out of free days! So off to the market this past Saturday is where my sister and I went. This time of year has plenty of freshly picked cucumbers from a…
Easy Cheesy Lasagna
In our house, only authentic Italian dishes will meet the bar. My husband is Italian and grew up with Italian home cooked meals on a regular basis. To satisfy his appetite for heavy carbs I cave in and make a good old fashioned lasagna once in awhile. Of course if you are going to put…
