Spiced Walnuts
These are so good I could eat them until I feel sick! They are extremely easy to make, and aside from needing help with the hot oven and pan, they […]
Miscellaneous
Cream of Mushroom Soup Sauce
I am happy to tell you that I have not bought a single can of cream of mushroom soup this year. I did, however, purchase a few dozen wide mouth […]
Chicken Curry IIII – Coronation Chicken
This is (another) sandwich fillings that you just don’t see in the US, but is very common in the UK. I happened to try it because the sandwich cart in […]
Roasted Blender Salsa
No, you don’t roast your blender and make salsa out of it. That would be silly. You do roast up some veggies and toss them into a blender. Which may […]
Cheese Savory Sandwich Filling
I know just about everyone likes sandwiches, Brits, however, love them. In stores, you are spoilt for choice when it comes to premade sandwich fillings. We used to buy this […]
Pineapple No Cherries Upside-Down Cake
When I was a kid, I had mixed feelings about the traditional pineapple upside-down cake. I mean, it’s cake, right? It’s hard for me not to like a cake, and […]
Low-Fat Crunchy Granola
I love granola, but the store bought stuff always has so much fat and salt in it. Plus, it’s expensive. Making it is super easy, takes less than an hour […]
Baked Scotch Eggs
I never heard of these until I moved to the UK. I used to buy them all the time, I especially loved the mini-snack ones. I dip them in yellow […]
Pico de Gallo
A lot of people call this salsa, and that isn’t wrong. It is in fact, an uncooked salsa or “salsa fresca”. Its name actually translates to “rooster’s beak”, because people […]
Honey Mustard Dressing
Honey mustard dressing is my husbands favorite so we always have a bottle of it in the fridge, and while I don’t dislike it I don’t tend to reach for […]
Pease Porridge
Depending on where you are from, you may not have known this is a real thing that people make and eat. I know I thought it was just a nursery […]
Cranberry Sauce
Though store-bought canned cranberry sauce seems to be the normal thing to have at Thanksgiving, the average brand-name stuff is mediocre at best. And, surely I can’t be the only […]
Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
I use ranch dressing as a dip for my fries (I am not a fan of ketchup), I also use it to dip other fried foods too, as well as […]
Garlic & Herb Cheese Spread (Like Rondele but better!)
This stuff makes great holiday hors-d’oeuvres. Served with crackers or as the dip in a crudites platter. Personally, I like it on little cocktail melba toasts or warm french bread. I’ve always […]
Roasted Strawberries
I supposed this is less of a recipe and more of a how to, or maybe it’s more of a why too with instructions? Either way, roasting strawberries is easy and […]
Diner Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing
I used to love going out to eat at diners but these days I’m flat out disappointed with diner food. It seems there are no decent diners left, the chains […]
Strawberry Jam
I remember when it was ok for kids to have PB&J sandwiches for lunch at school and I find it hard to imagine my school years without them. Though I […]
Alex’s Popsicles
My granddaughter is lactose intolerant. It means supplements taken before eating dairy, or buying special products for her that generally cost way more then they should. Either way, she tends […]
Simple Raspberry Jam
I recently saw a recipe for scones in a magazine, the scones in the recipe’s accompanying picture were topped with jam and clotted cream. There was a little explanation at the […]
Yogurt Sauce Dip
This sauce/dip can be used to cool down very spicy food if you use full-fat yogurt, otherwise, a low-fat or fat-free yogurt is good for flavor contrast. Greek-style yogurt, bio […]