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Roast Pork with Ginger Thyme Sauce, Spaetzle
Mains

Roast Pork With Ginger Thyme Sauce

A long-time favourite at our house! Redolent with ginger and fresh thyme, a perfect autumn dinner, perhaps served with spaetzle or roasted potatoes. The sauce is delicious!  Any leftovers would make a great sandwich with some of my Spiced Fruit Chutney.  Makes 6 Servings Rub for the Roast: 1 Tbsp. minced fresh thyme 2 ½ […]

How to Roast a Turkey, Thanksgiving, Umbria, Italy
Mains

Roasting A Turkey

It’s getting to be the time of year when I regret the loss of buying a proper turkey, known as New York Dressed.  Here’s a post “Cock-a-Doodle-Do” about my feelings about that!  We really enjoy a proper and properly cooked turkey.  We rarely bother anymore due to the unavailability of New York Dressed birds these […]

Veggie Moussaka, White Oval Dish
Mains

Veggie Moussaka

I saw some end of  season eggplant at the Farmer’s Market and thought, what better way to use it, than to make this for Veggie Monday…not saying you can’t make it on other days! This makes a really, really tasty vegetarian main course. A nice addition might be a salad and  crusty bread. What I […]

Browned Pork Chops in Cast Iron Frying Pan
Mains

Pan Seared Pork Chops

Properly cooked pork chops should be wonderfully tender and juicy. This is one of those easy methods to keep up your sleeve, especially after coming home from work and having to come up with something quickly for dinner!  Faster than ordering in a pizza! Makes 4 Servings (4) 1 ¼” thick, bone in pork chops […]

Anne's Apple Crisp, Mom's Bowl, Ice Cream
Baking and Sweet Endings

Anne’s Apple Crisp

A favourite old fashioned dessert but just as good as it always was! Anne gave me this recipe ages ago, who knows where it comes from. I got to use our own apples to make it! Great with ice-cream! Makes 4 – 6 Servings For The Crisp: 4 apples, peeled, cored & sliced ¼” thick […]

Homemade Tagliatelle with Chanterelle Sauce
Pasta, Gnocchi and Polenta

Chanterelle Mushroom Tagliatelle

CHANTERELLES means it’s definitely Fall!  After discovering the most amazing chanterelles at Trout Lake Farmer’s Market recently, there was no question what we would do with them. It’s sort of like when you come across fresh porcini or fresh truffles; simple is best! I really do recommend making your own pasta, it’s so much more […]