Tamale Pie
With salad or garlic bread on the side, tamale pie makes a perfect winter's night meal. It's a Tex-Mex type of shepherd's pie or baked polenta with tomato sauce. My…
Cauliflower Cheese
I made baked cauliflower cheese with cherry tomatoes for supper one night. It was so pretty I had to take a picture. It tasted so good that I thought I…
Basil Pesto
Basil is easy to grow, and each plant produces a lot. There's only such much fresh basil you can use at any one time. So make pesto with that abundance.…
Fruit Crumble
Fruit crumble is one of the easiest desserts to make - and very, very delicious. The one I made today is fresh rhubarb and frozen black cherries. It's based on…
Pineapple Pizza
The other night, my husband said he was going to make pizza. What kind, he asked. Pineapple and ham, I said without hesitation. They're small, he said, so anything else?…
Roast Guinea Fowl
Hi Dorothy, from time to time I'm going through your web site. You are doing a great job to cover all fields and sharing with other people. I also checked…
Macaroni and Cheese
This stove-top macaroni and cheese is the best ever. I've made it a lot of different ways, and love this recipe. It is easy and consistently good. Makes 4 main-course…
Zucchini Boats
Got huge zucchinis? Stuff them. Here is how my husband makes them using left-over spaghetti sauce. The ingredient quantities below are for one zucchini, which makes two zucchini boats. Adjust…
Perfect Rice
The trick to perfect rice, steamed with grains nicely separated, is wash it first. Put the amount of uncooked rice you want in a pot and add water. You'll see…
DIY Kraft Dinner
KD - Kraft Dinner - is the ultimate comfort food/fast food, especially for Canadians (says Wikipedia) who have grown up on it since it came on the market in the…