True to form the week has flown past and here we are at another Sunday, another Meals of the Week Post. I have been doing this for about a year now and these weekly round ups have become something that I really enjoy doing each week. I am determined to cook myself decent meals ev … | Continue reading
I am sharing a lovely teatime recipe with you today for Golden Tea Cakes. They are also known as Golden Betty's. Probably because they bake up to a lovely golden color and contain the golden warmth of ginger. The original recipe is a very old one, published in the Farmer's Weekly … | Continue reading
It is Spring now and we are wanting to eat a bit lighter. Not that the outside temperatures are shouting Spring at the moment. Today it is a very cool +2*C/+35.6*F and there is a very strong wind blowing. I was out with my sister earlier and it was positively perishing. I adapted … | Continue reading
I had not had a bowl of tomato soup in a very long time and so I wanted to have some for my lunch today. Tomato soup is one of the few tinned soups that I enjoy, or at least that I have always enjoyed. I was brought up on tinned tomato soup. I never tasted homemade until I was an … | Continue reading
When I was a child, one of my favorite cartoons was Popeye the Sailor Man. He was really strong and that was because he ate lots of Spinach. My sister, brother and I were always amazed to watch his muscles bulge out and expand as soon as he squeezed that open can of spinach into … | Continue reading
It is not very often that you find a casserole recipe out there that doesn't use canned cream soups in it. I don't have anything against them, myself, but when I am cooking for just one or two people it is a bit of a waste to open a full can. I found this recipe on a blog called … | Continue reading
Its easy to whip up these weeknight dinners which are perfectly sized for just two people! With more and more people becoming empty nesters or just starting out in their lives, cooking for two people can often present a challenge. If you are an empty nester, you may be used to co … | Continue reading
I can't believe that it is Sunday again. The weeks just seem to roll around very quickly. I think that is true of anyone who leads a busy life and that is me. I do lead a very busy life. This past week was filled with medical appointments and the like. I think that the only day I … | Continue reading
Weekends in my house are always time for baking and cake. I love to have a good cake in the house at the weekend, and this lush Peanut Butter Sheet Cake is a really lovely one to have in! The recipe is for a largish, 9 by 13 inch sheet cake, which cuts into 12 squares. Having sai … | Continue reading
The first Christmas I was married, in 1977, my mother in law Elizabeth gave me a small handwritten notebook containing all of her favorite recipes. It was just a small notebook, nothing fancy. In most cases the instructions were very brief. They were the recipes that she had brou … | Continue reading
It was several months back now that someone e-mailed me and suggested I try to make London Cheesecakes. I am always open to suggestions. I did some research and discovered that London Cheesecakes are not cheesecakes at all, but beautiful puff pastry bakes, topped with a bit of ja … | Continue reading
One thing I really loved about living in the U.K. was their penchant for tea and tea time treats. They are a nation that stops everything it is doing a couple of times a day to enjoy a nice hot cuppa and if that cuppa is accompanied by a nice bit of cake or a biscuit, then so muc … | Continue reading
One very well known and beloved bake shop in the U.K. is Greggs. They serve hot drinks, toast, sandwiches and are very well known and loved for their puff pastry bakes. Cheese and onion, sausage rolls, steak bakes, etc. People love LOVE their puff pastry goodies. They are served … | Continue reading
I am always looking for ways to use my Air Fryer. I probably don't use it enough and I need to use it more. When I saw this Honey Garlic Chicken Skewers Air Fryer Recipe the other day I immediately bookmarked it as something I wanted to try.Not only would I be able to use … | Continue reading
Here we are, Sunday again and its another opportunity for me to share with you, my sweet readers, my meals of the week! All of the delicious main meals that I have enjoyed over the past seven days, along with the relevant recipes and any menu suggestions I might have for somethin … | Continue reading
I found myself with a bunch of over-ripe bananas that needed using up the other day. I will sometimes buy bananas thinking that I am going to have them on my cereal, or pop them into smoothies and then I don't. I am not a person who eats raw bananas a lot. I didn't want to throw … | Continue reading
True confessions here. I had never eaten a Cheese and Onion Sandwich prior to moving over to the U.K. The very idea of that combination of flavors seemed quite strange to me. I first tasted it at a tea party and I fell in love with it. It was fabulously tasty. I found myself sayi … | Continue reading
I am always bookmarking recipes on Instagram. I have a whole folder of saved videos/recipes. This recipe I am sharing with you today was adapted from a reel I saw on IG by Food, Kids and Sleep. It looked really easy to make as well as incredibly delicious! I love Asian flavors. I … | Continue reading
As soon as I saw this recipe I knew that it was something I would want to make. I adapted it from a recipe which I found on a blog called That Oven Feelin. (Don't you just love the names people give to their pages! This is so cute!) I have always loved Creamed Peas. I often serve … | Continue reading
Is there anything tastier than a fresh chocolate chip cookie, still warm from the oven? The chocolate a bit gooey and the edges all buttery and crisp? Probably not . . . unless . . . You make that same cookie using browned butter, real chunks of dark chocolate and add some chew t … | Continue reading
This Ballywindland Roll Recipe I am sharing with you today is an old Irish Recipe, which I adapted from a tiny book I have entitled Irish Teatime Recipes, traditional cakes from the Emerald Isles. I picked up my copy at Thrift Books. I used to have all sorts of these little books … | Continue reading
Hello! It's Sunday and we all know what that means. On Sundays I like to share with you all my Meals of the Week. This is the post that details all of the main meals that I have enjoyed over the past seven days, whether eaten at home or away from home. Plus I share all of the rec … | Continue reading
I love cake. I do not think that there are many cakes that I have met that I don't like. I am just a cake afficionado. I am also a lover of plain cakes. It doesn't have to be very fancy in order to bring me immense pleasure. This Farmhouse Fruit cake is also known as Anglesey Cak … | Continue reading
I thought I was taking some chicken out of the freezer last night but it ended up being a pork chop. I didn't mind too much as I do enjoy a tasty pork chop every now and then, although to be sure I don't eat red meat very often at all, and lately have been trying to eat at least … | Continue reading
I had picked up a big bag of creamer potatoes (a mix of Yukon gold and red) the other week at The Running Man and I wanted to use them up before they started to sprout. That is always a risk at this time of year. I had seen a delicious looking smashed potato recipe on Eating Well … | Continue reading
I was wanting to make a basic loaf of White Bread this week. I don't eat a lot of white bread, but sometimes you just want the simplicity of a white loaf. This Bread Machine White Bread recipe is one that I have adapted from a page called Adamant Kitchen. It looked so good I coul … | Continue reading
I saw a reel on Instagram for Air Fryer All Dressed Hash Browns which looked really delicious. I love hashbrowns and I love all dressed baked potatoes, so mashing the two together seemed pretty genius to me! I also have an air fryer that I don't use near often enough, so these we … | Continue reading
Back in the 1970's, when I was first married, my mother-in-law gave me a little handwritten notebook for Christmas filled with all of her tried and true recipes. These were the things she had always made for her family. That was my favorite Christmas gift of all time. I still hav … | Continue reading
Hello and Happy Easter! It's Sunday and I will be having my family over for Easter Dinner later today, but in the meantime I am sharing with you my weekly Meals of the Week post! The one where I share all of the main meals and applicable recipes that I have enjoyed over the past … | Continue reading
Are you looking for a delicious side dish to serve with your Easter Ham? (Or any protein for that matter.) Are you a smaller family? Do you want something which is totally homemade but that doesn't take a bazillion steps to make or use an abundance of hard to find, expensive ingr … | Continue reading
If you are looking for a very simple, classic dessert to make at the weekend, you can't really go wrong with this classic bread and butter pudding recipe. This recipe has been pleasing people for many, many years. It has always been a favorite in my home, and has always been a fa … | Continue reading
Seared Cube Steaks make for a delicious mid-week option for the family which take very little time to prepare and are quite inexpensive. A steak dinner doesn't get much easier or tastier then these simple, yet flavor-filled steaks. Cube steak is something which I often pick up at … | Continue reading
This Quick & Easy Cheesy Chicken & Potatoes recipe I am sharing with you today is one that I book-marked from a reel I saw on Instagram. The instructions were actually a bit vague, but it looked quite easy and promising. The end result did look quite delicious so I decided to giv … | Continue reading
I was looking for a recipe for Tatties and Neeps the other day when I came across this recipe for Scottish Clapshot. I found it on a page called Larder Love. It sounded even better than Tatties and Neeps. In fact it sounded very similar to a dish I had grown up with. My mother al … | Continue reading
I have always had a special fondness for smoked pork chops. Back in the 1980's my then husband had been making lawn furniture for the garden out of cedar wood. I can remember one time he threw the scraps onto the BBQ when we were cooking some pork chops. Best pork chops ever! (No … | Continue reading
Hello and welcome to my Sunday Meals of the Week Post. Every Sunday I like to share with you all of the delicious main meals which I have cooked for myself and or enjoyed over the past seven days. This helps me to keep myself accountable and I hope in some way it will also inspir … | Continue reading
I was looking for a cookie recipe to make for Easter that would be simple and yet delicious. I am not sure what it is about the flavor of lemon. Lemon always speaks Easter to me. It is a fresh and sunny flavor and Easter always coincides with the arrival of Spring. It is also a t … | Continue reading
My sister is always trying new things and healthy things. She is quite an inspiration to me on that front! I was at her place the other day and she said asked me if I wanted to try one of these Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Energy Bites that she had made. I said sure, why not! I kne … | Continue reading
I decided to dust off my bread machine today and bake a loaf of bread. I had not used it since before Christmas and thought it was about time I did! When my children were growing up (I have five children) we always had homemade bread in the house. My ex husband used to bake all o … | Continue reading
If brown sugar Blondies got together with Almond Croissants and had a baby, this delicious Almond Frangipane Blondie bar would be the result! What you have here is a delicious, dense, chewy blondie with an incredibly moreish and buttery rich almond topping. I love Blondies, proba … | Continue reading
This pasta recipe that I am sharing with you today is for a pasta that cooks all in one pot, both the sauce and the spaghetti noodles. There is no need to cook the pasta separately. It cooks right in that delicious tomato sauce. I am all for shortcuts if I can find them, especial … | Continue reading
I am really excited to be sharing a small batch recipe for Ranch Dressed Crushed Potatoes with you here today. It is a recipe I had seen on Instagram last week that immediately drew my attention. They had been paired with meatloaf which initially caught my eye, but then when I no … | Continue reading
Here we are, another Sunday, another Meals of the week post. On Sundays I like to post all of the recipes for all of the main meals that I have enjoyed over the past seven days, along with the things I have enjoyed alongside of them. As a person who lives alone, it can be very te … | Continue reading
I was looking for a delicious muffin to bake for the weekend and came across this recipe for Oatmeal Muffins on a blog called Vintage Kitchen Notes. I loved the simplicity of them. An easy recipe for moist and fluffy oatmeal muffins that is not too sweet. When I want a muffin, I … | Continue reading
I am excited to share this Vintage Butterscotch Cake recipe with you today. It is a recipe I have adapted from a very old cookbook of mine. The Prairie Farmer - WLS Family Tested Cookbook. It is the Centennial edition and was published in 1941 by the Prairie Farmer Publishing com … | Continue reading
There is nothing I enjoy more than a Reuben Sandwich and this juicy homemade Reuben Sandwich recipe, using flaky and buttery croissants is a real winner! I know that it is traditional to use a rye bread for this iconic sandwich, but today I decided to amp it up a bit and use so … | Continue reading
I was wanting a very simple supper today (as I write this on Tuesday). I didn't want anything really complicated or involved. I had had my eyes on a recipe from one of Ina Garten's cookbooks. The cookbook is entitled Ina Garten's Go To Dinners. I have had this … | Continue reading
I was at our local eatery the other day for lunch with my daughter and her husband. They have a Taco Salad on the menu, which they charge $15.99 plus tax for. It is a very popular menu item and is ginormous in size! You always see a lot of people ordering it. I was there for … | Continue reading