Baked beans has been something I’ve been trying to get right for years.  I have to have given it a go 10 times now over the years and never quite been satisfied with the results.  I’ve long enjoyed eating baked beans, but they are definitely something that can be hit or miss when getting them [...]

A family favourite, we have been enjoying this savoury Divan recipe since the early 90′s. Anytime I take leftovers for lunch, I always have a coworker stop me and ask “What is that? It smells awesome”. The meal is terrific because it combines a vegetable, a meat, dairy and grains in one. Although when it [...]

Tonight was pizza night at home for my wife and I.  I had thawed some pizza dough I had picked up at DiPietro awhile back and decided I wanted to do something a little different and attempt emulating something Pizza Hut makes, a panzerotti style pocket called a P’Zone.  Now I don’t know what necessarily [...]

Chicken pot pie is one of those dishes I’ve always meant to try out and I finally got around to trying it out.  My goal with this was to replicate something along the lines of a larger version of those single serving Swanson meat pies you can buy at the store.  I decided to keep [...]

Yesterday was my wife Corina’s birthday and I decided I wanted to do up something special for the dinner we were hosting. We had friends and family over for a potluck style dinner and I thought what better occasion then to try and cook up everyone’s favourite internet recipe sensation, the Bacon Explosion. I pretty [...]

With my inaugural post I felt that it would be best to talk about something near and dear to my heart – marshmallows. This wonderfully deelish invention is something I really liked when I was a child but absolutely adore as an adult. I’m not much of a coffee drinker but I love a good [...]

With this recipe I didn’t quite know what to call it.  I’ve heard these referred to as birds nests, haystacks or simply chocolate clusters.  No matter what you want to call them, they’re delicious.  Usually the recipe features pretzels or those crispy chow mein noodles you put on top of won ton soup, chocolate and [...]

I think one of the most important things about a good Thanksgiving dinner is the gravy.  Since it’s usually the substance that you slather onto pretty much all components or a turkey dinner(or at least I do), you gotta make sure it’s good.  My Mom always made fantastic gravy while I was growing up and [...]

I have long been a fan of turkey.  Ever since I was a kid any holiday it was possible to have turkey, I insisted on it.  I know recently I’ve met some turkey dissenters who actually dislike turkey.  Obviously they’ve never partaken in a turkey meal at my parents house, or my mother in laws.  [...]

When beginning to prep for my big Thanksgiving dinner meal the first thing I started on was the stuffing. I’ve tried quite a few stuffing mixes, having made a sourdough bread stuffing and rice stuffing in separate dishes, so I figured why not combine them into one super awesome dressing?  When making this recipe the [...]