Brown Sugar Bacon This recipe was a kind of accident. Ken was making bacon for the oven and decided to add brown sugar. I walked by and decided to give the bacon some sweet heat. We have made this Brown Sugar Bacon many times since as we all rave about it. Try this baked bacon…
Pork Recipes
Pork is a wonderful ingredient whether it be served as a ham, a tenderloin, roast, pulled into a sandwich, and don't forget the BACON. We love easy pork dishes that are baked, slow-cooked, on the stovetop or the BBQ.
Delicious Sausage Pinwheels
Delicious Sausage Pinwheels These Delicious Sausage Pinwheels are made in a buttery puff pastry filled with Italian sausage meat, spinach and cheese, and a flavour of pesto. Irresistibly yummy, this easy recipe will soon become a family’s favourite. Make these light and fluffy spirals to enjoy for your next picnic, on the side of a…
50 Ways to Love Your Bacon – Recipes and How Tos
50 Ways to Love Your Bacon – Recipes and How-Tos Presenting 50 Ways to Love Your Bacon – Recipes and How-Tos. Like that old song said there may be 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover but there are way more than 50 ways to enjoy your bacon! Today we have picked 50 fantastic bacon recipes,…
Cheesy Noodle Ham Casserole
Cheesy Noodle Ham Casserole Don’t you love a great easy casserole recipe to feed your family at anytime of the year. When I have leftover ham from a summer picnic, the holidays or Easter I then like to reinvent it into something like this Cheesy Noodle Ham Casserole. My family dives right in and I…
truLOCAL, Connecting You to the Source
truLOCAL, Connecting You to the Source Don’t you love when something new comes to town especially when it is food related? I know I sure do, I am always excited to try it. truLOCAL, Connecting You to the Source is a great way to not only eat locally but it frees your time going to…
Holiday Entrees 101
Holiday Entrees 101 Is this the first time you are hosting a holiday gathering? Do you need a little help with a recipe or maybe a refresher as you don’t do this all the time? Here is where Holiday Entrees 101 will come in handy. I have compiled our 101 series here to help you with…
Ham and Bean Soup (Crock Pot Recipe)
Ham and Bean Soup (Crock Pot Recipe) I love a big ham for the holidays. Not a spiral ham but one with a bone in. Then I get to make a great soup like this Ham and Bean Soup (Crock Pot Recipe). For my last ham we had I divided the ham into three for…
Spaghetti and Meatballs in Marinara Sauce
Spaghetti and Meatballs in Marinara Sauce Comfort food, we all love it at some time. For me, a great Spaghetti and Meatballs in Marinara Sauce is pretty high up there on the comfort scale. On a cold winter night, there is nothing like a bowl or plate of hot pasta with tender little meatballs and…
How to Cook a Ham 101
How to Cook a Ham 101 The holidays are almost upon us and many of you have taken on the rather daunting task of hosting a big family dinner this year. This is where How to Cook a Ham 101 will come in so handy. While some people choose to serve different proteins, like roast…
Smoked Pork Rib Roast wth Cherry Sauce
Smoked Pork Rib Roast wth Cherry Sauce This Smoked Pork Rib Roast with Cherry Sauce is a celebration on to its own!! It is a special weekend meal at anytime of the year. Ken loves to smoke meats and more in the winter months just as much in the summer months. Pork really lends itself…
18 Terrific Tapas Recipes
18 Terrific Tapas Recipes Just a few short weeks ago we hosted a Tapas night. Each couple, we invited two couples besides ourselves, made 5 dishes plus a magnificent sangria! That was a total of 15 dishes, sounds like a lot but we managed to get through them without an issue. Some were small pintxos…
Buttermilk Pork Chops with Lemon Caper Sauce
Buttermilk Pork Chops with Lemon Caper Sauce This recipe for Buttermilk Pork Chops with Lemon Caper Sauce from the new cookbook Best of Bridge Sunday Suppers is amazing. A showstopper of a meal for the family to gather round the Sunday supper table. Pork chops are not something we cook a lot of for some reason…