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• Creamy Turkey & Rice

  

  This recipe I am showing you here today is a prime example of how we eat here in Casa de Rayner, most of the time. Its fast. Its easy and . . . most... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Hot Roast Beef and Cheese Sandwiches

  

  This is the kind of weeknight supper that will have both you and your family jumping up and shouting for joy! The family because its delicious and you because i... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Salted Caramel Drizzle Loaf

  

  I have a fabulous recipe for a Lemon Drizzle Loaf. You just bang everything into the food processor and blitz it together, scrape it into a pan and bake. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Almond Horns

  

  I love almonds. I also love macamia, cashews and pistachios, oh and pecans and walnuts. Ohh, and honey roasted peanuts! Well . . . I guess I just love all... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Bean & Bacon Soup

  

  One thing we like to eat a lot of in the winter is soup. I am not a huge fan of tinned soup. In all truth I just don't think many of them taste very good, with... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• A Winter Tea . . .

  

  The English, especially English men, find a particular comfort in drawing closed the curtains on a leaden afternoon sky, lighting the fire and enjoying some... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Herb Crumbed Cod Fillets

  

  I love fresh cod. In Canada we hardly ever ate Cod unless it was salted, because it was known to be a somewhat wormy fish. Haddock was considered the prize. Ove... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Lemon Roasted Chicken Legs

  

  No doubt about it, we eat a lot of chicken in our home. Generally speaking it is the meat of choice, although in all honesty, today we do not eat as much of it... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Cheese, Spring Onion & Bacon Scones

  

  All scones are not equal . . . or are they? What makes a scone a scone, or a biscuit a biscuit? Are they interchangeable? Are they the same thing? So many... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Breakfast Waffle Quesadillas

  

  One of my favourite pieces of kitchen equipment is my waffle maker. I have a heart shaped one that I use a lot, I also have one that does waffle fingers. That... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Dutch Apple Pie

  

  Todd is always wanting me to make him an Apple Pie. I think Apple Pie is one of his favourite pies of all. He had Mitzie to the dog groomer today and so I... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Almond Cake

  

  I've had enough Christmas Cake. I can't really eat Christmas Cake anyways, except for a tiny bite now and then . . . Today I wanted cake. I love almonds and so ... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Copycat Swiss Chalet BBQ Sauce

  

  One eatery place I always enjoyed dining at when I lived in Canada was a restaurant called Swiss Chalet. The Menu is based on its signature Rotisserie Chicken... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Dublin Coddle

  

  One place I haven't yet managed to visit yet since I moved over here to the UK, is the Republic of Ireland, which is what the Southern most part of Ireland is... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Pork Chops & Stuffing

  

  This supper dish I am showing you today is one of my favourite kinds of supper dishes. A dish in which everything is cooked pretty much together, making for les... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Chicken Cheats

  

  There are certain things from Costco that I try to always keep in my freezer. Things like the All Beef Hotdogs, cod fillets, and chicken. I like the crispy... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Apricot, Oat & Walnut Cookies

  

  Some days you just want a cookie . . . or biscuit as they are called over here. That inner child in you just crys out for something sweet . . . something... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Buttermilk Banana Bread

  

  I always try to buy enough bananas so that the Toddster can get his fill of them, and I will have some leftover blackened ones to bake with. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Oat, Apple & Sunflower Seed Muffins

  

  I am not a person who feels blue very often, but today I had kind of a blue day. It came at me from out of nowhere. I felt teary-eyed and down-hearted for most... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Steak with Whiskey Peppercorn Sauce

  

  Sometimes I think about becoming a vegetarian, but then I think about the things I really enjoy . . . like steak and I realise I could never really do it. Becom... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2018 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES