History of Cocktail Sauce Cocktail sauce is a spicy blend of ingredients that often comprises a base of ketchup or tomato-based chili sauce. It is combined with horseradish, lemon juice, hot-pepper sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. It is normally served as a condiment for cold seafood, adding flavor and zing to every bite. The cocktail sauce…
Pasta
Spaghetti Marinara Sauce
Spaghetti Marinara or Seafood Spaghetti is a very popular choice at Italian restaurants. The combination of seafood with a tomato-based pasta sauce makes it a delicious meal for anyone. Like most Italian cooking it is all about simplicity and fresh ingredients. You can make delicious spaghetti marinara at home as a meal for the family…
Spaghetti with Tuna
This meal took me back. Back to my Grandma’s kitchen and the smell of gently frying onion and celery (in butter of course!), and the familiar flavours of canned tomato soup. I don’t eat tomato soup normally but that as well as I onion, celery and butter were staple foods for my Grandma’s generation. This…
Mushroom Bolognese
The older I get the more I realise I am my father’s daughter. Up until two years ago, he owned and ran a flower farm on my parents’ 17 acre property. This meant he was a busy man and didn’t get to spend much time on hobbies or pursuits outside from work. Now that he’s…
Pasta Primavera
Pasta Primavera is basically pasta with vegetables. There are a few versions out there but this version combines a tomato sauce made from scratch with no jars or pastes. The flavours of fresh ingredients combine in this dish to create an amazing result which I think you will love. With this Pasta Primavera recipe you…
Baked Spaghetti Recipe
This is the easiest and best baked spaghetti recipe you will ever make. It’s got all the goodness of being homemade, while being super easy to prepare. With fresh vegetables and gooey melted cheddar cheese, it’s absolutely delicious. For this baked spaghetti recipe, we’re going to use a can or jar of you favorite spaghetti…
Country Spinach Lasagna
This lasagna recipe is one of my all time favorites. It’s very easy to make and uses simple ingredients and regular lasagna noodles which do not need to be cooked first. It’s fun, absolutely delicious, and makes enough to have leftovers to enjoy too! As a young boy I always loved cottage cheese. I would…
Country Chicken Parmesan Recipe
Here’s a nice easy classic recipe for chicken parmesan. What I love so much about this recipe is that you can make a big homemade meal which is absolutely delicious, in just a few easy steps. I mean, chicken, pasta, cheese… does it get any better than that? To make things easy I like to…
Country Baked Macaroni and Cheese
There’s nothing like the down home goodness of homemade macaroni and cheese. The boxed products are fine once in a while, but nothing compared to using real cheese, real seasonings, and baked in the oven with a nice crust and all the gooey goodness of the real cheese. This is an easy recipe for classic…
