I had to put a twist on this cake to take it from a very good cake, to out of this world, better than 5-star restaurant cake. I stand by my recipes and try to provide honest descriptions and expectations for each dish. It’s not often that I proclaim something to be the best. Being…
Classic Chicken Noodle Soup
Classic, but with a few technical improvements. It’s October, the official soup season as far as I’m concerned. And no soup season is complete without a bowl of classic chicken noodle soup! Nothing is more comforting than a bowl of chicken noodle soup! Although chicken noodle soup recipe is a fairly standard recipe, we are…
Best Hot Chocolate
There are so many hot cocoa recipes out there. And I’m sure they are all good. I mean how can you go wrong combining ingredients like milk, cocoa and sugar. But despite trying and testing many recipes, some simple, some more complex, I’ve always had this hot cocoa recipe as my Go-To and keep coming…
Patty Melt
Melt a bit of butter in a heavy skillet, ideally cast iron, over medium heat. Add bread slices and cook for about 3 minutes until crisp golden brown. Move them around as needed to make sure they caramelize evenly. Remove to a plate with the seared side up. Top each slice with a piece of…
Quick yet Very Flavourful Salisbury Steak From Scratch
I noticed that lately I’ve been focusing on making a lot of weeknight-friendly Quick and Easy meals. Big thanks goes out to my friends who suggested that I do just that, as home cooking often involves making delicious flavourful nutritious meals, sometimes with very little time available. I planned to make Bolognese sauce, but I…
Sugar Pumpkin Soup with Brown Butter, Fresh Thyme, Apples, Peanut Butter and Maple Whipped Cream
If I were to pick between butternut squash soup and pumpkin soup, I would probably go with butternut squash. Butternut squash seems to be sweeter than the pumpkin, as well as it better caramelizes in the oven, encouraging better starch breakdown and sweeter and bolder taste. In fact, I didn’t even like pumpkin soup for…