Saucy Supple Slow Cooker BBQ Ribs!
It was beautiful day here last Saturday...sunny, around 5 degrees Celsius, (about 41 degrees Fahrenheit), with clear blue skies. It was the perfect day for exploring the great outdoors with our Goldendoodle, Daisy. I had planned on making bbq ribs for supper but really didn't want to spend the day nursing them along. What was my solution? The slow cooker! My only problem was that in my experience, while ribs done in the slow cooker are flavourful and tender enough they don't
Perfect Pork Tenderloin With Roasted Asparagus and Warm Citrus Sauce!
It's been a frigidly cold week here on The Rock and I felt in the need for some serious warming up. Pork tenderloin was on sale last week at my grocery store and while I had no idea what I was going to do with it, I can't resist a good sale. That was last Thursday and when I opened my freezer Wednesday morning to see what I might cook for dinner, the pork loin I had bought last week looked at me all lonely and forlon. I took it out of the freezer and placed it on a plate on m
Warming Up Winter With Slow Cooker Maple Bourbon BBQ Ribs!
Last week, I was as sick of January as I had ever been. It's the Mount Everest of all of the months; a constant, uphill battle against frigidly cold days marked with less than 8 hours of daylight. For me, January is the longest, most drawn out, anticlimactic of all months. Thankfully, it's now over for another year. Never mind that it's only February....February is the shortest of all months which is some small consolation. When you live in Canada, you have two choices: let y
These Are A Few of My Favorite Things!
As 2014 comes to a close, I decided to reflect on this past year. It's been a phenonmenal year for us, jam-packed with adventures, milestones and some pretty darn good eats! In June of 2014, this blog sprang to life and since that time, we've had over 10,000 page views from 15 countries - not too shabby for a small town girl on an island in the middle of the Atlantic ocean! I want to thank each and every one of you for humouring me by reading my rants, um, I mean, 'blogs'! I
Southin' Your Mouth With Louisiana Style Roasted Pork Loin
When I was at the grocery store the other day, I saw a lovely bunch of collard greens and I just couldn't resist getting them. While collard greens are common in many countries including Brazil, Portugal, Africa, Spain, India, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Croatia, in these here parts, it's pretty much synonymous with the southern United States. Just the mere mention of collard greens can bring one to uncharacteristically say things like, 'these here parts', 'sweet baby Jesus', an
Fighting the Blues with Blues: Blueberry Bourbon BBQ Pork Side Ribs!
Well, it's official folks: winter is here. There's no doubt that I don't have to tell the folks of Buffalo, New York that though. With an expected weekly snowfall amount of nearly 238cm, or almost 8 feet, I'm fairly certain that they're blatantly aware of the arrival of winter! Yesterday morning, we here in St. John's woke up to a thin blanket of snow covering the ground and while the measely 5cm we got pales to the accumulations in Buffalo, it was enough to make me sing the
Soulful Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Sandwiches!
When I was growing up, you could pretty much tell the day of the week by what was being served for dinner and from what I gather, many of my friends can totally relate to that. There was very little variety and a serious lack of creativity and imagination when it came to meals, unless it was some new casserole that had canned soup as it's base. (Those dishes we use to refer to as Tuna, Chicken or Beef Surprise....probably because the only truly identiifiable ingredient was th
Date Night Saturday: Ricotta and Four Cheese Ravioli with Wild Mushroom and Pancetta Sauce
This past Saturday morning when I awoke, after going through the routine, 'What time is it? What day is it? Who am I?', line of self-questioning, I wondered what I would make for Saturday night's 'Date Night At Home'. Geri, my sister, had messaged me the other night recommending a red wine from the Italian region they had just returned from vacationing in and I was more than a little curious to test out her recommendation. Thinking of the wine and where it was from very much
Cooking With Healing Spices: Moroccan Pork Chops With Couscous
Yesterday was one of those days where I wasn't sure what I was in the mood for when it came to figuring out what I was going to cook for supper.(See? I am 'normal' afterall!). Everything I considered, my inner voice would reply 'nnaaahhh' to. After suggesting chicken, fish and sirloin, all of which pesky Inner Voice again said 'nah' to, I pleaded, 'For the love of God...just throw something out that I can build on!'. (Ok, so maybe I'm not quite ready for the 'normal' badge y
Visions of Apple Stuffed Pork Tenderloin Danced in My Head!
I had a fitful night's sleep Monday night. For whatever reason, visions of apple stuffed pork tenderloin kept dancing in my head and I was mesmerized trying to figure out how exactly I was going to make an apple stuffing that would stay in place inside of a pork tenderloin. I know what you're thinking...'this chick's a little nutso'. To quote Billy Joel, 'you may be right, I may be crazy, but I just might be the lunatic you're looking for!', at least when it comes to Bacon Wr
