Toffee Apples and Maple Praline Nutty Br...

Toffee Apples and Maple Pralines Back when I was a kid Halloween was a favourite friend get together with the neighbourhood kids all participating in the celebratory activities. Each adjacent house would decorate some part into a scary ghoulish stage to try and scare the living daylights out of you!  Back then the costumes were simply homemade from a cut out cardboard box silver painted robot to a red paper mache robe and your sisters blue leotards for the Superman look. An old pillow case was the chosen candy tote for the night and trying to fill it with many treats was...

Fruit Salads

Got Fruit! When thekitchenman makes a fruit platter, I search for the best fruit available. It still costs less than buying one of those ambrosia platters purchased at the Supermarkets. Plus, its not soaked in any ammonia preservatives. So many choices and a few simple fruits and you have a salad. Try adding some fruit and garden vegetables together.  Great Idea is using waffle cones for a kids health party snack. all you’ll need is one pine apple, honeydew melon, small watermelon, grapes, cantaloupe blueberries and strawberries. I use a simple sweetened oil and...

Deluxe Hot Seafood Salad From The Knotty...

Hot Seafood Salad From The Knotty Pine Willow Tree Restaurant. Only a working chef knows how difficult it is to make good food consistently. Working at the New Knotty Pine in Waterloo gave me the a beautiful dinning room and kitchen and one stunningly beautiful dining room. I had a very eager and talented team and the chance to show off my contemporary style of cooking. Interesting food items that everyone would enjoy, handcrafted and made to look and taste delectable. Here is one of the most ordered recipes for my famous mouth-watering Hot Seafood Salad. Change up the...

Chicken A La King

Chicken A La King. Chicken a la King frozen meals my mother would sometimes buy for me to eat after school when she worked shifts. I would pop it into the oven and simply pour the creamy chicken and vegetables over some buttered toast and it tasted beyond wonderful. I have a chicken a la King major craving to taste that creamy chicken over toast again. I created this one pot dish from stove to oven and it was way better than any of those frozen entrees from back in the day. It was simply scrumptious and it came together so easily. I poached my own chicken and made some...

Welsh Lamb Spice Berbere Lolli-Pops

Welsh Lamb Berbere Lolli-Pops There will never be another Ewe! Welsh Lamb is what other lambs chops want to taste like. Armando’s Finest Quality Meats is where I go when you want the best! I let Armando choose these beauties and once back in my kitchen took each chop and massaged in some spice Berbere. Berbere is a spice mixture whose constituent elements usually include chili peppers, garlic, ginger, basil, korarima, rue, ajwain or radhuni, nigella, and fenugreek. It is a key ingredient in the cuisines of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Berbere sometimes encompasses herbs...