By Season

Summer

Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes

When it comes to your mother, she really knows best. And if she’s saying she doesn’t think she should cook on her day, then you best be listening to this advice. But don’t worry, in

Breakfast

Whipped Strawberry Basil Cottage Cheese Toast

Cottage cheese has been resurrected from its boring stereotype of a dated dairy snack plunked in a bowl with fresh fruit. Today its thee cool kid in the market since

Breakfast

Creamy Dill Scrambled Egg Pockets

In Spring, I always find myself in a breakfast slump. Once the clocks jump ahead an hour and the weather is warmer, I find myself looking to abandon my hearty

Spring

Slow Cooker Easter Candy

I don’t ever really make candy. But when I saw a version of this recipe using a slow cooker to make chocolate cluster with nut, pretzels and dried fruit I

dessert

Carrot Cake with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting

This carrot cake is moist and delicious but what I love most about it is that it is made in a sheet pan. Baking in a sheet pan means a

Fall

Lasagna Soup

A comfort food is described as a nostalgic dish that has sentimental value to a person. As comfort dishes go, lasagna fits the bill for me in spades. However, the

Winter

Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup

This post was initially published in February of 2021. I miss eating in restaurants. It’s not even the food I’m missing. It’s the experience. I’ve been supporting local restaurants all

Fall

Sweet Potato and Apple Soup

It’s comfort week and I could easily spend our time together in this post complaining about the polar vortex snap that hit Canada, and most of the mid-west States, this

Spices

Cornbread Topped Chili

A quick spin through the SPC archives confirms that we are big chili fans. We’ve got white, chickpea, lentil, slow cooker pork, slow cooker beef, chicken, a chili mac…. oh, yes,

Vegetables

Enchilada Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

I know you think you’re going to miss the tortilla when I tell you to make an enchilada mix, but, trust, the sweet potato will win you over. It’s not