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Happy New Year 2026

I wish all of you a very Happy New Year! May your New Year bring you everything you hope for, good health & happiness! Thank you for following this blog. I hope to have many new recipes to post in the coming year!!

Here are some recipes for dinner tonight. I am a bit late posting for dinner so here are some recipes that you can just pop into a grocery store, get what you need & still have time to make for dinner! Have a nice Spanish Coffee after dinner! Forgot to put the roast in so it is after dessert!

Imitation Crab Salad

I love imitation crab…. keeping a Kosher kitchen i can not use real crab meat so this is a delicious alternative for us! This is so quick it is almost impossible to believe it can be as good as it is!!! I love to make this salad, I use it as a dip or in…

Smoked Salmon Spread

Well, this was delicious!  Smoked salmon, cream cheese, mayo, horseradish, capers and parsley to garnish. It was all I could do but not eat the whole bowl at one time. Seriously!! In November I was in Toronto and had a smoked salmon sandwich on a bagel at the restaurant Schmaltz Appetizing, 414 Dupont St., and they had horseradish…

Chopped Broccoli Salad

I had some broccoli crowns in the fridge, some carrots and purple cabbage so I decided to make it all into a salad. It turned out really nicely. The key, Murray says, is to cut the broccoli up into small pieces. The dressing is slightly sweet with the addition of maple syrup. I have changed the…

BEST-EVER SCALLOPED POTATOES recipe by Norene Gilletz

This recipe is from one of my favorite cookbooks. A perfect side dish anytime, creamy without cream, I bake mine until the top slices of potato are nice and crispy! I originally posted this recipe in 2018 & have made a few edits to it. THE PLEASURES OF YOUR PROCESSOR BY NORENE GILLETZ. My cookbook…

Do you want a special coffee for New Years Eve? I am making Spanish Coffee…my way!

Here is a short video I made preparing a Spanish Coffee, Except, it is not exactly right as I did not have Creme de Cacao so I used Baileys! It was still delish! You can rim your cup with sugar if you want, if not then sweetened whipped cream is good! Ingredients you will need…

No Bake Chocolate Corn Flake Cookies

Could there be a simpler cookie? Maybe, but this recipe is one of them! I love them! I wanted  something chocolate that was non-dairy for dessert to go along side the coffee cake I was serving & didn’t really have time to bake, so remembered this recipe & it was perfect! Also, it is difficult…

Standing Rib Roast – a very easy method. ( Prime Rib)

Murray & I love a Standing Rib Roast! I do not make it very often but when I do it is a special treat! This is a post from 2018 but I thought it was a good idea to remind everyone about this delicious dish! I told my friend that I was going to make…

brown and yellow maple leaves

Thanksgiving Side Dishes

Here are some side dishes that are perfect for Thanksgiving! Make an ingredient list so that you you can get everything you need ready to get cooking!

Sweet Potato in Orange Sauce Casserole

This Sweet Potato in Orange Sauce Casserole is delicious! This is a recipe from my mom’s recipe box, I have looked at this for years and never made it! That was a mistake as we could have been enjoying it all these years! I am not sure where the recipe originates from and I know…

Butternut Squash Kugel

What is a kugel? It is a baked kind of pudding…it can be noodles, potatoes, butternut squash….the main ingredient of a kugel is sometimes pre-cooked…mashed…grated… eggs are added ….put it into a baking dish & you have a kugel!   Usually I think of eating butternut squash roasted with some maple syrup or in a…

Challah Bread Stuffing

Years ago I used to put a stuffing into the cavity of the turkey or chicken that I was roasting. But then there was a lot of information about this that it was not really the best idea for food safety. I am not a food safety expert but I decided to make my stuffing…

BEST-EVER SCALLOPED POTATOES recipe by Norene Gilletz

This recipe is from one of my favorite cookbooks. A perfect side dish anytime, creamy without cream, I bake mine until the top slices of potato are nice and crispy! I originally posted this recipe in 2018 & have made a few edits to it. THE PLEASURES OF YOUR PROCESSOR BY NORENE GILLETZ. My cookbook…

Easy Garlic Mashed Potatoes

This is not so much as a recipe as it is a way to make these delicious Easy Garlic Mashed Potatoes I actually did not even take a picture with the Garlic Mashed Potatoes when they were finished in a bowl because I did not think that I was going to blog this! But…they are…

Cauliflower & Potato Casserole

This Cauliflower & Potato Casserole is outstanding! Potatoes & Cauliflower are a great combo & come together in this dish beautifully The. recipe is from Haaretz.com & here is a link to the original post on that site. I found that this Cauliflower & Potato Casserole was a delicious side dish for Marcia’s Mom’s Salmon…

Roasted Green Beans

When I was growing up we ate green beans…canned green beans….they have a weird kind of taste & colour..& I remember not really liking them. Then we started eating frozen green beans…better- but my mom boiled them…the texture was weird…they kind of squeak when you bite them… I have not opened a can of green…

Green Beans With Tomato Pesto

I love green beans but I don’t like them the way my mom served them!! We pretty much ate them from a can, warmed up & then they got cold on the plate…and they were a bit mushy….. but I do like them roasted! Sautéed is ok but I prefer them roasted. A bit charred…