European picnic recipes costing more than $3 per serving

Filet Mignon Topped With Shrimp, Crab with a Garlicy Wine Sauce

This tender filet is bursting with flavor. Starting with a mouth watering filet, portabello mushrooms, shrimp,…

Cocoa-Lemon Hard Cookies

Those cookies are really easy and quick to make and can be made with ingredients that are in everybody's kitchen.

Cashew Biscotti with chocolate glaze

This is going to be my first homemade Biscotti. Biscotti is an all time favorite at our house. I have been…

Bajadera

This desert is easy to make, and there is no baking required.

Focaccia

Focaccia with roasted baby new potatoes and rosemary. Great for snack or lunch

Caponata

Caponata is traditionally served as an antipasto with toasted baguette slices or crackers. It is savory, with a touch of sweetness from the raisins…

Cherry Claflouti

The French version of a cobbler, great with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream.

A easy-to-make flatbread pizza which is a must taste

Do you have a weakness for pizza but dislike each and every one of the supermarket’s typical pizzas for the…

Victoria Sponge

I decided to make the cake how I would want it, by using a blend of fresh raspberries and strawberries mixed together with a blend of raspberry and…

Vanilla Fudge

This is a smooth, creamy fudge that makes a good base if you want to experiment with flavourings. It is less temperamental than those made with…

Family-Sized Apple-Cherry Cake

Maids of Honor (or Almond Maids)

My mother has been making these since I can remember. They are absolutely amazing!! Almost like a small…

Homemade Basil Pesto

If you love Italian food, you have to love the magic sauce that can take even the most mundane pasta to the level of a sublime dish. Every Italian…

Spring Vegetable Pizza

Lemon/Lime Curd

A citrus curd that can be made with limes, lemons, or oranges (or a combination). Of course it's a standard on scones, but is also used for cake and…