This honey mustard roast duck is a recipe from my German aunt. Roast duck is a common dish served at Christmastime in Germany, and aunt’s mother, Oma Ella, would raise ducks herself. If serving a meal for a larger group, then they would roast a goose. Roasting the duck at a low temperature helps keep […]
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Happy Hour: Trinidadian Sorrel Drink
This Trinidadian sorrel drink is bright red and tastes just like Christmas. I learned how to make it from the master, Ryan’s dad, before making it for my own family over the Christmas holidays. It took me a while to find out that the drink sorrel is different than the vegetable sorrel. The vegetable sorrel is […]
Vanilla Trifle with Blueberries, Chocolate Cake, and Vodka
Trifle is such an easy dessert that I can’t really take credit for a recipe. So, this is the collection of ingredients that we had on hand: chocolate pound cake, vanilla custard, vanilla whipped cream, whipped cream-flavoured vodka, and wild blueberries. All of these ingredients are tasty on their own, but together they nicely complement […]
Our New Year’s in Pretty River Valley
Every year for the past seven years, we have been spending our New Year’s Eves in Pretty River Valley in rural Ontario. As you can see, it’s in what’s called the ‘snow belt’ of Ontario. We snowshoe and visit the reindeer, horses and chickens, help make the appetizers, spend the evening playing Balderdash, and then […]
Happy Hour: Ponche de Creme
Ponche de Creme, or Ponche Creme, is a Trinidadian Christmas drink that is similar to eggnog. Before last Christmas, Ryan told me about a creamy drink made with sweetened condensed milk and rum – sounds pretty good to me! Then we visited his parents and his dad whipped this up. It is rummy, creamy, spicy, a […]