Sides

Roasted Cranberry Peach Chutney

It’s snowing here, whilst I am up in Maine for the weekend, and given that it is November, I am ok with that. It also means that it is coming right up on Thanksgiving. As many longtime followers will know, pretty much every year, I try a new take on Cranberry Sauce. Some years, it been with champagne or port wine, some years, I have added other fruit, which is where we are today: Roasted Cranberry Peach Chutney. A bit of late summer sunshine (the peaches), tilted to fall. A bit of late summer sunshine (the peaches), tilted to fall with those tart, crisp cranberries.

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16. November 2025
Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Hot Honey Cinnamon Cookies

Thought that I would try something a little different today and decided to make cookies using hot honey. What is “hot honey”, you ask? Well, apparently it is becoming all the rage to serve with such things as cheese and on charcuterie boards. It’s chili-infused honey. I’ve seen a number of brands, and the one that I have comes from Italy. It is quite spicy when served with cheese and such, but the cookies just taste more like “cinnamon with a kick”. Still delicious though.

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11. November 2025
Appetizers/Starters, Dinner, Lunch, Sides

Garlic and Herb Roasted Fingerlings

Last summer, I make these super-crispy roast fingerling potatoes. They were so good, in fact, that I pretty much ate the entire dish in one sitting. Crispy, golden outside, fluffy and delicious on the inside. As I am often known to do, once I find a recipe that I really like, I try variations on them and that it what this is: Garlic and Herb Roasted Fingerlings. Also delicious, but you definitely have to be careful to no sog out the potatoes with the garlic herb butter.

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6. November 2025
Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Walnut Pear Shortbread Crumble Bars

Crumble bars are my go-to treat when I need something straight forward, can be eaten out of hand and are easily shared. As you know by now, the base recipe is flour, sugar, melted butter and vanilla and then anything else goes — one fruit, one “add in” (nuts, mini-chocolate chis, even oatmeal). It being autumn and all, I thought that I would go with pears and walnuts this time. Do you think that is fall-esque enough? The pear jam had just a hint of cinnamon too.

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31. October 2025
Desserts, Lunch, Savory Snacks, Sides

Mushroom Poutine

More comfort food – getting to be that time of year, eh? This time I’ve stayed on the North American continent and went for Mushroom poutine for dinner. Why not get some protein in with those carbs. Totally over the top and delicious. While I don’t necessarily recommend shortcuts, this can also be done with the fries of the frozen variety and likely no one would be the wiser. Quality cheddar curds make all the difference in the world too. Those that I used, of course, came from Vermont.

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30. October 2025