Crispy, smoky, and packed with flavour—this grilled Flammkuchen-style pizza features potato, red onion, crème fraîche, and young Gouda. Learn how to grill it to perfection or bake it in your oven, with tips for freezing dough, customizing toppings, and reheating leftovers correctly.
Category: Kid-Friendly
Deep Fried Chicken Thighs
Growing up in the 80s in Ontario, Canada it was a real good day when Mom and Dad brought home a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) with the bright green coleslaw for supper. Fried chicken is a decadent indulgence, but if you use beef tallow instead of highly processed canola, you can enjoy with…
Nana’s no knead cinnamon buns
A trip back home to Canada wouldn’t be complete without Nana’s decadent cinnamon buns (also known as Chelsea buns if you add nuts and cherries). This time, I had the honour of watching her make them and take pictures/videos at each step (although, I’m not sure she was entirely thrilled with that 😉). The recipe…
Easy ham, cheese, and egg casserole
Looking for an easy dish to serve for breakfast or brunch? Heck, you can also make this casserole for dinner or on Christmas Day for Santa’s Breakfast. The beauty about this recipe is you can prep it the night before so its ready to pop in the oven the next morning. Leaving you extra time…
Schnitzel and Sauerkraut
Have to thank the Austrians for introducing schnitzel: meat cutlets (traditionally veal) that are breaded and fried into deliciousness. This recipe uses veal, but Ralph prefers using pork or chicken known as Schnitzel Wiener Art. We paired our schnitzel with sauerkraut and French fries (not homemade 😱). The first small town we moved to in…
Savoury Roast Chicken on a Charcoal Grill
Roast chicken is another one of those go-to comfort meals you can count on for ease, great taste, and best of all—leftovers. We like to make ours more savoury, using fresh herbs from our garden with olive oil. There’s nothing like the scent of roast chicken from your kitchen oven during colder months. But in…
Bobotie (sweet and curried ground beef casserole)
A few years ago we had a summer holiday in southern Germany, including a stay in Heidelberg. We spent an afternoon visiting wineries on the German Wine Route (Deutsche Weinstraße) and made a stop at Hammel & Cie. Their wines are delicious and very reasonably priced—we had a box of 12 wines shipped home to…
Oma Marion’s Chicken Sloppy Joes on Croissants
Sloppy Joes is a popular American dish, traditionally made with ground beef. This version of Sloopy Joes is made with chicken or turkey, and was handed down by Ralph’s mother Marion. It’s simple yet bursting with comfort food flavour—a perfect weeknight dinner and great way to use up leftover roast chicken or turkey and gravy….
Air Fryer Shrimp & Turkey Spring Rolls
Buying an air fryer was not my idea; it was my son’s. I didn’t agree with it, as I didn’t know anything about them and thought it was just one more appliance to clutter up our kitchen. I told him that if he wanted it, he would need to buy it. So he ordered it….
Willi con Carne (Wiener Stew)
Willi con Carne (Wiener Stew) I came across a children’s cookbook with this recipe during a Friday ritual visit to the library with my son Tuscan when he was younger (a ritual he was happy to stop when older). The cookbook was called Willi kocht (by Willi Weitzel), and what’s cool is that he divided…
We are cookin' with gas! 