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COVID-19 Experience: My Tastebuds Don’t Work…

2020-12-21
By: Maggie
On: December 21, 2020
In: Chef Secrets, Maggie J's News

I hope this doesn’t mean I have somehow contracted COVID-19. Anosmia, or the loss of one’s ability to taste and/or smell things is said to be one of the cardinal signs that a person has gotten the bug. What’s it like to have this oddball affliction? I’ll share new developments the best I can…Read More →

Tuna Noodle Casserole - © spendwithpennies.com

Reimagining the Classics: Mac and Cheese!

2020-12-20
By: Maggie
On: December 20, 2020
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food Tips

Bet you thought you’d already pulled every trick there was to change up good old Mac and Cheese since you stared cooking more at home last winter, when the COVID-19 crisis clamped down. Well… Mac and Cheese isn’t just a single style or combination of ingredients…Read More →

Split Pea Soup - Detail - © via Pintrest

Reimagining The Classics: The Beanie Weanie!

2020-12-18
By: Maggie
On: December 18, 2020
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food Tips

Who doesn’t remember the immortal Beanie Weanie (among dozens of other spellings from all over the map); that classic fusion of canned Baked Beans and Hot Dogs that formed such an important part of the young lives of millions of Boomers? Get ready to change it up!Read More →

Finished Royal Christmas Pudding - © 2020 - The Palace

Queen’s Favourite Christmas Pudding Recipe Shared!

2020-12-01
By: Maggie
On: December 1, 2020
In: Chef Secrets, Food News, Food Tips

I’ve had this Very Special Recipe (VSR) knocking around my desktop for a few days, now, and the time has come to share it. You’ll recall that we shared the Queen’s favourite Birthday Care recipe with you a few years back, just in time for her birthday. Now we have her fave Christmas Pudding!Read More →

Ramsay and his $106 Burger - © Gordon Ramsay via Instagram

Doesn’t Gordon Ramsay Know There’s A Pandemic On?

2020-11-30
By: Maggie
On: November 30, 2020
In: Chef Secrets, Food News, Food Tips

Apparently not. He’s busy in London, (UK) opening a new highest-end resto dedicated (oddly) to Burgers. But not just any Burgers. And prices for his Burger creations are among the highest you’ve ever heard of short of Ramsay’s restos in Las Vegas, all under the banner of Gordon Ramsay Burger…Read More →

French's Ketchup Label - © French's Canada

Ketchup War Flares After Heinz Tweets ‘Homecoming’

2020-11-18
By: Maggie
On: November 18, 2020
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food News

Kraft/Heinz announced yesterday that it is bringing production of its iconic Ketchup back to a Canadian plant, again. The whole kerfuffle started 6 years ago, when Heinz sold its Canadian plant in Leamington, Ontario, and moved Ketchup production south of the border. We want to see what will happen next!Read More →

Simply Peanut Butter - © Loblaws

Mucking Around In The Pantry: Variations On Peanut Sauce!

2020-11-16
By: Maggie
On: November 16, 2020
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food

Okay… Bear with me! I got the idea for this post from another I read somewhere recently about making the ‘Easiest Satay Sauce’. Something made me ask myself: “What makes Satay, ‘Satay’?” My answer surprised me even more than the realization that I was talking to myself – and making sense…Read More →

Chef Boyardee - © Conagara Foods

Share A Retro Lunchtime Fave With Your Bored Kids…

2020-10-30
By: Maggie
On: October 30, 2020
In: Chef Secrets, Comfort Food, Food Tips

I have a suggestion that came in initially as a joke from sister Erin. Are you and your kids bored to death with the usual lunchtime dishes you’ve falling into a pattern of making since the COVID-19 stay-home regimen was mandated? Try exposing them to some of your childhood faves…Read More →

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