From The Kitchens Of Haldimand

Donna Rowntree is a young mother of six kids who moved to Villa Nova just over a year ago from Washington State.  I just recently met her and of course, our conversation turned to food. She told me about these summer sauces and so naturally I asked her for the

My grandson, Aaron loves homemade bread and I have been making some for him using a sourdough starter that I got from my neighbour, Tammy. It always turned out well except the last loaf didn’t rise very much, so I asked Tammy for some more of her starter. Meanwhile, I

Fresh Ontario asparagus is available now and so when I got some recently, I tried this asparagus mushroom sauté. I usually use the small white mushrooms, but this time I sliced Porcini mushrooms. I didn’t have any fresh oregano on hand, so I used dried and it worked well. I

This recipe for corn salad was sent to me by my friend Sylvia from Nova Scotia. I made it and really liked the flavour. I did, of course, use corn from my freezer. Be sure it is completely thawed and drained. I wrapped it in paper towel and squeezed it

A reader has asked me to share some more recipes using ground beef. I recently tried this ground beef noodle bake as I was intrigued that it called for cottage cheese. I used an immersion blender to mix the cottage cheese and sour cream. It is a very tasty dish

The BLT pasta salad is a recipe that I really like. When I make it, I use some of my homemade salsa instead of chili sauce and it creates great flavour. I have also used cut up cherry tomatoes in it. Be sure that you cook the pasta just to