Blueberry Maple Syrup
Yield: 2A recipe is merely words on paper; a guideline, a starting point from which to improvise. It cannot pretend to replace the practiced hand and telling glance of a watchful cook. For that reason feel free to stir your own ideas into this dish. When you cook it once, it becomes yours, so personalize it a bit. Add more of an ingredient you like or less of something you don’t like. Try substituting one ingredient for another. Remember words have no flavour, you have to add your own!
Ingredients:
Blueberry Maple Syrup
- 4 cups of frozen blueberries
- 1 cup of maple syrup
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp each of ground nutmeg, cinnamon and cardamom
Directions:
Blueberry Maple Syrup
- Place all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Continue until reduced by half.

Brunch Bake
Yield: 4A recipe is merely words on paper; a guideline, a starting point from which to improvise. It cannot pretend to replace the practiced hand and telling glance of a watchful cook. For that reason feel free to stir your own ideas into this dish. When you cook it once, it becomes yours, so personalize it a bit. Add more of an ingredient you like or less of something you don’t like. Try substituting one ingredient for another. Remember words have no flavour, you have to add your own!
Ingredients:
Brunch Bake
- 8 x eggs
- 1 1/2 cups of milk
- Half of a loaf of whole grain bread, cubed and toasted
- 8 x small breakfast sausages, sliced
- 1 x large onion, sliced
- 1 cup of grated cheddar cheese
- 3 sprigs of fresh tarragon
- Salt and pepper
Directions:
Brunch Bake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place a large skillet over medium-high heat and add sausages and onions. Sauté until golden brown.
- Meanwhile, whisk eggs together with milk and season with salt and pepper. Add cheese, bread cubes, sausage and onion mixture and tarragon. Pour into a lightly oiled 9" by 9" baking dish and bake for 35 minutes or until set.

Fortune French Toast
Yield: 4A recipe is merely words on paper; a guideline, a starting point from which to improvise. It cannot pretend to replace the practiced hand and telling glance of a watchful cook. For that reason feel free to stir your own ideas into this dish. When you cook it once, it becomes yours, so personalize it a bit. Add more of an ingredient you like or less of something you don?t like. Try substituting one ingredient for another. Remember words have no flavour, you have to add your own!
Ingredients:
Fortune French Toast
- 1 cup of cream cheese
- 1 cup of orange marmalade
- 1 loaf of fresh raisin bread, unsliced
- 1 cup of oatmeal
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp of ground star anise or any other spice
- 4 x eggs
- 1 cup of milk
Directions:
Fortune French Toast
- Puree cream cheese and marmalade in a food processor until smooth.
- Slice raisin loaf into 6 thick slices. Cut a deep pocket through the side of each slice.
- Whisk milk and eggs together.
- Put oatmeal into a shallow wide dish.
- Fill each slice with 2 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture.
- Dip bread slices in egg mixture and then oatmeal.
- Heat oil and butter together in a large skillet over a medium to medium high heat and fry bread slices until golden brown on one side, flip and brown other side. Serve with blueberry maple syrup.

Potato Bacon Cakes
Yield: 4A recipe is merely words on paper; a guideline, a starting point from which to improvise. It cannot pretend to replace the practiced hand and telling glance of a watchful cook. For that reason feel free to stir your own ideas into this dish. When you cook it once, it becomes yours, so personalize it a bit. Add more of an ingredient you like or less of something you don?t like. Try substituting one ingredient for another. Remember words have no flavour, you have to add your own!
Ingredients:
Potato Bacon Cakes
- 1 lb. of Yukon gold potatoes, quartered
- 4 x of bacon, chopped
- 3 x green onions, sliced thinly
- 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
- 1 x egg
- Salt and pepper
Directions:
Potato Bacon Cakes
- Steam potatoes until tender when pierced with a fork.
- Fry bacon until crispy, strain off fat and set aside.
- Smash steamed potatoes and add the bacon, onions, cheese and egg and season with salt and pepper. Let cool.
- Form potato mixture into four patties. Put reserved bacon fat into a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add a touch more cooking oil if necessary. Fry potato cakes until golden and heated through.

Sunshine Smoothies
Yield: 4A recipe is merely words on paper; a guideline, a starting point from which to improvise. It cannot pretend to replace the practiced hand and telling glance of a watchful cook. For that reason feel free to stir your own ideas into this dish. When you cook it once, it becomes yours, so personalize it a bit. Add more of an ingredient you like or less of something you don?t like. Try substituting one ingredient for another. Remember words have no flavour, you have to add your own!
Ingredients:
Sunshine Smoothies
- 2 or 3 bananas
- 1 cup of yogurt
- 2 cups of orange juice
- pinch of nutmeg
- 1 cup of frozen strawberries
Directions:
Sunshine Smoothies
- Puree bananas, yogurt, orange juice and nutmeg. Half-fill 4 glasses with half of the smoothie mixture.
- Add frozen strawberries to the remaining smoothie mixture and puree again.
- Gently pour onto the banana smoothie base in each glass to create a layered effect.
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