Hi and welcome! Thank you for being here. I started this site to share my love of cooking. Gathering friends and family around a table filled with home-cooked food is what brings me joy. Here| Sandra Valvassori
This sweet-tart, jazzed up Homemade Cranberry Sauce is aaalmost as easy as opening the canned stuff and umpteen times more delicious.| Sandra Valvassori
Soul-satisfying, comforting, and nostalgic, this Potatoes Au Gratin with Caramelized Onions is hands down the best gratin dish you'll ever taste.| Sandra Valvassori
This luscious Easy Chicken Pot Pie is made with tender leftover chicken (or turkey) and loads of veggies that are cooked in a succulent cream sauce.| Sandra Valvassori
Haricots Verts Amandine. French green beans are tossed with buttery toasted almonds, tender shallots, a little garlic, and a squirt of lemon juice. Sophisticated, elegant, delicious, yet completely effortless.| Sandra Valvassori
This Spatchcock Turkey with Dry brine offers a life-changing, reliable, foolproof method to achieve the crispiest, juiciest turkey in the least amount of time.| Sandra Valvassori
This colourful Instant Pot barley minestrone soup, hearty with beans, barley, and vegetables, is the most perfect nouriushing soup.| Sandra Valvassori
This Catalan Style Spinach is a fabulously tasty Spanish side dish that is healthy, easy to make, and comes together in less than 10 minutes.| Sandra Valvassori
This spectacular Wild Rice Citrus Salad with Persimmons is a healthy side dish full of vibrant colours and exuberant flavours. It’s also ideal for holiday entertaining!| Sandra Valvassori
Full of flavour and wow-factor, this sweet potato gratin with sage is a delicious twist on the traditional potato au gratin.| Sandra Valvassori
Chicken Enchiladas Verde -- tender shredded chicken in a smoky green sauce, wrapped with soft corn tortillas, and baked with jack cheese and queso fresco.| Sandra Valvassori
At the farmer's market, attached to a bucket of new potatoes, there was a handwritten, dirty and wet little cardboard sign that read "just dug up". Hard to believe there were any left with a| Sandra Valvassori
Try this Creamy Cauliflower Purée that is a delicious, low-carb, alternative to potatoes, and is also incredibly easy to make.| Sandra Valvassori
Creamy, crunchy, flavourful, and vibrant this easy broccoli salad makes a popular side dish for all your summer cookouts or outdoor picnic gatherings.| Sandra Valvassori