This recipe is a strong family favourite. It's great to warm you up on cold winter evenings, or in the summer served with a fresh green salad. You can use Cheddar instead of Red Leicester if you prefer. A plain bechamel sauce is also tasty, but add a little more nutmeg. If sauce making is scary, this dish works just as well with a tin of smoked fish chowder or packet sauce. 

In the North of Ireland, locals treat themselves to this enormous breakfast on the weekends. The fried breads make it unique. Soda bread and potato farls are cooked in reserved bacon fat making them golden and crispy. Served alongside Irish bacon, sausage, black pudding, tomato and egg - you won't need to eat again for the rest of the day! 

Delicious and easy spicy Thai steamed mussels that can be finished in just thirty minutes. 

'Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!' Here's a tasty vegetarian version of The Robbie Burns Night sausage, passed on to me by some friends from Cape Breton. 

This is a lovely, tart apple pie covered with a sweet, cinnamon crust. 

An Italian-style vegetable and feta cheese topping is the perfect enhancement to delicious baked halibut. 

You don't need an ice cream maker for this easy tart recipe. Just freeze in a dish right in your freezer. 

An absolutely delicious coleslaw, more tart and tangy then the creamy kind. Can make this up to 2 weeks ahead of serving and it only gets better. 

Whole apples are wrapped in homemade pastry, drizzled with a simple syrup and baked until tender. 

Tried and tested through 3 generations of kids. Simply the best anywhere! 

This cookie recipe has been in my mother's family for more years than I've been alive. It's my favorite cookie; my comfort food!  

Layers of potatoes and onion baked with a simple cheese sauce make a hearty and comforting casserole. To avoid lumps in your sauce, add the milk just a little at a time as you stir the flour and butter. Experiment with different cheeses for variety. 

Half of this pie 's strawberries are arranged in a baked pastry shell, and the other half are crushed and cooked up with sugar, water and cornstarch until thick and bubbly. This lovely glaze is then poured over the whole berries in the pastry shell. Chill this pie for several hours and serve it with mounds of whipped cream. 

Dried apricots and peaches are cooked in sugar and water until they practically fall apart. This luscious filling is then spooned onto circles of dough and sealed in. When all the little packets are ready, they 're fried in hot oil, drained, and ready to serve hot. 

A great blondie recipe using tub margarine and no brown sugar. 

Cream is added to potatoes and leeks cooked in chicken broth in this simple, easy-to-prepare soup. 

Follow these detailed instructions to create a cornucopia centerpiece for a Thanksgiving table out of refrigerated bread stick dough. 

Rice and bite-sized meatballs made with pork and beef float in beef broth seasoned with green chili salsa, canned tomatoes, onion, garlic powder in this hearty Mexican soup for a crowd. 

My Grandfather (Sam) was famous for this cake. Everyone who knew him, knows of his famous carrot cake. He would always have some available for anyone who wanted it. We'll miss him, but his carrot cake legacy will always live on! Enjoy! 

This is a good, old-fashioned, applesauce, pound cake. It will fill your house with the spicy fragrance of Fall.