Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

This is a deceptively easy classic Valentine’s Day dessert. Chocolate-covered strawberries are a wonderful after-dinner dessert. This is especially true if you’ve had quite the indulgent entree for dinner. Using the Instant Pot to melt the chocolate is a really unique and easy way to simply melt chocolate if you don’t have a microwave

Swiss-Style Spaetzle with Caramelized Onions and Gruyere

Swiss-Style Spaetzle with Caramelized Onions and Gruyere

Ferme Rêveuse doesn’t just produce incredible eggs, veal, chicken and beef, but they also make traditional European foods such as sauerkraut and their delicious spaetzle. Spaetzle is an egg based quick noodle made by straining a thin dough through the holes of a colander over boiling water. It’s relatively simple to make yourself but why not buy it made with pasture raised eggs?

Swiss Style Braised Veal Strips in White Wine Cream Sauce

Swiss Style Braised Veal Strips in White Wine Cream Sauce

If you want a stick to your ribs winter meal, this is the one for you. Veal strips slow braised with a clove studded shallot in a white wine sauce creates a delicious stewed meat perfect for pasta or spaetzle like they do in Switzerland. If you’ve never had spaetzle, it’s an egg-based pasta perfect for a rich cream sauce like this.

Holiday Season Meals

Holiday Season Meals

The holidays are upon us and just like that we’re thrown into surprise changes to plans, an effort to one up oneself from last year or to just try something new. Here are my favourite holiday recipes to keep you merry and bright. From appetizers, to drinks, to desserts - Merry Christmas from my family to yours.