Making Dumplings with a Friend is the Best Way to Learn So many cultures have a dish that requires an amount of dough or other such wrapper to encase a filling of some sort. The Italians have ravioli, the Turks have Manti, the Greeks have spanikopita or dolmades, Ukranians have…
Warm up your tummy with the ultimate in healthy comfort food: Make this delicious Kabocha Squash Daal for those chilly fall nights. The Healthiest Comfort Food Daal is one of those warm comforting dishes that you can eat to your heart’s content because it is so darn good for you!…
One Dish Brings Back 1000 Memories Hungarian Chicken Paprikash reminds me so much of my Hungarian grandmother, Mary. A word of warning; don’t be expecting a warm and fuzzy ‘awww you learned this recipe by cooking in your grandmother’s warm cozy kitchen’ sort of blog post because that’s not how…
A Rough Start to the School Year I can’t even begin to tell you what these first 3 weeks of school have been like for our family. Suffice it to say that if your teen ever changes high schools, make sure that you know all the policies surrounding the switch.…
August has flown by in a heartbeat. I’m trying to savour these last summer moments and already dreading the cold days of winter. Fortunately we have a bit of a buffer season and I am hoping we have a nice, long drawn out Autumn with sunny, crisp days and cold…
I can’t even begin to tell you how much fun I am having with Around the World in Twelve Plates. It’s like travelling the world without even leaving your home and since we don’t have any plans to leave Calgary any time soon I’m just going to think of this…
A Simple Fish Pie made with home canned (or store bought) canned fish, eggs, and herbs. Easy to prepare and absolutely delicious for lunch or dinner. Childhood Fish Pie Memories I hated Fish Pie growing up. On the days that I came home from school, tired after an hour long…
It’s the end of the month and that means I’m up to my eyeballs in photo editing and post writing. Several blog challenges are due and as usual, I’ve left a couple of them until the last minute. I’ve enjoyed cooking the recipes and photographing the results, but the writing…
Soup Swaps Are the New Cookie Swap I heard recently that soup swaps are the new cookie swaps. While I am unsure that soup will EVER replace cookies, swapping soup among friends is a great way to have a handy lunch in the freezer for those days when you are…
This Apple Brioche Bread Pudding is the perfect Autumn comfort food. Buttery Brioche bread and sweet apples are baked together with warming spices then served with a rich Apple Brandy Caramel Sauce. A Small but Thankful Bunch This year, Thanksgiving dinner at our house will be celebrated by a small,…