Sometimes, I think in order to be successful, you have to recognize your faults. Once they are clearly identified you can start to formulate a plan for self improvement. You have to dig deep, think hard, and with all sorts of blood, sweat, and tears you CAN come up with…
Our Good Old Fashioned Family Christmas Christmas is family time. It means the constant state of being together, deciding who gets to sleep in which bedrooms (and on the blow up mattresses), endless Crown Royal Cokes, the repetition of the cooking/eating/cleaning cycle, getting boozed up on Bailey’s then going sledding, and…
I was so extremely grateful that my friends at the Cook the Book Fridays group chose a relatively quick recipe for this week’s CtBF. Still, I knew that getting away with assembling a quick tapenade seemed a bit too easy. Having learned my lesson from the last recipe which involved…
Better Late Than Never During our late August summer holidays there were a few projects that got away from me. I had every intention of keeping to a strict schedule of posting and completing projects this summer but our week of holidays at the farm ended up lasting much longer…
How to Find Food Trends Sometimes you just find the best thing on the internet. Whether you’re into cat videos or ‘Hey Girl’ memes there always seems to be something for everyone. Want to waste an hour looking at Food Porn? No problem there’s always Tastespotting. Want to learn how…
Eating Well When You’re Busy is Important We haven’t really had a chance to get out of the city yet this summer. I know, it’s a really short window of opportunity here in Canada and not being able to go anywhere has definitely been frustrating. Sometimes I feel like this…
Food and Memory How is it that so many memories come back to our minds when we smell, taste, or create traditional foods? The foods that I grew up with weren’t haute cuisine by any stretch of the imagination but they were wholesome and honest. They carried their particular flavours…
Spinach Stuffing Balls are a great make ahead side dish for your holiday dinner. Warm them up while the turkey is being carved then enjoy! Throwback Thursday Recipe Today I’m going to give you a ‘throwback recipe’…because it’s Thursday. Get it? I’ve been thinking about my early days as a…
A Delicious way to use Lentils and Turmeric After my dumpling lesson last weekend with Foodisms of The Office Broccoli I felt like I could stuff anything into those little skins and get away with it. As I was driving home I was hatching a plan to create an ‘appetizer’ entry for…
These Cheesy Guinness Potato Nachos are the perfect snack. Made with potato skins, tomatoes and a zesty Guinness enriched cheese sauce, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more delicious pile of nachos. A Quiet St. Patrick’s Day I had no plans to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day this year other…