When you only eat out 2 or 3 times a year, every time is a treat. So it can be hard to know if the food is actually super delicious, or if it’s just super amazing to have a lovely dimly-lit atmosphere and hot food you didn’t make placed in front of you. But when […]
“Satisfy Your Inner Carnivore”: Carnivore Club Review
A couple months ago I had the fun of trying out Carnivore Club, a Canadian-owned subscription meat service, and the fanciest meats ever to grace my fridge and palate came to my doorstep. While I wouldn’t say my inner carnivore roars strong (unless we’re talking a good steak), I live with a man who definitely […]
Cactus Club Flatbread Copycat Recipe
I finally bought myself a couple new cutting boards, and it’s life changing. My sister and I were discussing how many things we consider life changing the other day, and I must admit, for me, the number is not small. There are just so many little things that make life simpler, more relaxed, cleaner, quieter, […]
Red Pepper Jelly, Version 2
Sometimes you think you have it all figured out. You have a tried-and-true recipe you make time and time again, and it always works, so why try something new? Well, when a friend with ulterior motives offers to bring red pepper jelly to the bus stop for you, you don’t say no. And when that […]
Roasted Red Pepper & Feta Dip
I don’t have enough appies in my life. This must mean I don’t have enough parties in my life, because parties are half about company and three-quarters about appies. Appy math. It’s official stuff. In the interest of having more appies in my regular non-partying schedule, I need some easy recipes up my sleeve that don’t […]
Warm Cheesy Blueberry Dip
Because hot, cheesy dips are something I could happily eat every single day (but probably shouldn’t), I think about them a lot. What to add to the cheese, how much cheese, what kinds of cheese, what to dunk in the cheese…you get the idea. Today on The Lydia Life I’m sharing a hot cheesy dip […]
Elevated Toast: Bruschetta Round-Up
A long loaf of baguette is one thing I virtually always have in my freezer for last minute guests. Not because I want to hand them a long loaf and call it hospitality, but because that long loaf can be sliced up and transformed into approximately three hundred and forty seven different appetizers, or it […]
Teriyaki Chicken Spring Rolls
We eat a lot of pasta, fajitas, pizza, and meat and potato meals around here. Sometimes it’s good to change things up a little, and these little spring rolls were a major hit in the change-it-up department. This filling is fantastic in regular spring roll wrappers, in wonton cups, or wrapped in lettuce leaves. I […]
Chocolate Caramel Apple Dip
So, talk to me about bike shorts. My hubby is a road biking fan, but only recently took the commitment level up to official padded-bottom spandex bike shorts. I’m a little disconcerted when he walks around the house in them and suddenly has a bum nicer than mine. What’s next – a spandex bike shirt […]
Pizza Fondue
Fonduuuuuue. I absolutely love dunking delicious things in other delicious things. I’ve never been a fan of oil fondues because cooking little bits of everything in oil doesn’t really whet my appetite, and also, hot oil = danger, but chocolate fondue, cheese fondue, and pizza fondue? Hand me a bib and everything dunkable you got. […]
