When someone asks me at work if it’s ok for them to paint while pregnant, I feel like they think they are looking at an 8- month-pregnant party girl with a cigarette in one hand and a beer in the other. Really, are you asking me, in my obviously pregnant state, if it’s ok for […]
Love me Chicken Tender
You know that thought you have when it’s summer time, and it’s beautiful outside, and someone offers you a plate of something sinfully delicious, and you have that nagging thought: “Oh dear, I’m probably going to get coerced into a bathing suit only minutes after I finish this”? Well, it’s officially time to welcome Fall!! […]
Sweet & Savoury Pork Pizza
As hard as I try to share more easy dinner recipes, it never seems to happen with any kind of consistency :) Believe it or not, I actually love cooking as much as I love baking, but for totally different reasons. I like baking because it is precise and predictable and consistent, and it’s […]
First on the First: Empanadas
I have the fever. It’s true. Now that the family is finally over the kind that makes you feel hot, then cold, then hotcold then HOOOOT then coldhotcold (ugh), we can focus on the very good kind. The Olympic kind!! I don’t know what it is about the Olympics. Maybe I secretly love seeing fit […]
Juicy Chicken Parmesan
I’m off for a mom-and-sisters’ pedicure soon in preparation for tomorrow’s wedding, but I just wouldn’t feel right relaxing without sharing this easiest of recipes with you all :) Really, it could well be that I’m the last to get on this mayo-chicken bandwagon, but just in case there are a few stragglers out there […]
Barbecue Pulled Pork Enchiladas
I am a slave to what you people want. You worry about all the sweets I eat: I join boot camp. You coo at pictures of babies: I make more babies. You ask for more savoury recipes: I deliver. And by “deliver“, I mean I ROCK ME SOME SAVOURY. Yup, I said it. I am […]
Berry Balsamic Glazed Chicken
Oh, hello Monday. We meet again. I had an interesting chat with some other ladies about procrastination over the weekend, and this is the week things change. I will check off everything on my to-do list, even the dusting. A big part of this for me will be making more reasonable weekly to-do lists with […]
Buttery Pasta Skillet Bake
I am so happy to have my laptop up and running again! I thought it was beyond repair, but after 2 weeks of despair Carl finally took pity on me and opened it up, which means he found the giant hairball that was clogging the fan and causing the computer to shut itself down every […]
Spicy Quinoa Chili & Cornbread
Before we talk about how great quinoa is in chili (spoiler alert – it’s great), let’s talk about silly things kids do. Today, we had our first real “crayon meets wall” incident. To be more precise, crayons meets WALLS. Like, every wall. In every room. Every. Single. Room. Pink crayon in a continuous trail across […]
Hearty Chicken Stew with Butternut Squash & Quinoa
You know the age old saying “Do as I say, not as I do?” Well, I’m quite afraid that this will be the theme of my parenting. You see, I don’t like veggies that are cooked. I don’t like the chunkies in my soup. I know, mom, the tastes all blend and they don’t even […]
