I come from a land of sun and rain and moderate temperatures, and I have to admit that the sojourn at my parents’ home in far-from-temperate Ontario is kicking my butt a little. We all have dry, chapped skin and a bad case of the whines when the snow blows into our faces at so […]
Barbecue Chicken Melts
This is as easy as it gets. Call yourself a seasoned cook or call yourself a kitchen disaster, there is no way in anywhere I’ve heard of that you can go wrong here. This is how I use up extra buns when they’re not quite fresh enough, how I use up leftover chicken that I […]
Honey Garlic Chicken Stirfry
It’s been 5 days since my wisdom teeth came out, and I have to say it was anti-climactic. I’m sure a lot of the credit for that goes to my fantastic dental surgeon, but my preparations for several days holed up in bed certainly did not come to fruition. I should have known my control […]
Broccoli & Ham Crescent Roll Bake
Here’s a fun little phone conversation my husband and I had the other night… Let me set the scene. Carl’s out of town overnight, I’m home cutting 40+ lbs of onions for a school fundraiser. I’m sweaty, smelly, wearing a hairnet, and bawling my eyes out (because of the onions, y’know). Carl: “Hello? How’s it […]
Roasted Red Pepper & Squash Soup
Last night I wrote a midterm I’ve been dreading since the semester began. I’m taking an online course on perception with a professor I had once before for stats who is not known for his, shall we say, normalcy. He is one of those people you stereotype professors as but no professors are actually like […]
Taco Taquitos
Ooops. Somehow I wrote about these taco taquitos a couple months ago and then forgot to hit “publish” and alas, there they have sat, lost in drafts, until their recent rediscovery! Maybe I should go through that folder more often…there are some other gems hovering in there waiting for their moment to shine. :) Well, […]
Apple, Bacon & Cheese Omelettes
I hate it when someone asks if I want to go out for breakfast. I usually DO want to go out with the person who asks me, but I feel like it comes with a requirement that I order breakfast. I am that person who makes the waitress roll her eyes when I order a […]
Ginger Soy Chicken Stirfry
My kids are all about rhyming. We spend a good part of many days taking turns shouting out rhyming words, and I can rhyme like it’s my job, but lately they’re upping the ante. In the car we seem to get especially good ones, which is turning into a great opportunity to dramatically increase their […]
Taco Pizza
Before we talk about how good homemade pizza is… (spoiler alert: it’s gooood): 1) Carl’s gone for the week so I’m thinking of getting central air conditioning installed. Do you think he’ll notice? 2) Gemma can’t sleep because she “can’t stop thinking about sad and scary things”. This makes me sad. But also glad that […]
Baked Mediterranean Chicken Quesadillas
Let me start by telling you that I have never in my life liked fresh tomatoes. So why am I posting a recipe extreeemely heavy on tomatoes, you ask? What was I even doing with tomatoes in my house, you ask? Well, my lovely sister-in-law supplies me with tomatoes from time to time, and generally […]
