Since I’m on holidays and you might not be, I thought I should share some great, healthy muffins with you to make up for it. Muffins are the best way to make veggies part of your breakfast routine without having to drink grass. I’m sorry, very-full-green-smoothie-bandwagon, I am not jumping aboard. Smoothies should be pink. Muffin […]
Saturday Sweets: Pecan Butter Tarts
I love pecans, and I love butter. I also love corn syrup, although I realize this makes me totally un-chic and goes against everything I claim to believe in about eating real food that is, for the most part, pretty healthy. I’m sorry if this makes you think less of me. But not really sorry, […]
Pulled Pork Lasagna
On Sunday afternoon, Carl suddenly decided we should go shopping on Monday afternoon. He arranged for his Mom to watch the kids, and I quickly abandoned plans to grocery shop and paint my front door. When Carl decides we need to go shopping, believe me, I go shopping. I didn’t find much, especially not […]
Leftover Cereal Cookies
I have a problem with leftover cereal languishing in my cupboards, and when I get a hankering (looove that word!) for cookies, any ingredients are looking like a good option, and with these cookies, the results are so good I now actually look forward to having a cupboard full of almost-empty cereal boxes. Who has […]
Aunt Nancy’s Best Ever Bean Salad
Bean salad is a funny thing – I don’t love any of the ingredients individually, but put all these simple things together? Magic happens. Thanks for sharing another treasured family recipe, Mom! ******************************************** As a student, I spent a summer working in Edmonton back in 1978. While there I lived with one of my brothers […]
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 […]
Saturday Sweets: Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
I feel like peanut butter and banana is a combination that is only acceptable to people who grew up eating it. Has anyone taken up eating peanut butter and banana sandwiches in adulthood? I’m still working on Carl – he makes disgusted faces every time he sees me eating a peanut butter and banana sandwich […]
Barbecued New Potato Skewers
Last week I bought a sports bra that literally cost more than any single item in my closet. Aside from the fact that this may indicate a need for purchasing higher quality clothes, it was Worth. Every. Penny. (With the phasing out of the penny in Canada, can I still say that? Or is is […]
Vanilla Birthday Cake with the BEST Vanilla Frosting
The sweets around here this week have been all about the birthday girl – your birthday is the day when you get to choose the menu for everyone in our house, and Gemma couldn’t have been happier about the challenge. Breakfast was fruit and yogurt cereal, lunch was cheesy noodles, and dinner was homemade chicken […]
Saturday Sweets: Salted Pretzel Blondies
It’s Saturday and it’s HOT. Summer, you surprised me too soon, as I knew you would. If you feel like turning on your oven, and you like the salty sweet combination so popular these days, at least I can tell you these squares will be worth breaking a sweat for! For the recipe, head over […]
