Meal Plan Week 174 Planning ahead is key to meal prep. My kids will ask me on Sunday what we're going to have for dinner the following Thursday and I always have an answer! Monday: Brick chicken Butterfly and prep the chicken on Sunday then cover and store in your fridge until Monday. serve with... Lightened Up Classic ...
Brick Chicken
Brick Chicken Here I present my recipe for Brick Chicken, made on the stovetop - you will not believe the crunch and flavour this chicken has :) As promised, here is the second part to my two part chicken 🐔 series! Again chicken is butterflied Another term for butterflied chicken is Spatchcock which sounds really British to me 🤣 For this ...
Meal Plan Week 173
Meal Plan Week 173 Planning ahead is key to meal prep. My kids will ask me on Sunday what we're going to have for dinner the following Thursday and I always have an answer! Monday: Good Old Fashioned Meatloaf Prep the beef mixture on Sunday and store it wrapped, in your fridge until you're ready to bake it. serve ...
Chicken and Dumpling Soup
Chicken and Dumpling Soup This is what we had for dinner tonight and Mike loved it :) I can’t help it, it’s winter and it’s cold and crappy and I love soup. I love everything about soup, the smell and the warmth while it cooks, curling up with a blanket and watching the snow fall while I carefully slurp the hot broth. Okay, I’m being a little ...
Meal Plan Week 172
Meal Plan Week 172 Planning ahead is key to meal prep. My kids will ask me on Sunday what we're going to have for dinner the following Thursday and I always have an answer! Monday: Fall off the Bone Pork Ribs with... Steakhouse Mashed Potatoes with Buttermilk with a... Green Salad with my... Red Wine Shallot ...
Red Wine Shallot Vinaigrette with Honey
Red Wine Shallot Vinaigrette with Honey Here I present a recipe for a Red Wine Shallot Vinaigrette with Honey, its sweet and tangy with a little crunch - perfect for any occasion :) Pictured here, is the second time I served this vinaigrette for a special occasion. Because it’s special On the first occasion I had leaf lettuce with one royal ...
Slow Cooker Beef and Vegetable Soup
Slow Cooker Beef and Vegetable Soup Of all the soups I've made over the years (I'm really starting to push 40... hard), this soup is without a doubt the best one I've made. The beef is melt-in-your-mouth tender and the vegetables are seasoned to perfection. This soup is definitely a perk or highlight to the cold crappy weather of ...
Meal Plan Week 171
Meal Plan Week 171 Planning ahead is key to meal prep. My kids will ask me on Sunday what we're going to have for dinner the following Thursday and I always have an answer! Monday: Roasted Split Chicken Butterfly and prep the chicken on Sunday then cover and store in your fridge until Monday. serve with... Warm Garlic Mashed ...
Roasted Split Chicken
Roasted Split Chicken Here I present my recipe for Roasted Split Chicken, a combination of a roasted chicken and barbecued chicken that's juicy, tender and delicious :) I’ve mentioned many times; I’m a proud Canadian girl 🇨🇦 I was born in Toronto and like most people in my age cohort I can’t afford to live in Toronto, so I live outside! We ...
Meal Plan Week 170
Happy New Year! This week's meal plan is inspired by the decadent holiday meals our family enjoyed. Here you'll see more vegetarian dishes with only one fish dish and one chicken dish because we ate way too much red meat over the holidays. Remember a healthy lifestyle embraces balance. Meal Plan Week 170 Planning ahead is key to meal prep. ...
Penne alla Vodka
Penne alla Vodka I have a confession to make, this was the first time I had this pasta. Every time I thought about it, I would think about how much cream, fat and calories were in it and then I’d talk myself out of it. Here, there’s my compromise; there’s cream but it’s half & half, and it’s also half the amount other recipes call ...
Parmesan and Chive Dumpling Soup
This is a recipe I shared many years ago but as I sit here on January 1, 2024 I see snow has coated everything outside and I am so very grateful that my family and I are safe and warm in our home. Nothing screams soup weather than cold, winter weather. Happy new year everyone, I hope 2024 is our best year yet ♥️ Parmesan and Chive Dumpling ...