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Long Weekend BBQ Menu

May 17, 2025 By Lisa Leave a Comment

Long Weekend BBQ Menu Yaaaassss!  A long weekend is (almost) upon us!  On this wonderful Friday we’re feeling the magic of a mini-vacation, packed full of camping and cottage fun… Open fires and BBQ.  Here I’ve designed a quintessential long weekend dinner menu.  Personally, I like to serve two proteins and lots of yummy sides! …

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Meal Plan Week 15

May 16, 2025 By Lisa Leave a Comment

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!   This is  meal plan I shared almost 7 years ago!!!   Meal Plan Week 15 Monday: Grilled Chicken Served with… Lazy Cheesy-Broccoli Potatoes Served…

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Teriyaki Meatballs

May 12, 2025 By Lisa Leave a Comment

Teriyaki Meatballs Here I present my recipe for Teriyaki Meatballs, read on to learn about how these delectable creations came to be; How many times has this happened it you?  You have a package of ground beef in your fridge but you want to try something new… Not feeling Italian or Mexican… So, there you…

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A Perfect Mother’s Day Meal

May 9, 2025 By Lisa Leave a Comment

A Perfect Mother’s Day Meal   In a world without certainty we can be sure of how much our mother’s love us. Here is an easy to prepare menu to show our mom’s some love back!   To Start: Creole Shrimp and Avocado Then I’d love to continue the Creole theme with… Creole Roasted Chicken…

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Spicy Pickles

May 5, 2025 By Lisa Leave a Comment

Spicy Pickles My eldest niece decided she wanted to help her mother (my sister) with planting their Vegetable garden in the spring.  In her own sassy way she chose jalapeños but to my sister’s chagrin, my sister doesn’t eat spicy peppers. Autie to the rescue! (Can you picture the cape?) As I stated before, “there are…

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  • Long Weekend BBQ Menu Yaaaassss!  A long weekend is (almost) upon us!  On this wonderful Friday we’re feeling the magic of a mini-vacation, packed full of camping and cottage fun… Open fires and BBQ.  Here I’ve designed a quintessential long weekend dinner menu.  Personally, I like to serve two proteins and lots of yummy sides! … [Continue Reading]

    Long Weekend BBQ Menu
  • 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!   This is  meal plan I shared almost 7 years ago!!!   Meal Plan Week 15 Monday: Grilled Chicken Served with… Lazy Cheesy-Broccoli Potatoes Served… [Continue Reading]

    Meal Plan Week 15
  • Teriyaki Meatballs Here I present my recipe for Teriyaki Meatballs, read on to learn about how these delectable creations came to be; How many times has this happened it you?  You have a package of ground beef in your fridge but you want to try something new… Not feeling Italian or Mexican… So, there you… [Continue Reading]

    Teriyaki Meatballs
  • A Perfect Mother’s Day Meal   In a world without certainty we can be sure of how much our mother’s love us. Here is an easy to prepare menu to show our mom’s some love back!   To Start: Creole Shrimp and Avocado Then I’d love to continue the Creole theme with… Creole Roasted Chicken… [Continue Reading]

    A Perfect Mother’s Day Meal
  • Spicy Pickles My eldest niece decided she wanted to help her mother (my sister) with planting their Vegetable garden in the spring.  In her own sassy way she chose jalapeños but to my sister’s chagrin, my sister doesn’t eat spicy peppers. Autie to the rescue! (Can you picture the cape?) As I stated before, “there are… [Continue Reading]

    Spicy Pickles

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Creamy Beef and Potato Soup

March 25, 2025 By Lisa

Creamy Beef and Potato Soup  Here I present a satisfying recipe for Creamy Beef and Potato Soup, beef and potato chunks in a thickened beef broth with other veggie goodies too 🙂 It’s still soup weather!!!  I had to share one more recipe until the season wraps until autumn. Last month, Ontario (my province!) celebrated…

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Cheesy Cauliflower and Potato Soup

February 25, 2025 By Lisa

Cheesy Cauliflower and Potato Soup Here I present my simple recipe for a hearty Cheesy Cauliflower and Potato Soup, its a soul-soothing comfort meal that’s loaded with vegetables 🙂 I don’t like cauliflower. There I said it. It’s bland and usually mushy and it smells bad. I’ve tried to like this vegetable because it’s so…

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Stracciatella Soup

January 27, 2025 By Lisa

Stracciatella Soup This is the quintessential Italian Soup recipe I grew up eating – solely on special occasions.  Only at Christmas and Easter. I guess that’s why I decided to try it last week; Easter was around the corner. When I was little we’d have Christmas dinner at my aunt’s then my mother would host…

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Turkey and Rice Soup

December 3, 2024 By Lisa

Turkey and Rice Soup So far I’m really not impressed with 2021. 1.  We’re in lockdown. 2.  The only way to take your kids skating is to reserve a time slot.   3.  My community appears to be time slot whores. 4. We’re going to build our own skating rink but the temperature is too…

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healthy Cheesy Potato and Broccoli Soup

Cheesy Potato and Broccoli Soup

October 21, 2024 By Lisa

Cheesy Potato and Broccoli Soup Here I present my recipe for Cheesy Potato and Broccoli Soup; its a soup that is a meal!  This hearty, vegetarian soup tastes like a loaded potato.  This soup is creamy, cheesy, rich and full of vitamins. Originally posted on 08 November, 2017!       A soup that is a…

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Chicken and Dumpling Soup

January 23, 2024 By Lisa Leave a Comment

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…

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Slow Cooker Beef and Vegetable Soup

January 15, 2024 By Lisa Leave a Comment

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…

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Parmesan and Chive Dumpling Soup

January 1, 2024 By Lisa

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,…

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