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 Family Day so in ...
Meal Plan Week 139
Here is a great one I shared a few years ago... Enjoy :) Meal Plan Week 139 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: Spicy Mediterranean Roasted Chicken Breasts (Prepare the marinade and marinate the chicken on ...
Greek Chicken
Greek Chicken Here I present a recipe for traditional Greek Chicken that's grilled after marinating in lemon juice and tons of fresh garlic, herbs and spices :) In high school one of the electives I chose was cooking or Food Nutrition or whatever it was called... it was many, many, many moons ago 🤣 In this course we had to work in groups and ...
Meal Plan Week 144
Here's a great meal plan I shared last year... Enjoy :) Meal Plan Week 144 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 ...
Sweet Onion Barbecue Chicken
Sweet Onion Barbecue Chicken Here I present a recipe for Sweet Onion Barbecue Chicken; chicken coated in barbecue sauce and baked with sweet onions. A perfect weeknight dish! I’m a sports mom! Quick night dinners have a whole new value to me. We have Gymnastics 🤸 Basketball 🏀 Baseball ⚾️ Soccer ⚽️ We both work full time. I ...
Baked Quesadillas
Baked Quesadillas This is a tale of Baked Quesadillas. Well actually the original recipe I wrote used a flat top in a restaurant. Picture it, Ontario, July 1999.... When I was 20 I met a guy and fell absolutely in love with him. I mean I thought the sun would rise and set around him. We moved in together after his family invested in a ...
Fall off the Bone Pork Ribs
Fall off the Bone Pork Ribs I’m not sure if I’ve ever mentioned it here before but my son who’s 10, plays rep basketball 🏀 It’s awesome and he loves it. I can’t believe how much endurance is required to play. It’s a huge time commitment on the part of the players but also their families. We’ve committed all weekends to the team whenever it’s ...
Meal Plan Week 172
Here's a great meal plan that I shared last year... Enjoy ;) 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 ...
Stracciatella Soup
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 Easter. My poor mother was ...
Sous Vide Pepper Steak
Sous Vide Pepper Steak I’m absolutely in love with my Sous Vide. I use it as often as I can. So much so that I wanted to buy a second one in case my current one were to break. Mike told me I need therapy 🤷♀️ Anyway, I didn’t buy the second sous vide 🙄 I present my Sous Vide Pepper Steak, it’s crunchy peppers and onions coated in a ...
Meal Plan Week 138
Here's a great one that I shared a few years ago... Enjoy :) Meal Plan Week 138 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: Old-Fashioned Beef Stew with Dumplings Prep the crockpot recipe on Sunday then store in ...
Loaded Chicken Enchiladas
Loaded Chicken Enchiladas Okay, show of hands: who’s eaten an enchilada? You in the back, I can’t tell whether your hand is raised. Just kidding, it’s Friday and my brain is fried. It’s fried-day!!! Get it? Friday, Fried-day 🤪 Okay I’ll stop. I ask this because I am about to turn 41 and this very dish, is the first enchilada I had ...