Baked Shrimp Dip Here I present my recipe for Baked Shrimp Dip; aromatic veggies sautéed in butter, with two cheeses and buttery shrimp added, then baked to perfection. I wrote this recipe a long time ago but forgot about it! I hit an inspirational pique and this is one of the masterpieces that was created 🤣 I highly recommend you make this ...
Grilled Vegetables
Grilled Vegetables Here I present my recipe for Grilled Vegetables; its simply grilling your favourite seasonal vegetables then tossing them in butter with crunchy coarse salt. Looking Back I originally posted this recipe in the summer of 2021. What an extraordinarily bad time in history. I still don't trust its over, do you? I'm grateful for ...
Barbequed Whole Chicken
Barbequed Whole Chicken I hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving! Here is an awesome recipe that is perfect for our unseasonably warm weather and is perfect now since it has nothing to do with Thanksgiving :) Update: This is a recipe I shared 7 years ago! A recipe for Barbequed Whole Chicken, you butterfly a whole chicken then season ...
Meal Plan Week 182
Meal Plan Week 182 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: Chicken Florentine with Mushrooms (you can cut the breasts into cutlets on Sunday then store them in the fridge but dredge them on Monday ...
Warm Potato Salad
Warm Potato Salad The humble potato. Incredible. Versatile. Delicious. I love making this dish because I can switch up the potato I use, the vinaigrette and the herbs thereby creating a totally different potato salad with each simple twist. Years ago I made this with a boyfriend’s mother for a bbq I was attending. I was going for white wine ...
Deli Style Macaroni Salad
Deli Style Macaroni Salad Here I present a homemade version of the incredible macaroni salad you get at the deli, the noodles soak up a brine then get coated in two yummy sauces! I’m always on the hunt for the perfect macaroni salad. Texture is key. It has to be gooey but it can’t be melty-gooey, it has to have a bite. You know? The noodles ...
Lobster Caesar Salad
Lobster Caesar Salad Here I present my recipe for a Lobster Caesar salad... There are few things in life that I love more than salad. Yes salad. And yes Lisa Simpson, you CAN MAKE FRIENDS WITH SALAD. There is a chance I'm aging myself here. Lobster Decadence :) This recipe was originally on 04 June, 2018! That year Mike's uncle ...
Meal Plan Week 181
Meal Plan Week 181 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: Spaghetti with Meat Sauce (Make the Meat Sauce on Sunday then reheat it while you cook the pasta). serve with a... Green Salad ...prep ...
Mother’s Day Menu 2024
Mother's Day Menu 2024 Happy Mother's Day to all the Super Mom's out there! I have to admit, I get more excited about Mother's Day than my birthday or any other holiday combined. I'm so proud to have my two beautiful children. I still look at the in awe and wonder how these perfect creatures are mine. Being a mother is awesome!!! ...
Marinated, Roasted Portobello Mushrooms
Marinated, Roasted Portobello Mushrooms Here I present a recipe for Marinated, Roasted Portobello Mushrooms; a flavourful meat alternative using everyday pantry ingredients, available year round :) I’m bored of meat Mike just got a headache and he doesn’t know why! I’m over turkey, limited on pork and beef; I don’t even like steak anymore. I ...
Scallops Piccata
Scallops Piccata In case you’re unfamiliar with Piccata Sauce, let me break it down for you. After you panfry a yummy, lean protein in butter you deglaze the pan with stock (I go with chicken stock) and fresh lemon juice and THEN you throw in delicious, salty, briny capers. This creates an intense pan sauce in literally under a minute. You pour ...
Brined Chicken Breasts
Brined Chicken Breasts Here I present a recipe for Brined Chicken Breasts; juicy, delicious, fat-free flavour bombs! Bring on barbecue season :) I think it’s safe to say that spring is here, or that spring has sprung. That means summer is coming! I love living in southern Ontario because it means I get to see the beauty of all 4 seasons but ...