Meal Plan Week 104 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: Roast Beef with Wholegrain Dijon Mustard Prepare the mustard sauce on Sunday. and serve with... Rosemary and Garlic Roasted Potatoes and ... My ...
Meal Plan Week 103
Meal Plan Week 103 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: The filling and sauce for these enchiladas should be prepped ahead on Sunday before work. I spend most of my last day off doing “meal prep”, this is a ...
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 ...
Crispy Potatoes
Crispy Potatoes More and more often I draw inspiration from keeping my children quiet. Not quiet as in "be quiet", its more from, they're satisfied, so they're not complaining - quiet. Honestly, in my day, i don't think we complained that much. My kids complain. A lot. And it takes hours for them to eat. With negotiating. Then boom, ...
Meal Plan Week 102
Meal Plan Week 102 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. My family likes having ...
Meal Plan Week 101
Meal Plan Week 101 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: Copycat Alice Springs Chicken serve with... Copycat Outback Baked Potatoes and... Spicy Green Beans TUESDAY: Cheesy Broccoli ...
Meal Plan Week 100
Meal Plan Week 100 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 your fridge until Monday morning. Set the crock pot to low on Monday ...
Oven Baked Burgers
Oven Baked Burgers We had the crappiest spring!!! Never mind the impending zombie apocalypse where I don’t know about you, but I was waiting for the locusts. I seem to recall a body of water turning red too 🤔 Anyway it was cold and Mike didn’t want to bbq in the snow in may. Yes may. So I endeavoured to make THE most amazing oven baked ...
Tortellini Soup
Tortellini Soup I hate to be a negative nelly but I’m so sick of the cold weather. I hate the cold weather. It could be argued that I’m on the thin side - not at all conducive to thriving in a Canadian winter 🥶 The number one thing that makes me feel better besides my heating pad and fireplace is homemade soup. I let this soup simmer for ...
Turkey and Rice Soup
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 warm, the water won’t freeze. 5. We suffered a ...
Christmas 2021
Christmas Dinner 2021! Here I present my Christmas 2021 (healthy) dinner menu with great recipes that are easy to follow and have time-saving tips :) This is the dinner I'll be serving this Christmas :) To start: Baked Brie with Caramelized Onions Then onto the main event! Brined Turkey Served with Cheesy Mashed Potato ...
Warm Lentils with Rosemary
Warm Lentils with Rosemary This is a post I shared years ago! December 21, 2013 to be exact. This is one of the first times I started taking photos of my food. Can you believe I would actually post recipes without pics!?! What was I thinking??? I have mentioned before I am half Italian, Italians believe lentils are a good luck food. As ...