Another Long Weekend BBQ Menu I’ve mentioned many times that I’m Canadian and on July 1 we are celebrating Canada’s birthday 🍁 🇨🇦… appropriately called Canada Day 🇨🇦 In honour of our holiday and remembering our very fabulous neighbours to the south have the 4th a few days later… I wanted to share another BBQ menu! To Start: Baked Lobster ...
My Top 10 Summer Salads
My Top 10 Summer Salads I don't know about you but I love summer! Love it! Love, Love, Love, Loooooove it! I love everything about it, especially barbeques and for me the best part about the barbeque is the sides. Enter salads. My top 10 Summer Salads. Strawberry and Feta Salad with Walnuts Tangy Broccoli and Apple ...
Lisa G Cooks Father’s Day Menu
Lisa G Cooks Father's Day Menu To start: Creole Shrimp and Avocado Followed by: Slow Cooker Ribs Served with: Southwest Potato Salad and a homemade caesar salad with... Spicy Jalapeño Caesar Dressing For dessert: Gooey Yummy Chocolate Brownies (slightly warmed) and of course ice cream is always an option! ...
Marinated Barbequed Pork Loin
Marinated Barbequed Pork Loin Back in the day, my children and I would spend the day at my parent's house once a week where we'd also have dinner together. I didn't realize until now, how much I miss those visits. The dish below is one of the many meals we shared together :) A simple recipe for A pork ...
Double Cheeseburgers
Double Cheeseburgers I wanted to create a fantastic veggie burger to share with the world. Then it dawned on me; vegetarian burgers are only good if you’re vegetarian. I’m not vegetarian. In the event I’m digging a “meatless Monday dinner”, I pretty much guarantee I won’t be reaching for a veggie burger - ever. Why such passion you ask? I ...
Spicy Penne alla Norma
Spicy Penne alla Norma Here I present my latest; a recipe for Spicy Penne alla Norma; an authentically Italian vegetarian pasta with rich and crunchy vegetables, in a rich tomato sauce. In case you haven’t heard… we’re in a trade war with our neighbours. Unfortunately, we all still love our neighbour but we have had to make a few mistakes to ...
Chili Cheese Dogs
Chili Cheese Dogs Here I present my latest; A recipe for barbecued hotdogs topped with old cheddar and then saucy, zesty nacho beef - this is so good that it must be bad... Chilli Cheese Dogs :) Confession: As a first generation Canadian born to European parents, I'd never had a chili cheese dog. I'd seen them at fast food restaurants when I ...
Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing
Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing Here I present my recipe for Copycat Olive Garden Salad Dressing; The comfort you crave, at home! This is a recipe for America's favourite salad dressing using a few simple ingredients everyone has on hand! Do NOT, repeat DO NOT ever buy a bottle of Olive Garden's DELICIOUS but expensive vinaigrette. its so ...
Meal Plan Week 15
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 with a... ...
Teriyaki Meatballs
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 sit, waiting for ...
Spicy Pickles
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 few things in life as ...
Meal Plan Week 99
This is another Meal Plan I published a few years ago... Enjoy :) Meal Plan Week 99 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: Loaded Beef Enchiladas The filling and sauce for these enchiladas should be ...