Healthy, Spicy Southwestern Macaroni and Cheese There are few things in life that satisfy more than ooey-gooey macaroni and cheese. How about ooey-gooey macaroni and cheese, with sausage? Oooh, make it spicy sausage. Make it ooey-gooey macaroni and cheese with spicy sausage. Wait! Make it HEALTHY ooey-gooey macaroni and cheese with spicy ...
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My “I Challenge ALL Claims to the Ultimate Brine” Turkey Brine
My “I Challenge ALL Claims to the Ultimate Brine” Turkey Brine I’ve always claimed to roast the best turkey in the world but with this brine; I’m totally right. Modest-shmodest; you have to try this recipe, it’s glorious! A simple Brine recipe to totally take your next holiday turkey to the next level ...
Chicken Florentine with Mushrooms
Chicken Florentine with Mushrooms Here I present a recipe for Chicken Florentine with Mushrooms; delicate chicken and mushrooms coated in a pan sauce with fresh spinach :) My children are away They were invited to Florida with my family for what we call March Break in Canada, Spring Break in the U.S. I have discovered that my life is ...
My Updated Surviving the Holiday Dinner Guide
This is the Holiday Guide I dust off every Thanksgiving, the countdown is on :) Not much has changed from what I wrote last year; I remember the first time I did the Thanksgiving turkey, I know I sound old… I’m not though, I swear! Anyway, the first time I roasted the turkey I took tips from Ina Garten; I didn’t stuff the turkey with stuffing, I ...
Fiesta Lime Chicken
Fiesta Lime Chicken Here I present my recipe for Fiesta Lime Chicken; chicken breasts marinated in a zesty lime sauce, smothered, and baked with Cheddar cheese, then topped with fresh Pico de Gallo. And just like that, its September! Summer is coming to an end Truth be told, I burned a pumpkin spice candle, as soon as our heat wave ended. I ...
End of Summer Marinade
End of Summer Marinade No doubt your herb gardens are as abundant as mine this time of year and I simply couldn’t resist dipping into each one ☺ This recipe is inspired by all of the cottage barbecue’s I’ve been to over the years. There is nothing like a big barbecue out in the country air, next to the fire pit as the sun sets; if I concentrate, I ...
Chicken Bruschetta
Chicken Bruschetta Here I present my recipe for Chicken Bruschetta; read on to learn how you can make it ;) I’m sure you have all been there, you have bought too much of a good thing and then you are left wondering, “what am I going to do with all of these...”. Well I lost control at the farmer’s market when the first of the Ontario tomatoes ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Quick Night Tandoori
Quick Night Tandoori Here I present my Quick Night Tandoori; a fast version of the classic Tandoori Chicken, on the table in under an hour :) I have been obsessed with my Tandoori Chicken recipe since I made it but it is a ‘plan a-head’ recipe and sometimes time is not on my side. Here I have taken all of the yummy marinade and turned it into a ...