Meal Plan Week 173 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. serve ...
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Chicken and Dumpling Soup
Chicken and Dumpling Soup This is what we had for dinner tonight and Mike loved it :) I can’t help it, it’s winter and it’s cold and crappy and I love soup. I love everything about soup, the smell and the warmth while it cooks, curling up with a blanket and watching the snow fall while I carefully slurp the hot broth. Okay, I’m being a little ...
Meal Plan Week 172
Meal Plan Week 172 Planning ahead is key to meal prep. Â 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 a... Green Salad with my... Red Wine Shallot ...
Slow Cooker Beef and Vegetable Soup
Slow Cooker Beef and Vegetable Soup Of all the soups I've made over the years (I'm really starting to push 40... hard), this soup is without a doubt the best one I've made. Â The beef is melt-in-your-mouth tender and the vegetables are seasoned to perfection. Â This soup is definitely a perk or highlight to the cold crappy weather of ...
Meal Plan Week 171
Meal Plan Week 171 Planning ahead is key to meal prep. Â 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: Roasted Split Chicken Butterfly and prep the chicken on Sunday then cover and store in your fridge until Monday. serve with... Warm Garlic Mashed ...
Roasted Split Chicken
Roasted Split Chicken Here I present my recipe for Roasted Split Chicken, a combination of a roasted chicken and barbecued chicken that's juicy, tender and delicious :) I’ve mentioned many times; I’m a proud Canadian girl 🇨🇦 I was born in Toronto and like most people in my age cohort I can’t afford to live in Toronto, so I live outside! We ...
Meal Plan Week 170
Happy New Year! This week's meal plan is inspired by the decadent holiday meals our family enjoyed. Â Here you'll see more vegetarian dishes with only one fish dish and one chicken dish because we ate way too much red meat over the holidays. Â Remember a healthy lifestyle embraces balance. Meal Plan Week 170 Planning ahead is key to meal prep. ...
Penne alla Vodka
Penne alla Vodka I have a confession to make, this was the first time I had this pasta. Every time I thought about it, I would think about how much cream, fat and calories were in it and then I’d talk myself out of it. Here, there’s my compromise; there’s cream but it’s half & half, and it’s also half the amount other recipes call ...
Beer Cheese Fondue
Beer Cheese Fondue Here I present my recipe for Beer Cheese Fondue; an easy, cheesy recipe for the traditional French dish with an American twist - perfect for your next gathering! One of my favourite pastimes is to scroll through fb marketplace for things I don’t need. Enter my fondue set I picked this up about 4 years ago; brand new in box ...
Farmer’s Casserole
Edit: Â I'm making this on New Year's Day this year so I thought I'd share it again... Happy New Year's everyone :) This is a recipe I shared last year. Â This will be perfect for Christmas morning or every other holiday celebrated with family too. Â I wish everyone a safe and healthy holiday season. Â I feel so grateful and blessed - I ...
Apple Cheddar Christmas Loaf with Thyme
Apple Cheddar Christmas Loaf with Thyme This is the perfect addition to everyone's holiday breakfast or brunch feast.  This bread which kind of has a cake texture is decadent, delicious and so ridiculously simple.  You can even make this the day before and then on Christmas morning warm it in a low oven just before serving.  I truly hope everyone ...
Swedish Christmas Cookies
Swedish Christmas Cookies This recipe was originally published exactly 4 years ago to the day; my friend reminded me how great it is so I wanted to remind everyone else too... thank you MK! There are certain things in everyone’s childhood that continue to make us feel the magic of Christmas, even in our adult years. For me, it’s ...