Meal Plan Week 63 Monday: Mussels Steamed in a Dijon Mustard Cream Sauce (Mussels Dijonnaise) Served with… Crusty Bread (you can go with store-bought) Tuesday: Hot Turkey Sliders with Cheese Serve with a… Green Salad (prep enough salad for two meals and then store half in the fridge for another ...
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Chicken and Rice Bake
Chicken and Rice Bake This is THE quintessential autumn meal. It's hot and soothing and it warms the house with the most incredible aroma. This will be perfect for halloween night... even though there's talk of rescheduling it due to bad weather!!!! Come on millennials!!!! When I was a kid I had to earn my candy, in the rain or snow ...
Classic Meatloaf with a Red Wine-Tomato Glaze
Classic Meatloaf with a Red Wine-Tomato Glaze I find myself craving a homemade meatloaf at least once a month; it's easy, delicious and soul-soothing. We had authentic autumn weather a few weeks ago and of course that called for meatloaf!!! This recipe is inspired by a meatball recipe I'd come across in the summer; enjoy :) Serves 4 - 6 3 ...
Healthy Breakfast Muffins
Healthy Breakfast Muffins As of Thursday my maternity leave is officially over. I’m sad but I’m looking forward to getting back into the working world where I’ll see and interact with adults. With work though comes the need to pack a lunch and in this insane economy, a breakfast too. These muffins are moist, spicy and yummy and let’s not forget: ...
Cheesy Beef and Broccoli Pasta
Cheesy Beef and Broccoli Pasta I had ground beef, broccoli and a craving for Mac and cheese and voila; Cheesy Beef and Broccoli Pasta was born 😉 Serves 6 – 8 453 g Extra lean ground beef 1 Medium onion, sliced into sticks 2 Cups milk (I used 2%) 2 Cups sodium-reduced beef stock 3 tbsp (all purpose) flour 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1 ...
Fall Harvest Roasted Chicken
Fall Harvest Roasted Chicken ...
Scandinavian Shrimp and Avocado Salad
Scandinavian Shrimp and Avocado Salad I love looking back on my old posts, especially looking at the photos I agonized over! This post was originally shard in September of 2015. How has time gone by so fast? Yum, yum, yum, this is one of my all-time favourite appetizers; in fact this has been a part of my request for my birthday dinner ever ...
Jambalaya Pasta
Jambalaya Pasta The elusive writer's block. I've heard of writer's block, thought it was fake to be honest. I'd had something similar to it in university when I didn't feel like writing an essay. Here. it. is. I have so many new recipes to share but I'm stuck. I'm blocked. It almost sounds like I'm talking digestive ...
Swedish-ish Meatballs
Swedish-ish Meatballs So I compared my recipe (this one) with my mother's (who is Swedish) and while I captured the spirit of the Swedish meatball I did make 3 technical errors. First, traditional Swedish meatballs use half ground beef and half ground pork (I only used ground beef). Second, I added garlic but really; I’m half Italian and I ...
Mussels Steamed in a Dijon Mustard Cream Sauce (Mussels Dijonnaise)
Mussels Steamed in a Dijon Mustard Cream Sauce (Mussels Dijonnaise) I was watching French Food at home by Laura Calder and became inspired to make steamed mussels which is weird because she was making lentil soup but I digress. This dish comes together in under 10 minutes but would easily impress at any dinner ...
Classic Pasta Salad
Classic Pasta Salad Just in time for a snow storm a long weekend BBQ (we have a long weekend this weekend in Canada!). So I think we can all safely pack away our parkas until next winter (knock on wood). Anyway so in honour of the long weekend where we plant our flowers and fresh herbs and take out the lawn furniture, here is a healthy take on ...
Beef Sliders with au Jus
Beef Sliders with au Jus I'm obsessed, obsessed I say with those Hawaiian sweet rolls that you see all over social media, and you know what??? I found them! I love them! They're delicious and so much fun! So the bad part is they're not the healthiest but when you focus on portion, lean protein and sodium levels, it makes it less of a guilty ...