Meal Plan Week 8 Monday: Grilled Pork Served with Italian Rice salad with tomatoes... (this serves 8, therefore it'll be for Monday and Tuesday 🙂) and Roasted Asparagus Tuesday: Italian Spice Rubbed Chicken The leftover Italian Rice salad with tomatoes from Monday... Served with a Green Salad (prep ...
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My Guide to the Ultimate Grilled Pork Chop
My Guide to the Ultimate Grilled Pork Chop When any of my recipes call for grilled pork this is the recipe to go to! Like I’ve stated previously, grilling takes patience and practice but once you get the hang of it you are unbeatable! Yum!!!!!! ...
A Perfect Mother’s Day Menu
A Perfect Mother's Day Menu To start: Baked Lobster Dip Followed by: Pasta with Cremini Mushrooms, Shrimp and Asparagus Served with: A green salad with Sweet Honey Mustard Vinaigrette And for dessert??? Gooey Yummy Chocolate Brownies, topped with mom's fav ice cream, frozen yogurt or whipped cream :) ...
Spiced Steak Rub
Spiced Steak Rub I was talking to a wonderful lady the other day and she observed that I cook a lot of meat while there seems to be more of a vegan push on nutrition. This gave me the opportunity to reiterate my personal philosophy on food. Life in moderation. I prefer lean protein (in appropriate portions) to starchy ...
Slow Cooker Pepper Steak
Slow Cooker Pepper Steak Earlier in the month I said I had a recipe perfect for the cold weather ❄️ Then I went on to say that hopefully spring had sprung 🙏🏻🌷🙏🏻 Well, it hasn't 😖😖😖 We're being flooded by rain ☔️. Apparently this has set a record for rain in spring in southern Ontario 😡 Here is my cold weather recipe. In May. May. I'm ...
Avocado and Tomato Salad with Corn
Avocado and Tomato Salad with Corn Last week it felt like spring had finally sprung 🌷🌷🌷 Again, I pounced on the BBQ!!! To be honest though, I get more excited about the sides then I do the protein. AND.... What screams spring/summer heat 🌞🌞🌞 like avocado? Nothing, that's what! I'm totally bummed right now though because ...
Meal Plan Week 6
Meal Plan Week 6 Monday: Spicy Mediterranean Roasted Chicken Breasts, make two extra breasts. Served with Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes (Reserve 1 1/2 Cups Mashed Potatoes for another day – add in an extra potato and keep the rest of the recipe the same; add more buttermilk as needed)... and Roasted asparagus Tuesday: ...
Meal Plan Week 5
Meal Plan Week 5 Monday: Sausage and Alfredo Skillet Lasagna with Fresh Spinach Tuesday: BBQ steak; cook 4 x 8 oz Sirloin steaks according to My Guide to the Perfect Steak. Reserve two steaks for Wednesday’s dinner. Served with Lazy Cheesy-Broccoli Potatoes And an Italian Tomato ...
Steak and Goat Cheese Salad with a Creamy Scallion and Lime Dressing
Steak and Goat Cheese Salad with a Creamy Scallion and Lime Dressing OMG y'all it's almost Spring! I mean while technically it IS Spring I live in southern Ontario where it's not unheard of to have a blizzard in May. That's right... freaking May!!!! So when an almost warm day hit the other day I was all over two things: BBQ ...
Stress-Free Easter Dinner
Stress-Free Easter Dinner Instead of a weekly meal plan since we have an extra long weekend. I wanted to share an Easter menu that can be on the table in 2 hours or less; thats right 2 hours or less! Start with the chicken, then move on to prepping the dip, then the potato salad and while the chicken is resting (after roasting), roast the ...
Meal Plan Week 4
Meal Plan Week 4 Holy-moly!!!! Week 4! I'm so digging this and I'm hoping you are too :) Monday: Spicy Mussels in a White Wine Cream Sauce with Bacon and Tomatoes. Simply serve with Crusty Bread to soak up all the yummy sauce (store-bought bread will work too!). Tuesday: Honey-Lime Marinated Grilled ...
Crusty Homemade Bread
Crusty Homemade Bread When I think about a dish I'd find potentially intimidating, homemade bread is at the top of the list. I don't think it's the level of difficulty but rather the investment. The ultimate commodity; time. It takes a really long time for bread (I'm not sure a bread machine would help with this?). Note to self- look in to a ...