The kids are off for the summer and in my home, always seem to be hungry! Inevitably, if I don’t plan ahead and have snacks ready, they will reach for the potato chips and crackers or whatever other delicious addictive junk food they can find…
Using freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice provides an incredible flavour boost. Although you can always squeeze by hand, there are a few tools that I love to use. I have enough strain on my wrists from typing all day, the last thing I want…
My father-in-law has told me that having grandchildren is like having a great love affair. You enjoy them and then get to leave them when you have had enough! Yes, he is joking (I think). As a parent and not yet a grandparent, there is…
There are some days that I know will inevitably be brutal ones such as those days when my schedule has me dealing with difficult people, attending a stressful proceeding or when I’m slammed with back-to-back meetings which are made worse by the dark, cold winter…
Friday night is usually “movie night” at my house. I’m often exhausted from the week and piling on the sofa with my husband and kiddies after dinner is finished, showers have been taken and pajamas are on, is PERFECT! Although, popcorn and potato chips always…
Although the goal for weeknights is ultimately to prepare a quick meal for my family to enjoy together at the dinner table, weekends enable a far more pleasurable kitchen experience where we can spend quality time together. My kids often take turns playing my “sous…
There is nothing quite like a warm bowl of soup, whether it’s served as a starter or as a meal itself. My love for soup started with chicken noodle, always with extra noodles and has evolved into a love for creamy vegetable type soups also….
I spent a few years in Dallas, Texas and fell in love with the weather, the food and of course, the Dallas Cowboys! Getting back to food…how could you not fall hard for southern comfort food? Big portions, creamy, buttery, melt-in-your mouth delicious goodness that…
Many of my recipes incorporate “garlic puree”, “ginger puree” or “green chili puree”. You actually can’t buy these ingredients at the store! Let me clarify, you can certainly purchase ready made products and while this will work, there is no real substitute for the immense…
My cousin who recently opened her own dental practice claims that she is too busy to cook. I asked her how I could convince her that cooking doesn’t have to be a long drawn out process. She told me quite firmly to come up with…
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