During my first couple university years, Lipton’s Side Kicks made a regular appearance on my dinner table. From Asian noodles to cheesy linguine, I felt like I was making a gourmet meal when all I was really doing was opening up a bag and boiling a pot of water. But they were delicious, fast, and…
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How to: Seasonal Cooking – Homemade Apple Sauce and Crispy Apple Peel Chips
Quelle surprise. It’s fall and I’ve got an apple recipe for ya. These little dandies are brand new and Ontario grown. They’re called Ginger Gold and they’re perfect for eating, baking or…applesauce as it were. Sweet as pie on their own, this recipe requires zero added sweetener. Don’t go out and buy yourself fancy apples…
How To: Recipe Makeover – Eggplant Ricotta Bake
When my husband and I were living in NYC for a year I made it my mission to eat as much good food as possible. Over the year I ate some pretty delicious meals – from the best ice cream I have ever eaten to my new favourite pasta dish – there was certainly no…
How to: Make your own – Aloo Gobi (Indian Spiced Cauliflower and Potatoes)
My friends are wicked. In the good sense. They have come out of the woodwork to support my new mommy-ness and continue to bring delicious edible gifts. Just yesterday my friend and colleague Rosy brought us a batch of How to Eat’s very own breakfast cookies. Her take was loaded with dried cherries and chocolate. My…
How To: Healthy Breakfast – Apple and Peanut Butter Baked Oatmeal
This weekend I fully embraced fall. I bought my first can of pumpkin, baked up my first pumpkin loaf, and made my first baked oatmeal of the season. Fall, bring it on! Spring and summer I’m more of a cold breakfast eater – yogurt and granola or overnight oats are the usual suspects. But…
How To: Healthy Appetizer – Blue Cheese and Greek Yogurt Dip
Can we just talk about tomatoes for a minute? I mean, have they ever been this sweet before? Seriously, we are popping them back like candy in this household. Speaking of candy, we treated ourselves to a bag of sour grapefruits the other night. I mean, they are grapefruit flavoured so it’s basically like…
How to: Seasonal Cooking – Plum Cake
So…I birthed a baby! A real life human child! Best excuse for skipping a few weeks of blogging ever. The wee girl came a little earlier than expected. She’s healthy as a horse though, so don’t y’all worry. Despite my resolve to keep my blogging act together once she came along, I admit I just wasn’t…