I was debating what to call this post: “How To: Quickie Meal” “How To: Healthy Lunch” “How To: Make the most delicious chicken salad you’ve ever had!” But instead, after being left with a couple of leftover chicken breasts from a previous roast chicken dinner, I went with the leftover route. When cooking just for…
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How to: Healthy Breakfast – Smoothies
I’m a cold cereal eater for breakfast mostly. Though I will stray and eat warm quinoa porridge or soul-satifying steel cut oats from time to time in the winter. And in the warm weather… Ahem. Excuse me warm weather – where the f..heck are you?! I have had enough. Just, enough. right, yes….and in warm…
How To: Serve Fish For A Dinner Party – Pecan Lime Salmon
Passover is finally coming to an end. Tuesday night I will be gorging on some beautiful carbs – crusty bread, delicious pasta, and probably a slice of pizza (or two!) But during this 8 day holiday, I feel like I’ve consumed more meat than I have in the past month. As you can probably tell…
How to: Quickie Meal – Carrot Ginger Soup
This past week has been a doozy. It was insanely packed with social events, a wonderful conference put on by Ontario home economists and a trip out of town to Atikokan, Ontario for a family funeral. Atikokan is north. We’re talking 250km outside of Thunder Bay north. It’s a very small community (and the canoeing…
Quinoa Granola
I’m normally a traditionalist when it comes to granola. Give me some oats, nuts, dried fruit, and maybe a handful or two of coconut, and I’m sold. Like our first homemade granola recipe – It’s just delicious! But here’s the thing – the 8 day holiday of Passover begins tonight. This means no leavened bread…
How to: Kitchen Tip – Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
I love me some hard boiled eggs alright. Always have, always will. If they’re done right that is. While on vacation recently, guests filed in to the resort restaurant each morning to enjoy a breakfast buffet where one of the many egg options was hard boiled. When I excitedly split an egg open one morning,…
How To: Big Batch – Tofu, Baked Bean, & Roasted Vegetable Casserole
How many of you out there count down the hours, maybe even the minutes, on a Friday afternoon at work until the weekend FINALLY arrives?? And then, how many of you are left sitting on your couch Sunday evening wondering to yourself, where the heck did the weekend go? Sure, weekends can be relaxing, but…