The other day I was at the grocery store and watched a lady stand and stare at the yogurt aisle for a good 20 minutes. She would pick up a different tub every few minutes and carefully examine the label, ingredients, packaging and compare brand after brand after brand. I could see the anxiety on…
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Our Top Six Freezer Staples
Ain’t no shame in the half-homemade game. We are all about home cooking here. We both love to cook (well, obviously!) and one of our missions is to show you how simple and easy home cooking can be. But we’re also busy, working parents. And let’s be real, sometimes no matter how fool-proof that meal…
Our 10 Favourite Everyday Snack Foods
In order to fill our bellies with food that satisfies and tastes good, we’re always sure to have our favourites on-hand. In this case, we’re talking snack food! Let’s say it’s 9pm and you absolutely NEED a piece of chocolate. Or you’ve turned on Netflix and MUST have a bowl of popcorn to accompany your…
How I Learned To Relax About My Daughter’s School Lunch
It’s been about four weeks of packing school lunch after school lunch. I wouldn’t exactly put ‘expert school lunch packer’ on my resume, but I would like to think my skills fall somewhere along the lines of intermediate to advanced. I have to say I was kind of excited for this new responsibility as…
Top Five Tips for Cooking with Kids
This isn’t the first time you’ve heard Erin and I preach about getting your kids in the kitchen. We’ve talked at length about the importance of getting them involved in the cooking process and why we insist they join us in the kitchen. But what we’ve neglected to share with you is the “how.” So,…
Three Reasons I Insist my Toddler Cooks
My daughter is two and already, she’s more familiar with kitchen tools than many (many) grown ups. Not because she’s a prodigy or because she loves the kitchen (for the record, she loves trains and the colour pink and The Wiggles), but because she’s exposed to the kitchen, to cooking, and to food. Every. Single. Day….
How to Choose Sustainable, Affordable and Healthful Seafood
Choosing sustainable, affordable and healthful seafood can seem crazy hard. This is a big fat complicated topic, friends. My head was spinning at the number of resources I reviewed while trying to find the best information for you. I’m going to try and keep this as simple and as transparent as possible, and in the end I…