A few weeks back, my husband and I went for dim sum with friends and took our one and a half year old. Dim sum is a style of eating Chinese food, where you order a wide variety of small, shareable portions. In some restaurants you order from a menu, in others you pick what…
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How To: Healthy Breakfast – Savoury Squash Pancakes
I’ve had my eye on this recipe for a long time. It’s been bookmarked in my “recipe to try folder,” along with so so SO many more. Well, thank goodness for national food holidays. When #pancaketuesday rolled around last month, it was the perfect excuse for a breakfast-for-dinner meal. And oh how glad I was…
How to: Make your Own Mushroom Bourguignon
This post was inspired by the leftover wine I had sitting around from Christmas. Just kidding. No such thing. But if there is such a thing in your home, this recipe will make excellent use of it. It’s also an adaptation from my blog hero Deb Perlman via Smitten Kitchen. I’ve been making and swooning over it for…
How to: Use Walmart.ca Grocery Pick-Up and Make Grab-and-Go Breakfast Frittata
December can be a real son of a gun. I won’t lie friends. As I write this post, I have about 86 things on-the-go and I’m struggling to get my act together. Don’t get me wrong, decorating the tree, using copious amounts of butter for my holiday baking and watching my 1-year-old lose her mind (in…
How To: Quickie Meal – Panko Crusted Baked Tilapia
This was one of those dinners that was so good I made it again the very next night. Seriously. It may have also had something to do with the fact that I had a costco size tray of tilapia fillets that had to get used up. But that’s besides the point. The fact that my…
How to: Slow Cooker – Daal
There is no shortage of slow cooker recipes popping up all over the place now that it’s fall. So why should you try this one? Because. And also, it was a “perfect on the first try” recipe. A simple, healthy, flavourful stew that tastes great right out of the slow cooker and even greater the…
How to: Quickie Meal – Mexican Street Corn Quesadillas
Quesadillas were one of the first meals I learned how to cook. They were simple, required minimal ingredients and they involved cheese. SOLD. Over the years I’ve filled them with lots of wacky stuff, but guys, I promise you, this is a contender for top all-time quesadilla fillings. Mexican street corn and Mexican food in…