This is a risotto for parents. It’s a hands-off, one pan, no fuss side, that frees you up for playing with blocks, cleaning up spills, blowing noses or threatening to take away ‘shows’. You know, the important parenting stuff. The end result is a satisfying creamy, lemony, cheesy meal that gives you all the fancy-pants…
Healthy Sides
Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Fries with Creamy Maple Dipping Sauce
Over our SIX years of food blogging and recipe development, there have been many recipe successes. But there has been one recipe that has eluded us for some time now – sweet potato fries. Not just any sweet potato fry recipe, but crispy oven roasted sweet potato fries. We were beginning to think it was…
Asian Orzo and Tofu Salad
Spring is here! Well – at least the calendar says so. March 20th marked the beginning of spring. And we’re still waiting for that warm front to push through (Mother Nature, we’re looking at you). Nevertheless, we are celebrating spring! And you know what that means? Barbecue season is just around the corner. And nothing…
Loaded Veggie Nachos
We’ve been going on and on about the deconstructed meal concept lately. We can’t get enough of it, because it totally works! The deconstructed meal allows families to eat the SAME meal together. It means parents don’t have to be short order cooks. It allows kids to build their confidence in trying new foods with…
How to – Make your Own: Crunchy Ramen Noodle Salad
Ahhh ramen noodles. As cliche as it is, I fell in completely in love with them, followed by entirely sick of them in my first year of university. I bought cases and cases of chicken flavoured Mr. Noodle that year. Stuck in a dorm room, a kettle as my only cooking aide, it was the only way…
How To: Slow Cooker – Orange and Honey Braised Carrots
Yup, that’s right. TWO slow cooker recipes in a row. And BOTH vegetarian. How about that? I tend to agree with Erin – most vegetarian slow cooker recipes do result in a pile of mush. But just like our daal, I have found when treated correctly, you can still get the same oven or stove…
How To: Healthy Side – Spicy Coconut Curry Noodles
I had a lot of trouble writing this post. Why? Because really all I want to say is, GO MAKE THESE NOODLES NOW! Sure, I could write about how they are creamy, spicy, and sweet all at the same time, they make the perfect side for just about any protein, and they come together in…