A Family + Lifestyle Blog
DadChef and I just celebrated our 17th Anniversary (*28 years of couplehood*). Amidst a very fast and full family life, being the “forgot my hockey equipment” fetchers, viral laundry load washers, last minute grocery-getters, “can’t find my library book” finders, and Mom/Dad Uber-drivers, time and energy for romance is beyond minimal. Love isn’t those insta-glamourous, fancy, candle-lit moments, though, is it. It’s a million different
Our Ponzo-dillas™ Sheet Pan Recipe was born from Quesadilla night gone bust when the chicken and Mexicana ingredients I thought we had on hand, well, weren’t. All good – pizza toppings were stocked and this one worked out well. A combination of baked panzerotti (“ponzos”) with the brilliant sheet pan method of making Quesadillas is a mash up we’ll be adding to our meal rotation
California Love – we’ve got our minds on Cali, and Cali on our minds! Our family vacation to The Golden Coast was one of those plans that flew out the window the last few years, but we’re back in planning mode and bringing a simple recipe forward to commemorate. More of a food-torial then a recipe, these California Dreamin’ Veggie Burgers are a narly idea
Food is a connector, a unifier when words are hard to find & emotions hard to process. Our hearts hurt for Ukraine, and Ukrainian people across the globe. Here in Canada (home to a huge population of those with Ukrainian heritage), it’s said many of us are just one degree of separation from friends, family currently in harm’s way in Eastern Europe. Ukrainian roots run
Let’s aperitivo & open the holiday food palate with our Festive Burrata Pomegranate Plate! Life is full & fast again, it seems, and DadChef and I spend most of our “down time” being Mom/Dad-Uber to our older two who have more of a social life than we do 😉, but last weekend we intentionally found a few fleeting moments to slow in between the drive-around
We’ve got memories of Italia Bella on our mind after the nation’s Euro Cup win this weekend! Before we began our adventures in parenthood, DadChef and I did a whirl around Italy through Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, the Amalfi Coast, including a pit stop in Tuscany where we learned to make this rustic Italian salad at a stunning vineyard overlooking the hills of Tuscany –
Happy Dad’s Day weekend to all the amazing fathers & father figures, especially our DadChef, my co-captain of our crazy, the meal-making, values-instilling, role-modelling family man our home team loves the guts out of & steps up huge for us every day, in every way. We’ll be skipping the dishes this weekend thanks to a dishwasher gone bust (ugh!), but if the way to
Our local Farmers’ Markets began to reopen last month and getting out of the house with DadChef for a bike ride to the one hosted in our local park has been a bit of simple joy and parenting reprieve we need. Strawberry season is always a sweet sign of Summer’s start, and Ontario strawberries are among the sweetest and most delish. There are lots of
We’ve just celebrated our first official long weekend here in Canada – May 2-4, Victoria Day – which marks the start of “Summer”, although it’s technically still Spring. But after the year & a half we’ve all endured, bring on that warm, sunny joy! We spent most of it outside in the backyard with minimal cooking happening, but some of our favourite salads we enjoy
Happy May, all! In Foodville, this month is when one of our favourite vegetables starts poppin’ – Asparagus. DadChef and I biked over to our local Farmer’s Market last weekend just to grab a bunch of these green beauties. Boiled, roasted, baked, satueed, there are so many simple and delicious ways to enjoy this in-season veg, so asparagus a minute while we share 6 Asparagus
