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Our weekends are ruled by the hockey schedule of our boys now, but #DadChef and I are making a deliberate attempt to slow down and unplug on Sunday evenings to actually enjoy making a hearty family meal that isn’t rushed and gather together for an end of weekend family feast (just like Nonna used to insist we do when I was growing up). After a
While I’m deeply grateful for a more precedented return to learning and afterschool programming this year, it also means a return to the full throttle pace of life which feels like a familiar heavy September pile-on – the extra load of family admin, form-filling, schedule-making, extra-curricular schlepping, big emotion-managing and on and on…it’s a lot. I should probably add meal-planning in there, but I’m still
If it still feels too chilly or inconvenient to spark up the grill, and you’re looking for a quick way to use up that thawed chicken in your fridge before it goes bad, these Baked Chicken Parmesan Sandwiches are a nice easy meal idea to add to your rotation this week. Although we love a classic chicken parm, this recipe removes the breading step to
Nothing warms me up to the idea of classic comfort foods than just having spent the last weekend brr-ing our way through a hockey tournament 😉 Life is feeling fast & full again, and while we’re VERY grateful for every bit of goodness that’s been allowed back into our world, all those slow-cooked meals we enjoyed when things were on pause feel fewer & far
What foods evoke Summer nostalgia for you? Growing up, a sure sign of summer was Nonna’s fresh plate of Fiori di Zucca Fritti – Fried Zucchini Flowers (aka Squash Blossoms). She had the most beautifully tended vegetable garden and picking fresh harvest with her is a memory I’ll never forget (although I now know zucchini are, botanically speaking, a fruit…allora!). Like most Italian fare, there
If there was one dish that comes to mind that I made weekly when I was working 9-5, commuting, doing the after-work daycare pickup & dinner shuffle with little ones crawling up my leg as I smashed a dinner together this is the one – a One-Pan Chicken Parm-atore recipe. It’s not quite a parmigiana dish, nor the classic chicken cacciatore Italians make, but a
Behind the blog, life wasn’t all yummy recipes & outdoor adventures this week, so you bet DadChef & I turned to one of our healthy coping mechanisms – finding some culinary calm cooking up all the things in la Cucina, silly stupid kitchen dances & a toast to walking through hard parenting things with the biggest glass of Cab Sav ;). We know families are
We’re gearing up for back to learning, and while I’m a self-professed Meal-Planning delinquent (*intuitive cooks unite!*), we do have some super easy recipes from the archives that would make great outside-the-typical lunchbox ideas for in-school/home-based learning. Double-whammy recipes are one of my favourite ways to simplify. Here are 8 Easy Recipes Turned Leftovers for School Lunches ideas to add to your meal rotation: 8
We had a fun little day trip out to the quaint little spot Port Perry in Scugog, Ontario this past weekend and picked up a fresh haul of fruit and veg at their lakefront farmers’ market – in-season peaches & zucchini – and among other recipes, got inspired to make a traditional Zucchini Pizza Bianca. In Italy, Pizza Bianca (“white pizza”) is a pie made
I’ve pulled back from posting a while as our family heals from tremendous loss…as we learn to keep going while the holes in our hearts the size of Papa remain. Almost a month since Dad’s passing – peacefully & after the tender loving care of Mom (his forever love & High School sweetie). He’s a huge part of our family story, of who I am
