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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
Our Canadian Thanksgiving is days away and it’s one of my favourite holidays of all. Gather, eat, savour and reflect on things to be grateful for – the simple things really are everything. Connecting and creating tasty food in our Cucina brings a lot of contentment and calm amidst our chaos and the frenzy that is Fall. I’m feeling full I get to share them
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
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
Our visit to our local farm to pick-our-own strawberries has always been a traditional way for us to kick-start summer. Ontario’s berries aren’t the biggest, but they are certainly among the most delicious. We’ve rounded up our favourite simple Strawberry Recipes to Enjoy All Summer long, including a new salad recipe we just devoured this weekend. They’re all BERRY good, if I do say so
Our Graduation Celebration Ice Cream Cake is made with Chapman’s Cotton Candy Checkerboard Ice Cream and Yukon Great Canadian Wolf Bars for a fun, flavourful frozen dessert to celebrate your graduates! With just 4 ingredients and under 10 minutes to prepare, it makes a fantastic addition to your celebration’s dessert table! *This post is sponsored by Chapman’s. Thank you for supporting Canadian brands that make
After a long weekend filled with unruly weather – a wicked storm that knocked trees down all over town followed by lots of sunshine – our lilac bushes are in bloom… beautiful things proceed upheaval. The kids reminded me it’s time to re-make our Lilac Lemonade Popsicles. These beauties are inspired by childhood memories in our backyard, the lush lilac tree tucked in the corner
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
Spring is usually my favourite season – signs of renewal, beautiful buds popping and lots of family celebrations to look forward to. This year feels like a slow creep instead of a leap into the season energy-wise, we’ve got lots on our plate with a fast and full family calendar, and it’s calling for a bit of food revival to keep up. If you’re looking
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
