We’re celebrating Victoria Day long weekend (May 2-4) here in Canada, so when I polled you guys on our IG stories about what family recipe you wanted us to share next, I thought it might be in the salads and grilled meats categories since it’s the kick start to backyard BBQ season, but nope, you picked our Old School Mac n’ Cheese by a landslide!
While many of the fun family things we love to do in the Spring are on hold, we’re bringing more Spring-y vibes to our kitchen and dinner plates instead. We love all the fresh ingredients that come to market this time of year, and have a simple, quick & nutritious recipe for you to try with your own gang – our Springtime Asparagus &
Still #notabaker, but I like tasty loaves & I cannot lie and we found this gem of goodness tucked in Mom Kerr’s recipe clippings collection this week with (simply the best) ideas dating back to 1982 – Vintage Pinterest. This one might give Banana Bread a run for it’s yummy says our oldest son & is so simple to make. We modified a few
April is one of our favourite months to travel. It usually marks the end of a long Winter & demanding hockey schedule – our time to exhale & connect as a family off the grid. I think we’re all missing those escapes fiercely that were part of our well-being…something wanderlusty to look forward to. We’ve had to cancel all of our family travel plans
Like many of you, we’ve been spending a lot of extra time in our cucina of late. While the circumstances are heavy ones, we’ve been trying to make the best of it connecting in creative ways over food. The kids are enjoying getting more involved in meal prep, and we’ve got a silly easy recipe to share we think your budding kid chefs will
As we all try to keep up with our homebound hunger games feeding our gangs all day long, we know many of you are looking for a bit of a vacation from using your ovens. As much as we love cooking, we could use a break too! So we’ve rounded up some of our favourite No Cooking Required Family Recipes & food plates we hope
We hope you had a beautiful Easter/Passover weekend & found some joy amid the heaviness of the times. We missed loved ones dearly, but found some comfort in dusting off sacred family recipes from the vault – Dad Chef made Perogies from scratch using a recipe from is Ukrainian maternal side, and I tried my Papa’s Canascione (Easter Pies) recipe – an authentic food from
Exactly one year ago this week we were packing up our mariachi band and heading for a Mexican whirl in beautiful Playa Mujeres. We’re daydreaming of when international travel will be possible again, but until, we’re going to bring some cultured cooking to La Cucina and share some recipes from our favourite destinations with you over the coming weeks, like this easy, simple & delish
Soups are my favourite recipes to make in the best of times, and during these uncertain ones they’re a great way to ground and calm. I think it’s the aroma swirling around the whole house that I love most. And the smells that came from this simple Potato Leek Soup recipe were next level. We had some wilting potatoes and leeks that needed to be
Whether it’s because our frigid Winter temps are giving you FOGO (fear of going out) or staying in cozies & bypassing the need to arrange a sitter is more favourable, we would agree, date nights in are a total parenting win! It usually involves a crash or two by one of our curious cupids, but we wouldn’t have it any other way 🙂 If food
