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 amidst 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 vintage recipe from his Ukrainian maternal side, and I tried my Papa’s Canascione di Pasqua (Italian Easter Pies) recipe –
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
Our family’s diet doesn’t have a name – we love a variety of foods and don’t have restrictions or allergies to work around. Just like many families we speak to, though, getting more veggies in our meals (and kids’ bellies) is a focus for us, and we love the variety using nutrient-dense cauliflower brings. Blend it for soups, mince it for pizza crust, chop it
We’re easing back into routine over here. Creeping instead of leaping into the new year. And while Dad Chef and I were cooking up a storm over the holidays, being back to the hectic pace of schedules his week has kind of thwarted our momentum and, full disclosure, our meals this week have been a mix of eggs & toast, pasta with butter +
We’re getting set for our traditional New Year’s Eve feast – a medley of seafood dishes I learned to make from my Papa and one’s I’ve enjoyed since childhood on NYE. In fact, what I didn’t know until recently is, so many cultures across the globe enjoy seafood to commemorate a new year. It’s believed eating seafood on the first day of the year will
It’s hard to believe we’re under a month away from Christmas! I haven’t done one bit of shopping yet (welp!), but have got a head start on thinking about what we’re going to have on the menu for our pre-Christmas family gathering. And like most ways I approach our crazy full life lately, we’ll be embracing a holiday entertaining simplified approach! While I typically
