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We’ve had this recipe in drafts for a while now, and I don’t know about you, but this time of year always has me craving comforting pasta dishes. This easy-peasy Tex Mex Pasta Bake is a Taco Night leftover makeover I made using all the leftover taco bar fixings plus a few other simple ingredients. You can file this recipe under “no fuss meals”, because
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
One of the best parts of holiday eating is loving on the leftovers. 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 Perogi from scratch using a vintage recipe from his Ukrainian maternal side,
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
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
The countdown to Christmas is on, I don’t quite feel “holiday-ready”{what does that even mean?!}, I may be the only blogger without a decked out home and tree, BUT festive food is where I find my joy this time of year and all the other holiday fussing gets tossed aside (my Un-doing!). We’ve got a simple and sweet frozen dessert recipe to share before we
We just spent the weekend doing our annual pre-holidays mission purge & declutter in between rink-hopping and woke up to our first snowfall of the season, and when I think of a cold weather comfort meal that warms our large brood’s bellies, clears out the fridge & takes minimal time to prep (a trifecta of dinner simplicity!), our Penne Pasta al Forno dish is always
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
Growing up, Fall marked the start of all the rustic Italian cooking in our home. Simple ingredients combined with seasonal, local harvest not only meant delicious, hearty dinners, but are characteristics of most Italian cuisine. You already know pizza makes a repeat appearance in our recipe archives, not only because it’s one of our family’s favourite foods, but because of it’s versatility and affordability to
