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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
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
Happy June and Happy Pride Month, beautiful people! LOVE is the best ingredient and love for all is served here. We were challenged to show our true colours this month, so it’s a no-brainer one of the ways will be showing pride in food and bringing lots of colour to our meals! June is a month full of celebrations in our family, and also one
Let’s talk about those plans, shall we?! I had big plans to attempt to make Papa’s Lasagna last week with the ready-to-bake cheat pasta sheets we had to use up in the fridge & forgot to add a few key ingredients to our grocery order. Like so many other plans that have been kiboshed this year, pivoting to PLAN B was in order, and well,
One day at a time…the Mom-tra of all I keep reminding myself of after the first week of 2021 showed us we won’t be out of the woods for some time. We’re still trying to get steady over here, fams. DadChef returns to work this week & I’m trying to wrap my head around how I’ll manage e-learning for four kids, running our family business
It’s hard to believe we’re in the midst of November with the Summer after Summer weather we’ve been gifted this week in our neck of the woods – warm enough we had to pull the shorts back out for our gang! Coupled with the massive historical turning of the tide for our friends & family in the USA yesterday, it felt like a great time
**Updated February 2023** 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
What’s your signature Summer or family gathering dish? You know, the one friends/family always request of you for celebrations, potlucks or casual cottage meals? This simple Greek Pasta Salad would be mine. I’ve made this for everything from our babes’ buffet birthday spreads, baby/bridal showers & SO many family BBQs! We’ve just been given the green-light to hug our Grandparents again via safe social
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 &
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 +
