Well, here we are at the beginning of September already, can you believe it? As summer starts to wind down, I’d like to reflect on all the great food we’ve enjoyed on our barbecue during the past few months. Up until this summer, I had left all of the barbecuing to my husband Tony. I liked…
Tofu and Vegetable Stir Fry
Whenever I make stir fry I wonder why I don’t make it more often. It comes together quickly, it’s good for you, and best of all, my kids will generally eat it. I find if I throw noodles into the stir fry they’re more apt to enjoy it, so that’s why you’ll find most of my…
Egg Nests
First of all I must apologize for my lack of blog posts this month. I’ve been enjoying the summer as much as I can before it’s gone. We’ve gone on a couple wonderful trips to Harrison Hot Springs and Shuswap Lake, enjoyed many BBQs with friends, and spent a lot of lazy days hanging out…
Popcorn Cake
One of the things I love most about being a parent is seeing my children enjoying the things that I did when I was a kid. I get so excited when I introduce them to something from my own childhood, like my favourite books, toys, or movies that I used to watch over and over again (when we…
Thai Chicken Salad
Sometimes I let Cole pick the meals for our weekly menu plan by giving him cookbooks with pictures to flip through. One of these cookbooks is The Family Dinner Fix: Cooking for the Rushed, which Cole loves because it has photos of every meal so it’s easier for him to choose something. I love it…
Italian Sausage Pasta Bake
It used to be that when I made a meat sauce for pasta, I’d turn to good old ground beef as the meat. There’s nothing wrong with ground beef, but then one day I tried Italian sausage instead, and mmmm boy, it really kicks it up a notch! So lately I’ve been hooked on Italian sausage in my pasta, which…
Spinach, Leek and Mushroom Quiche with Sundried Tomatoes
My mom makes a mean pie crust. She says it’s easy to do but unfortunately I haven’t mastered it yet. The last time we went to visit, she made a gorgeous pie for dessert and she gave me the leftover pastry dough to take home with me. First I made a pie (of course) with…
Edamame Hummus
My boys were first introduced to edamame beans at daycare. Cole came home asking for ‘Mommy Beans’ and it took me a little while to figure out what he was talking about. So I bought edamame beans and we all enjoyed sitting around the table together, popping the shiny green beans out of their tough shells…
Butter Chicken Pizza
One of the things I love about making pizza is that it can be a creative way to use up leftovers. I happened to have Crockpot Butter Chicken in my freezer, but not enough to feed the whole family for dinner, so I decided to make pizza with it. Tony and I had recently visited a new Indian…
Ricotta and Spinach Gnocchi Revisted
One of my early posts, Ricotta and Spinach Gnocchi, documents my first attempt at making gnocchi. I had so much fun making it and the whole family liked it, so several more gnocchi attempts followed, like Yam Gnocchi and Leftover Mashed Potato Gnocchi (thankfully my photos have improved a little since then!). Not long ago, I decided it…
Food and Whine 