My kids and I are big Starbucks fans. Our Saturday morning routine is to go grocery shopping and stop at Starbucks afterwards for a treat. They look forward to it every week, and so do I. So when the Unicorn Frappuccino craze happened, we were eager to try them. Since then, it seems like everywhere you…
Category: Life with the Whiners
Fresh Prep Meals
A Vancouver-based company called Fresh Prep asked me if I would try out a couple of their meals for free and write a blog post about it. The concept sounded intriguing, so I gave it a go. Basically, they send the prepared ingredients to your door, along with instructions on how to cook the meal. The meals…
Papaya Mango Strawberry Fruit Roll-ups
Bennett has been asking for fruit roll-ups a lot lately. I guess they must be a popular treat at school right now, and I think they’re fine as a treat, but not something I want to feed my kids every day. I remembered I used to make homemade fruit roll-ups when the kids were younger,…
Most Popular Posts from 2016
Happy New Year everyone! It’s time for a look back on the blog posts you all liked the most in 2016. Also, it’s my blogiversary! Food & Whine is 7 years old today. I can’t believe it’s been that long already, but it’s true. I’m so happy and pretty proud of myself that I’m still blogging after all…
Welsh Cakes (AKA Pancake Cookies)
Ayla’s preschool has a theme each month, and the theme for September was nutrition and food. They celebrated the completion of their nutrition-themed by having a multicultural potluck. Each child brought a “heritage dish” – something that represents a family tradition or heritage. It took me a while to think of what I could bring. There’s such a…
Berry Whipped Cream Cheese
How can summer be over already? I can hardly believe how fast it went! The kids have said goodbye to late nights, lazy mornings, and long days with nothing to do but play and whine about being bored. Last week, we greeted the return of early bedtimes, morning alarms, back-packs full of school supplies, and of course, packed lunches. Ah, the…
Deconstructed Minestrone Soup
I know that my last post was about soup (a very scrumptious tomato soup with grilled cheese croutons, by the way), but this one is so much more than just a soup. It’s deconstructed soup. I’ve seen a few bloggers playing around with this idea, and I absolutely love it. Food Bloggers of Canada…
How to Freeze and Reheat Cooked Rice for Quick Meals
You know those evenings when you wish you could just have food magically appear on the table? I have a lot of those evenings. Sometimes I need something lightning fast to eat while rushing from work to soccer practice, or when I’m working late at the office, or when I just want to wind down…
Top 10 Posts from 2015
The start of the new year is a special time for my blog, not just because it’s a brand new year, but because it’s the anniversary of my blog’s birth. I started my food blog on January 2, 2010. That was 6 years ago. It started as a new year’s resolution to “start a blog…
Delicious Treats for Picky Children
I was recently interviewed by Foody Direct as part of their Expert Interview program. Click here to read about my tips for eating out and cooking for kids with a very particular palate (that’s my nice way of saying “picky”): http://blog.foodydirect.com/index.php/expert-interview-with-megan-of-food-whine-on-delicious-treats-for-picky-children/ Do you have any good tips for feeding picky eaters?
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