I’ve got an entire meal cooked up for you today. Crispy skinned chicken thighs topped with my citrus spiked BBQ glaze and a charred corn salad. It’s well known that my favourite season is BBQ season because for me it lasts all year. You can find me cooking outside no matter how much snow is…
Sides
Best Potato Wedges Ever
These are hands down, the best potato wedges ever. Not just absolutely delicious and perfectly seasoned, they’re super easy to make too! Quick to prep, effortless to cook, and almost too easy to devour!
Mexican Rice
An easy, one pot recipe for foolproof Mexican Rice just like you get at the restaurants. It’s fluffy, full of flavour and veggies, and almost impossible to stop eating.
Apple Cheddar Muffins
My apple cheddar muffins are half biscuit, half muffin and all flavour. They’re totally the kind of snack kids love, and can pull double duty as a side for a hearty fall dinner, like my harvest stew. Apple cheddar muffins. I know, cheese and apples? Your first reaction may be to close this page as…
Indian inspired cucumber salad
An Indian inspired cucumber salad with tomatoes, peppers, and red onion with a yogurt and lemon dressing that’s delicious on it’s own, or as a way to cool the spice from another dish.
roasted garlic mashed potatoes
Roasted garlic mashed potatoes so creamy, sweetly garlicky, and buttery that you’ll never make regular ones again!
English Style Roast Potatoes
Before we get to the recipe is it ok if I just bitch for a minute. I’d like to say I have a Mother’s instinct, but really, it’s just that my kids are so damn predictable that I KNOW when life is about to go tits-up. Last night was one of those nights. I ran…
Crack-tatoes aka roasted potatoes with bacon and cheese
I don’t want to alarm you, but I’m about to introduce you to something you’ve been missing in your life. Nothing beats a good roasted potato. Thing is – I sucked at making roasted potatoes. One time they’d be awesome, and the next time soggy. One day seasoned perfectly, and the next time, though I…
sweet cakey cornbread
Before we even get started on this one – I know. Cornbread is a very personal thing to a lot of you. Especially if you’re from the south (which I’m not, so give me a little extra leeway here). I’ve seen it written that in Texas, if you add sugar to your cornbread, you’re liable…
Deviled Eggs
Deviled Eggs are a classic for a reason In our house summer means BBQ’s and birthday’s (We’ve got Uncle Alex and Logan in June, Oliver and Anna in July, and Bo and I in August). That means there are a lot of get-togethers happening in just three months. Growing up, I can’t think of a…
Ultimate Macaroni Salad – Amish style with eggs and cheese
There are a few things that you just can not buy. I was walking around, trying to pick out some easy sides for a BBQ last Saturday, trying to make life easier by not making everything from scratch. I picked up the macaroni salad (it was basically fluorescent orange), I looked at the tiny little…
Summer Melon Salad
This is another throw back post to one of my favorite salads of all time. It’s just so “Summer” in every bite, and seeing as I had snow on my lawn last week, I’m desperate for a reminder. It’s just a few simple ingredients: sweet melon, salty prosciutto, mild bocconcini, fresh mint, and a squeeze…
Brown Butter and Sage Parmesan Mashed Potatoes
I stumbled upon some of the best mashed potatoes I’ve ever eaten this week. I had some sage sitting in the fridge (not all that common for me), and absolutely loving the way sage and brown butter taste together, I thought I’d try that in some mashed potatoes. I was putting it beside my baked…
Panzanella Salad Skewers
The kids favourite salad / snack / lunch is always a version of a panzanella salad. It’s the one thing I can make for Oliver for school and know he’ll actually eat, plus, I love it (and Bo too). Finding something all four of us fight over eating is very, very rare. This week we…
Steak au Poivre (steak in a cognac cream sauce)
I got an email a few months ago telling me about the Courvoisier Collective Challange. Courvoisier Cognac was looking for people to create recipes using their cognac, and then post them up on their site. It’s open to culinary students, and home chefs, in Ontario. This is why I’m going to beg and plead for your…
Panzanella (Tomato and Toasted Bread Salad)
I’d like to introduce you all to my new favorite lunch. I haven’t quite convinced Oliver that it’s a lunch (he always side-eyes salad), but if I throw a hot dog on a plate with this beside it, he’s quite happy to pick away. Silly boy. If you already know Panzanella salads, well first off,…