Last week, I was challenged to find delicious ways to mix up my Weetabix breakfast cereal! I love these sorts of plain cereals, so for me? This was a piece of cake! Challenge accepted. Since the Weetabix biscuits are so low and sugar and high fiber, it felt only natural to keep from adding a lot of…
How to have an Allergy-Friendly (and Healthier!) Easter Egg Hunt
Not only is Easter an annual sugar-bender for kids, it can be a real challenge to moms of children with food allergies–especially if the child is allergic to milk–and food allergies are becoming an ever-increasing problem. It’s tough to strike a balance between fun and healthy eating habits. So here’s some tips on being allergy-friendly,…
Pickle-Brined Fried Chicken (Or, How to Eat Chick-Fil-A in Canada + with Food Allergies)
To reiterate the story about how this post came to be, during our last trip to the grocery store on Saturday, my son was upset because I wouldn’t buy the one brand of flavourless frozen slabs of “chicken fingers” that’s safe for him to eat (I get that they’re “all natural,” with clearly readable ingredients,…
Pork Stew – with Strongbow Hard Cider, Apples, Potatoes + Parsnips
After having guests over for hubby’s 40th birthday party, I found myself with several (many) leftover cans of Strongbow, an alcoholic cider that is popular with one person in particular. I’m not sure why I decided it would be a good idea to buy 8 cans for one professed cider-holic, but that’s exactly what I…
Jar Noodles (Or, How to Make Your Own Instant Ramen)
If you remember and liked my post about vegetable bouillon, then you possibly remember that I was hinting there was a method to my madness. Behold, the end result: the real reason why I was figuring out vegetable bouillon (although to be honest I like using it for making regular soup, too). It’s an integral…
Grapefruit and Coconut Spongecake (+ How to Use Coconut Flour Properly)
If there’s a silver lining to having to deal with the doom and gloom of winter, it’s that winter is prime citrus season in North America! So that’s why you’re seeing bags of clementines, meyer lemons and grapefruit everywhere… we’re in full swing right now (citrus season tends to officially kick off in November), and…
Chocolate Chip Biscotti (and Groovin’ into 2015)
Homemade Vegetable Bouillon
If you’ve read my how-to on making vegetable stock, then you’ve probably got some idea how much stock I go through. I really, really like my version of vegetable stock (it’s far soup-erior to the store bought stuff, which usually tastes overwhelmingly of parsley), and I consider it to be the par of any good…