Scratch Food with a Side of Geek Mom and Pop Culture.
By unspoken agreement, the kitchen is largely my domain alone. My son is six and still harbors grave reservations about using the toaster by himself, and hubby—well, from time to time he’ll make supper, but his repertoire is limited to spaghetti and grilled cheese. Seldom do my husband and son venture into the middle of…
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,…
I was tooling around in the grocery store, feeling the winter angst over crappy winter vegetable offerings, when I happened to see that–for once–there were actually some ripe Roma tomatoes on display. They smelled ripe, which is to say, they actually smelled like a tomato instead of stale grocery store. Hubs and kidlet aren’t usually fans of…
Today’s recipe title is brought to you by my six year old son. I think, with a little practice, he’ll be as good as I am at this. Since I’m still catching up with holiday backlog, I’m again going to direct you to one of my relatively recent recipes on Dinner – It’s Not Rocket…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
As I mentioned just earlier to some of my buds, I’ve been busier than Hammy (the squirrel from Over the Hedge) on an energy drink. This may or may not have something to do with a lot of homemade sweet gift drinks being taste tested. In fact this is about the only Christmas activity going…
I think I’ve been hanging around with Canadians too long, cause my first inclination in starting this post was to apologize for being sick and not having recipe content last week. And then I realized, hey–I put out some great content last week anyway. Plus you got two recipes the week before. So I think…