Scratch Food with a Side of Geek Mom and Pop Culture.
When my doctor’s office called me back a couple weeks following a routine physical, I had a sick feeling of dread. “Irregular pap,” the doctor’s assistant said. Cervical cancer!? My mind panicked. But my mouth, fortunately, knew what to say. “What happens now?”
My morning muse for this morning is Jennifer of YouPinspireMe, who was recently crowing about how you know it’s Christmas time when your post about 25 Ways to Display Christmas Cards suddenly gets a ridiculous amount of organic search hits (no I won’t tell you how many, but I had to go cry over a…
I only bought a couple small gifts for my son this year, but he’s the only little one on both sides of the family. In spite of restrictions my husband and I placed on gift numbers, some years we ended up driving home for an hour with a carload of stuff jammed between our legs and…
I was a happy baker slacker over the summer with the excuse that it was mostly too hot too heat up the house, but winter, it’s a-comin’. When the house feels chilly, baking is one of my favourite past-times, cause it gives me an excuse to linger in a nice warm kitchen with a cup of…
I love spreadable herbed goat cheese… the kind that comes in the tiny little cylinder at the deli counter that costs you an arm and a leg. So expensive, but so yummy. It’s great on pesto pizzas with chicken and arugula. Perfectly delicious on its own spread on a sliced baguette. And… it’s stupid simple to…
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’ll be honest with you: I’m not Irish. Not even a little bit. I’m 1st generation Canadian and both my parents and all of my grandparents were born in Holland. But you know what we Dutch immigrant families eat a LOT of? Meat & potatoes, not unlike the Irish. And, let’s face it, both the…
We’re in the coldest part of the year here in Southern Ontario, and I’ve been feeling the chill lately. I’m without a vehicle, and kidlet’s bus stop is about a kilometer away. The school transportation system says it’s their policy that a six year old should walk up to a mile to reach their bus…
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,…
The reason salad and I almost never get along is that I like hot food. It’s true. The only time I don’t prefer hot food is that short three week period of the summer here in Ontario where temperatures hit around 40C. Those are the times of year that I’d rather listen to the Hamster Dance…