What if I told you that you could have super good Italian food in about 10 minutes for about a buck? Would you believe me? Well then, prepare to believe. This is one of the dishes I make most in my household… Spaghetti Olio e Aglio–literally, Spaghetti with Olive Oil and Garlic. It…
Vegan Frozen Hot Chocolate #BornOnTheFarm
No Rennet Goat Cheese (Chèvre)
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…
Two Ingredient Vegan Healthy Instant Blueberry Ice Cream
This five-minute vegan, sugar-free instant ice cream, made with just two ingredients, was one of those “necessity is the mother of invention” products. My frustration level with allergy-friendly ice cream and popsicles hit maximum during the spate of 40 celcius weather we’ve been having. There’s a crap-ton of coconut ice cream out there on the market….
3 Minute Vegan Microwaveable Strawberry Cobbler
One of the biggest problems with making desserts around here during the summer is that people seldom want to eat the same thing. Heck, I can’t even get people to synchronize their meals. So needless to say, a quick-prep, ready-anytime microwaveable dessert that’s not a cookie when people feel like having one has great appeal. Cobblers,…
The Classic Egg Salad Sandwich
In case you hadn’t been following along with my updates about the 30-day food challenge I was participating in at YummyMummyClub, for pretty much the whole month of May I was seeing whether it was possible to eat well and Canada Food Guide healthy on a limited budget of $5.50 per person per day. Spoiler…
5 Secrets You Need to Know About Making the Best. Popcorn. Ever.
Would you like to know how to make your microwavable popcorn 1000% more awesome? Take all those microwavable bags of popcorn, put them in a metal garbage can, add a large quantity of gasoline, and toss in a match from a safe distance.* Now that’s awesome microwaved popcorn. Once you’ve enjoyed the show, read MY instructions on…
Green Beans with Mozzarella + Tomatoes (Fagiolini in Tegame alla Italiana)
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…
10 Minute Fettucini Alfredo (It’s Real, Dude!)
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,…