Category: recipes

  • Merry Halloween — What To Do With Left Over Candy

    Merry Halloween — What To Do With Left Over Candy

    Halloween is terrifying. I’m not talking ghosts or ghouls or gore — I’m referring to the other G-Word — gluttony. Specifically mine. If there’s a Kit Kat or Coffee Crisp bar within a 500 foot radius, I will find it and I will put it in my mouth. So what are we “willpower challenged” to…

  • Best Sweet Potato & Pumpkin Soup Recipe

    Best Sweet Potato & Pumpkin Soup Recipe

      Several years ago on a trip up north to watch the changing leaves (no, not like “watching the submarine races.” We really were there to look at the leaves!) my future husband and I stumbled upon a restaurant in Huntsville Ontario called, Three Guys And A Stove and we fell in love. Not with each other (that came later)…

  • My Mother’s Secret (but not anymore!!) Lemon Loaf

    My Mother’s Secret (but not anymore!!) Lemon Loaf

    My mom can bake. Boy is she tanned! Just kidding. She bakes in an oven, not in a tanning bed (unless she and my dad are headed to Cuba and then all bets are off. She’s all about getting “the base.”). My kids are obsessed with Grandma’s muffins. So is my dad.…wokka-wokka. Sorry, that was terribly…

  • If You Give A Kid A Pancake…

    If You Give A Kid A Pancake…

    ….they’ll eat it.    And if the kid happens to live in my house, they’ll probably eat five.   And if they eat five you’ll feel satisfied that you’re filling them up, especially if one of your kids generally eats like a bird.   And if you add veggies to the pancakes, you’ll high-five yourself…

  • Smoothie Cereal For Picky Eaters

    Smoothie Cereal For Picky Eaters

      The only silver lining to being hit with a virus is possibly shedding a few unwanted pounds. Unless of course, you’re a teeny, at-the-bottom-of-the-growth-chart tyke like my little girl, who doesn’t have an ounce to spare. So when she’s sick, maintaining her hydration level and caloric intake is essential. Two weeks ago she caught…