Adventures of a Home Cook
To say that this was an unusual Easter is certainly an understatement. With social isolation continuing for much of the globe, most families spent their Easter alone or celebrated with video chats and telephone calls. It was quiet, slower, more introspective. While I would not …
January is officially the longest month of the year. Even this year, when we have received more rain then snow, the sky is gloomy and it is dark when I wake and dark when I drive home. The festive air has vanished and we are …
There are those “Martha Stewart” types who are artistic and creative and whose Christmas cookie creations turn out as beautiful as they taste. I am sadly not that kind of person. Despite concerted effort, my cookies have that home-spun, Pinterest-fail look. You know- the kind …
For all of those celebrating with turkey, football and wonderful Black Friday shopping- A Very Happy Thanksgiving! I will be enjoying all three in my favourite fashion: tailgating with turkey, watching the Lions win (ya right) and attempting to cross off my entire Christmas shopping …
This is part 2 of our “Lets Make Thanksgiving Stress-Free” posts. Gravy. Gravy stresses a lot of people out. There is the dreaded “lumps” that seem to appear out of nowhere (more on this below). The unclear sense of adequate volume- too much? too little? …
Thanksgiving is here (Canadian Thanksgiving that is). That wonderful time of year when we eat a giant bird and a plate filled with carbs and gravy and declare ourselves thankful- for family, friends and of course giant plates of turkey, carbs, and gravy. Like all …
Christmas season has not truly arrived until I host “Cookie day”. Also known as the day my kitchen becomes encased in sticky children’s hands, icing and sprinkles. In my house, sugar cookies are never “Instagram worthy”, pastel, coordinated or beautiful, except in the way that …
