Adventures of a Home Cook
Valentine’s Day has never been a holiday close to my heart. In my younger, more loudly feminist days, I dismissed it as the (mostly) commercialized, hallmark inspired holiday that it is. Since meeting my now husband, I have stopped celebrating Valentines Day altogether because his …
In a typical response to the indulgence of the holidays, I spend much of January embarking on a healthy(ish) approach to eating; less meat, no frying, trying to avoid anything resembling a bake good. I forced myself back into our basement workout room for the …
There is nothing better on a cold January day, after shoveling the driveway or helping the kids build a snowman, than sitting in front of the fire with a piping hot cup of cocoa. That call-back to childhood never gets old, unlike the motivation to …
This is the showstopper of all main course dishes. When done correctly, this dish make a statement: I am a bad ass in the kitchen! It makes that statement though because it is notoriously difficult to pull off. You need to make sure the dish …
The Christmas countdown is on. The countdown that stresses all mothers out- how will I accomplish everything before Christmas Eve? I lay in my bed last night thinking about everything I still had to cook and all the wrapping I had not finished, in that …
I am in love with this frittata recipe. Typically my frittatas have more of the ‘kitchen sink’ approach; a way to use up the vegetables and herbs in my fridge that are starting to look a little past their prime. There is nothing wrong with …
US Thanksgiving still looked a little different this year. We could not tailgate at the Lions game as we typically do (Canada still requires a very expensive PCR test before re-entry), but this year we were fortunate to be able to have a smallish gathering …
I have long resisted the rotisserie chicken on display at the grocery store. I think it was pure snobbery on my part. I thought- well I can cook a chicken better than the grocery store! And while that is true, for some incomprehensible reason the …
Over the next few weeks I am going to be highlighting one of my favourite cookbooks this year: Julia Turshen’s latest release, Simply Julia, 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food. Turshen speaks about healthy eating in a way that is far more balanced and …
