Adventures of a Home Cook
It is that wonderful holiday time of year again. Time for being thankful, surrounding yourself with loved ones, and eating endless carbs. While I know the holidays will not be the same this year, I still have all of the feels. To quote Johnny Mathus, …
The last meal I made for company before the lock-down was Chicken Tikka Masala. When I made this dish again last week I felt a sense of exhaustion. When the lockdown started in March there was a novelty to it. We played board games and …
Rice Krispies Squares are the quintessential childhood treat. This isn’t just nostalgia, my-mom-made-it-and-therefore-it-is-special. They are simple, quick, delicious, satisfying for any sweet-tooth and devoured with fervor. And while you could grab the recipe off of the back of the cereal box and hit it out …
This week marked my son (my baby!)’s 4th birthday! As the youngest, Cameron is never the center of attention. While he loved his presents, and he loved playing outside with his friends in a relatively social-distanced way, what was most special was that for one …
In my house, Thanksgiving is synonymous with pie! Specifically apple and pumpkin pie. While my true heart lies with apple, pumpkin pie only comes once a year and it is all the more special for it. I have tried numerous pumpkin pie recipes in the …
Every year I am taken back by how quickly the season changes from summer to fall. This year felt particularly exaggerated because it was 85 degrees and sunny last Saturday, and I was swimming. Yesterday my daughter insisted that I dig through the bins of …
I am obsessed with tomatillos, in part because they are very hard to find this far north of Mexico. For those of you unfamiliar, a tomatillo looks like a small green tomato, wrapped in a paper-like husk. While they can be eaten raw, usually chopped …
My daughter started her first day of Grade 1 today. She also decided that today was the day she would refer to me as “Mom” instead of the adorable and childlike “Mama” she usually uses. It’s like she’s trying to hurt me. I have always …
I like to think of myself as having somewhat of a green thumb. I have raised garden beds, I order seeds from a catalog in January, I meticulously water tiny plant babies in my basement under grow lights until the last frost. Yet despite many, …
My grandparents have a tiny cottage on Lake Erie. As a child I spent countless afternoons escaping the heat of the city, feeling the cool breeze coming in off the bluff, staring out at the water; endless blue. My sister and I would spend hours …