Spring has arrived. The weather has been great here the last few days – I find sunshine and nice weather – just instantly puts you in a good mood. I was excited today to see some of my perennials beginning to poke through..tulips are coming up – and buds are on the trees! If you live in Alberta, as I do – this is an exciting time of year, when we finally have a much deserved break from cold weather..and dreary winter. Things have been busy for me around here, finishing off my real estate license, I will be so happy when my exams are all finished…cooking is a nice…
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Pad Thai with Baby Bok Choy and Edamame
Mother’s Day weekend here and I had taken out some shrimp last night from the freezer, left to defrost in our fridge. Was trying to decide what to do with them for supper tonight…when I remembered Pad Thai…has been awhile since I have made Pad Thai…found a new recipe that I had not tryed before, and it will definately be my go to recipe – turned out great!! This recipe is courtesy of Mitchell Davis from a cookbook called Kitchen Sense (a great cookbook I might add). The only thing I changed was I added in some baby bok choy to the mixture and I used jumbo black tiger shrimp (probably…
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“Oh So Easy” Chicken Wings
Sometimes simple is best…I often find that in the kitchen. We had company over this weekend, and I had a package of wings leftover from the weekend that had to be put to use tonight. 2 boys have soccer tonight, so I wanted something quick that the boys could eat before we hit the soccer field tonight. I usually bake my wings (not because I don’t love the fried ones), just because I don’t love the extra calories that come along with frying. All I did for these was toss about 24 split chicken wings with the following: – approx. 2 tbsp soy sauce – about 2-3 tsp montreal steak seasoning – another…
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“Friday Night Finger Food” Pork and Vegetable Steamed Dumplings with Ginger Citrus Soy Dip
Oh Fridays..how I love thee! It has been a crazy busy week around here. For those of you that are Canadian, you know it’s that time of year…and no I am not speaking of the Royal Wedding…Tax Season!! In fact…I hate doing taxes so much that I would prefer to do almost anything else, hence the reason, they will be late this year…ugghh. Anyway, needless to say – I get to spend a fun filled weekend preparing paperwork for our accountant – and then will happily hand it over to him..only to have another year off until I have to think about taxes again. My kids absolute favorite thing that…
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Finger Lickin’ Apricot Chicken
This is a perfect weeknight meal for all you busy Mom’s out there. I got this recipe, years ago from my Mom, and it is an old standby that the kids love..for one of those nights when you just want something super simple to prepare for supper. There are hardly any ingredients, and you may just have all these hanging out in your cupboard. This was one of those nights for me, I had no idea what I was going to make for supper – busy day, just wanted something quick and simple that the kids would enjoy. The sauce recipe – makes enough to coat roughly 10 chicken drumsticks..I…
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Cheesy Cream of Broccoli Cauliflower Soup
Has been awhile since my last blog post. Been very busy around here with Easter, taxes, school and soccer season starting up for the boys. Our first soccer practice of the season tonight, so I wanted something quick and easy for supper tonight. Decided to make the kids chicken quesidillas with a bowl of soup on the side. I had originally planned to make just a broccoli cheese soup, but I didn’t quite have enough broccoli in the fridge – and I had some cauliflower, so I decided to use both. Turned out very delish – and was a hit with all the kids. The cheese is optional (if you…
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Cleaning out the Fridge – Couscous Salad
Easter weekend is approaching quickly, and since we are headed out for the holidays to visit family and friends, I have been trying to not shop for groceries and use up what we have in our fridge before we go. This isn’t really a recipe (well with exact measurements anyway), but you can really toss in what you like to this mixture. I will roughly tell you how I made mine. Great for lunch – or for a supper side dish. Couscous – is so quick and easy to make. I like to use chicken stock (for the liquid component), because I find it adds more flavour. You just need…
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Pizza Night – Our Family’s Favorite Pizza Dough
Friday nights are usually Pizza nights at our place – the kids look forward to it as do I. Sometimes I will just use Naan bread for our pizza base (that you can buy in the grocery stores), but if I make the crust – this is my favorite dough recipe for pizza that I have found so far. This Friday, my husband was away for an annual hockey tournament in the city, so my friend and her kids came over for pizzas and we took the kids out for a movie night. As for the toppings…well my kids are fairly boring when it comes to toppings….cheese…occasionally meat..yep that’s it..as…
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Hoisin Chicken Lettuce Wraps
This post name comes from my husband, who mentioned after devouring a few of these, that peanuts would be nice here…hmmm good idea honey. My husband doesn’t cook much, mostly because he works ridiculous hours and is hardly here…but I have to admit, after sprinkling some crushed peanuts over these to finish – they really hit the spot! I also garnished these with some fresh julienned basil (the basil was a last minute idea – and I am so glad that I added, really complimented the flavours…oh and of course – don’t forget the crushed peanuts (idea courtesy of Zander). My Mom used to make these when we had people…
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Fettucine with Artichokes (Fettuccine Con Carciofi)
We have started some of the renos on our house…new lights today. Slowly but surely we will update. It is amazing how much just new light fixtures make a difference. Since the electrician was here longer than anticipated, I wanted to make something quick and easy for supper..what better than pasta for that. This recipe is courtesy of David Rocco. You should really try to use fresh artichokes for this recipe if you can find them, and have the time (I have included the original recipe for your use)..sadly we live in a remote area in Alberta and it is pretty hard to find decent fresh artichokes, so I substituted in…
