Every Friday we have the same thing, Breaded Schnitzels and mashed potatoes for me and the kids and something vegetarian to go with the mashed potato for the hubby. The kids love it, I love it, why fight it? so basically every week the things that change are the side salad/s and the vegetarian dish. […]
So what do you do when it’s cold and dreary outside and when you don’t really feel like standing in the kitchen for too long? Yup, soup. Pumpkin/ Squash season is coming to its end but I thought I’d give it one last kick at the can. I just found out that I had this […]
It’s Hanukkah, the festival of lights, the celebration of fried foods, children’s joy and weight watcher’s worst nightmare. Yup, it is, by far, the best. holiday. ever! Some people love Hanukkah for the jelly doughnuts, some for the candle lights, some for the songs and some for the time off. Me? I love Hanukkah because […]
Well, whether we like it or not winter is coming, and although I’m not a big fan, in fact I’m not a fan at all (I’m a sunshine girl), this cold weather brings something nice with it and that’s the opportunity to make a super easy and versatile dish – soup. What’s easier than cooking […]
Canadian Thanksgiving was celebrated this week, and although we never had a thanksgiving dinner at our house before, we figured why not use this as an excuse for dinner with friends? I mean, regardless of any religion or belief, we ARE supposed to be thankful for what we are fortunate enough to have, so we […]
We just came back from a long weekend vacation in Cape Breton, NS with friends and I feel so refreshed! While we were there our phones had almost no reception and the WiFi was dead and let me tell you something; it was the best! We just drove along the Cabot Trail inhaling the beauty […]
It’s Friday, I’m making dinner, I’m done cooking and now moving on to the salad, I open the fridge and find out that all I have is tomatoes…great! Now what? I improvise. If there’s anything that’s really refreshing in the summer and really comforting during the winter is mint. Yup, fresh mint leaves. I […]
After returning from our summer trip to Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec City I kind of missed our Friday dinners. Yes, we only missed two but still from some reason it felt like the weeks are just getting too long. Maybe it’s the fact that I had nothing to be my “closure” for the week; that […]