This classic post was originally published in September of 2013. It's officially the first day of fall, so you KNOW you tea drinkers need to get in on the pumpkin spice latte train. Oh, and my kids are no longer sick. Hooray for the passage of time. Four out of five of my kids are sick. Snuffling, sneezing, sore throat, goobery, gloppy, walking-petri-dish, tissue-dropping sick. This comes at the end of a week that was so busy that I didn't know whether I was coming or going two-thirds of the time. There are five kids in this house, friends, you can imagine how many extra-curricular activities we have... To cap it off, my darling Evil View Post
Toffee Brownie Crackle {Crispy Brownie Wafer Cookies}
There are a lot of foods I like. Duh, right? No seriously, work with me here. The list is extensive. In fact, I'd say I like more food than I don't like... I don't naturally have a sweet tooth. It's pretty easy to go overboard on my sweetness quotient. I prefer foods a little further on the savoury or bitter spectrum. There is one GIANT, HUGE, ENORMO exception, though. Brownies. Uhmuhgush, people. I'm a brownie maniac. I eat them all. I eat fudgy brownies, cakey brownies, blondies (I know, maybe that's stretching the category a bit), BROWNIES. All of them. I like brownies made with pounds of butter and sugar, fake-you-out brownies made View Post
Cincinnati Chili
This post was originally published on May 3, 2011. Wowza! It got a little facelift in the form of new photos and a lovely printable recipe. Dig in, friends! Rain, mixed precipitation, and more rain... This has been our weather pattern for the past three weeks. Add colder than normal temperatures and you get an idea of the dreary outdoor conditions around here. Blech. Today, the boys and I hit the end of our proverbial rope and decided we wouldn't take this rain lying down either literally -because puddles- or figuratively- because MEH. We combated the four billionth consecutive torrential rainy day by... Wait for View Post
Everything Soft Pretzels
Visit our Bread Recipes page for more wonderful homemade bread recipes! Did you know February is National Snack Food Month? Its true. And did you know that I am the (self-proclaimed) Queen of Snacks? It is in veritas.* *Wanton use of Latin proves either my royalty or the fact that I'm a homeschooling mom. I think this calls for a serious application of my snack food bonafides. (MORE LATIN!) There is no better way to kick off National Snack Food Month than with the King of All Snack Food (no relation): SOFT PRETZELS! Clearly, I'm excited here. I'm so excited I'm all capsy. Or should I say, I'M ALL CAPSY!? And exclamation marky?!?!! View Post
Slow-Cooker Red Beans and Rice and Creole Seasoning | Make Ahead Mondays
This classic from the archives is just what the doctor ordered to beat the snow storms that have been pounding the North East. Plug in the slow-cooker, pop your ingredients in the pot, and wait for the beautiful aroma to fill the room. Strangely, this recipe is equally at home in the hot summer months because it doesn't heat up the kitchen courtesy of it's slow-cooker preparation. I'm going to go ahead and say right now that I have absolutely zero idea how authentically "Cajun" today's recipe is, having never actually been to the great state of Louisana. All I know is that there are few things more satisfying than a big bowl of cooked View Post
Layered Chopped Taco Salad
Taco Salad. We all know how I feel about it. In short, I love it madly. And mercy... there are so many ways to make and serve them. Really, there's only one acceptable way to eat them, and that's to INHALE them, so we save the creativity for presentation. Today's take on a taco salad makes it downright pretty -it's true- but it also makes it the fastest taco salad this side of the Pecos. There's just something so eye-catching about the multi-coloured layers and something so fun about digging down through them to find the next good bite. It's true. Taco salad hits every single happy note a food could possibly hit for me. It's not just View Post
Scallion Cilantro Lime Rice
This is swoon-worthy rice we're talking about here today, friends. It's a simple as cooking your favourite rice -be it long-grain, short-grain, white, or brown- as you normally would do. Whether you use my most beloved kitchen friend, the rice cooker, or a heavy-bottomed pan with a tight fitting lid on the stove-top, the next step is what makes this rice the kind you want to pile on your plate in vast quantities; an almost unbelievably simple treatment of herbs, olive oil, garlic, and salt makes the rice fragrant, flavourful, and irresistible. Why is it that the easiest things are sometimes the hardest to remember? Over and over View Post
Lemon Pepper Grilled Zucchini
Simple side dishes that knock your socks off are as easy as 1-2-3 in the warmer months when fresh produce is abundant. This Lemon Pepper Grilled Zucchini is as wonderful and fast as it gets and makes use of a corner of the grill while you're cooking burgers, chicken, fish, or other goodies. Over and over again I'm reminded that my favourite foods are the ones I don't have to fuss over much. I'm not saying that foodstuffs that require effort aren't wonderful, but I'm saying that the ones that surprise me with their perfection are the ones that took five ingredients or less and just a couple of minutes. Case in point, today's recipe for View Post
Honey Mustard Pulled Pork Sliders
Can you think of something that would be more fun and crowd-pleasing for Memorial Day than a giant platter of Honey Mustard Pulled Pork Sliders on pretzel buns? I surely can't! Tender, juicy, tangy, sweet, ever-so-slightly spicy pulled pork on a pretzel roll with a bed of young lettuce and some thinly sliced sweet onions. Use Honey Mustard Pulled Pork Sliders to kick off the unofficial start of summer in real style! Would you like to know what I intend to do this Memorial Day Weekend? Ab.So.Lute.Ly NOTHING! That's right. I not only have no plans, I plan to do nuttin'. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Lay around in a hammock with my feet up stirring only View Post
Make your Own Frozen Patties for Grilling Hamburgers
There's no denying the convenience of frozen patties for grilling hamburgers, but they're often made of sub-par meat or have questionable additives. Solve the problem by using home-ground beef or ground beef from a butcher or a store you trust and make your OWN frozen patties for grilling hamburgers! Bonus: You can take advantage of meat sales to save money! I love the convenience of frozen patties for grilling hamburgers. I seldom like the texture or flavour, though, of commercially purchased patties... they're all a little like old boot if we're being honest. Part of the issue at hand is user error: we don't always finesse frozen View Post
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