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I can’t believe it’s October already. This year is flying and I mean flying. I feel like it was just yesterday that we brought Wendy home from the hospital and were trying to figure out this whole mom thing…still working it. As I work on that, I’ve noticed that the days have now become cooler and I’m ready to cozy my way into my blanket with a hot drink. Since Chris loves juices, I figured why not make a hot apple cider with spices.Read More
So up until a few years ago, I was not a fan of brussel sprouts…not surprising, I’m generally not the kind of person who prioritizes her veggies, especially when there are carbs on my plate, but I’m slowly changing that. Anyways, brussels sprouts weren’t really a thing I enjoyed eating until I added some extra ingredients that made it a dish I couldn’t resist anymore. Introducing the brussel sprouts and pancetta aka bacon!Read More
I’m always trying to find a way to make the foods I love, healthy but flavourful. The hardest time to do it though, it during any major holiday. I mean people get really attached to their favourite holiday comfort foods…like really attached…people like me…So I knew that if I was going to change the way I made sweet potato casserole, I had to make it good. I’m proud to say I found a way!! I cut out the refined sugars, minus the marshmallows. Common now, I couldn’t cut out the marshmallows, but I cut out the rest of the sugars which are usually added. Read More
This is the ultimate fall salad. It has so many wonderful flavours that remind me of the cool weather. I love making it during the season, especially for big holiday feasts. Chris and I love it and he’s constantly bugging me to make it every few days. He says his favourite part of the salad is the Honey Balsamic dressing that I make, I think the whole darn salad is good.Read More
Honesty time, I’m not a fan of raw carrots, especially plain raw carrots. Disgusting. I used to cover them in some sort of dip or I fed them to my dog, Lady. But now that I’m a mama, I can’t really do that anymore….or at least I’m more aware that I shouldn’t do that with a set of little eyes watching me. I want her to eat her carrots so I’ve had to come up with ways to make mine a heck of a lot tastier, ergo roasted parmesan garlic carrots. Read More
So I kinda sorta maybe forgot that Thanksgiving is this weekend. Bad Canadian….also busy mama. Between appointments, chasing after Wendy, and just tiredness, I’ve really been dragging behind on my organization….my poor Erin Condren LifePlanner is gathering dust right now….
Forgetting about a major holiday is rather new to me, I love Thanksgiving and fall so I couldn’t just skip over it without at least trying to put together a small dinner for my family. So when Chris drove past a Real Canadian Superstore and saw an ad for a free ham, I made him jump on that! Not that it took much convincing. So with a 10.5 lbs ham, I had to figure out some of the other details quickly.
I literally decided we would have Thanksgiving dinner at 9 am, quickly went through the stuff I had at home, bought groceries, and started cooking at 1 pm. Dinner was scheduled for 6 pm and I’m happy to say I pulled it all off, on a budget.Read More
