Cheesy Savoury Zucchini Quick Bread
Okay fellow gardeners…. Who has too much zucchini? You may not right now, but it’s coming…trust me!!! I don’t know about you but, whenever I have too many zucchini on my hands, and my family is tired...
View ArticleA Healthier Zucchini Fritter: Baked Zucchini Tots
Calling all zucchini lovers!!! Do I have your attention? I know I have talked (far too much) about zucchini on this blog! I’ve shown you how to freeze it (grated and blanched), how to make...
View ArticleThe Easiest Filled Pasta Pillows
Whenever I think about most pasta dishes, I think about a roaring fire and a big glass of red wine. Especially when it comes to baked pasta dishes that have to be lovingly cooked in a hot oven. Some...
View ArticleAmazing Ideas to Use Up Your Homemade Fruit Preserves
I visited the Niagara region this week and we were given a tour of the local stone fruit farms that are now harvesting all the goodies (I think I ate enough peaches for everyone out there!!). I was...
View ArticleRicotta Gnocchi with Zucchini flowers
Ahhhh the ever-popular zucchini flower!! I’ve been cooking with them all summer long…partly because I love them but also because the are still growing furiously on my zucchini plants!! I was making a...
View ArticleGetting Ready For September!
I know we’ve talked about this before but am I the only one who feels like the day after Labour Day is more of a fresh start than January first? I’ve always felt like the minute the kids head back to...
View ArticleOven Roasted Garden Tomato Dip with Goat Cheese
Hey guys…happy sautumn! Nope, that wasn’t a spelling mistake. Every year at this exact time, most of us (admit it…I’m not alone here!!) struggle to let go of summer. Yes there are some people who have,...
View ArticleLimone: Italian Curd Filled Lemon Cookies
If you pop into any baptism or communion lunch, you will find these traditional Italian cookies called pesches (meaning peaches) on most dessert tables! They are delectable little cakes filled with a...
View ArticleHow to Make the Most Moist Meatloaf (and an Epic Leftover Hack!)
Are y’all ready to get nostalgic with me?? No, I’m not going to talk about mac and cheese or even a Sunday sugo – although, both of those make me sooo happy! To me, meatloaf is such a nostalgic dish....
View ArticleHow Your Food Choices Can Affect Climate Change
Unless you’ve been living under a rock these past few weeks, you will all know who Greta Thunberg is – the 16 year old climate change activist who has been seen protesting and raising awareness all...
View Article10 Things to Do with Roasted Eggplant
If you ask me, I think the humble eggplant is a “wonder veg”. Why, you ask? Well, first of all, it’s so pretty! That beautiful hue of deep purple gets me every time. And, it can be small, large, round,...
View ArticleNostalgic Italian Cookies: Veches
These cookies always make me laugh. I know. They don’t look funny. But their name always makes me chuckle! This recipe is from my mom’s “little black book” and she used to make them for every family...
View ArticleQuick Pasta e Ceci: Rustic Chickpea and Pasta Soup
Pasta e ceci is a soup that is near and dear to my heart. It is for a few reasons. First, it was the soup I remember my mom (and my Nonna) making all the time when I was a kid. So it’s pretty nostalgic...
View ArticleChocolate Pine Trees: How to Decorate a Holiday Cake
There are so many ways to decorate a holiday cake! I seriously struggle, because I want to make an elaborate looking cake but then the holidays show up at my door and I’m like “ya, that’s just gonna...
View ArticleCoffee Peanut Butter S’Mores Cookies
I’m not sure if you guys know how much I love peanut butter. I mean, I really loooove peanut butter. I have it every morning in my smoothie. I think that if one of my kids had a peanut allergy, I would...
View ArticleGingerbread Crinkle Cookies with Salted Caramel Glaze
I feel like I’m always making confessions here on this blog. I always thought I started this blog to share information with all of you, but maybe I started it to create an outlet to come clean with all...
View ArticleParty Essentials: Appetizer Christmas Tree Cheese Ball
How does this happen every year? Y’all know what I’m talking about, right? You’re cleaning up the house after Thanksgiving (which, in Canada, for those of you who don’t know, is early) and you start...
View ArticleOriginal Condensed Milk Cake
Someone told me once that condensed milk is the most fattening food in the world. Why would anyone want to upset me like that? I wish I could remember who it was that put me into a state of depression...
View ArticleNonna’s Amaretti Cookies
Yup, I know what you guys want. Aside from easy dinner ideas and time saving hacks, you guys want nostaligia. I know this to be true because everytime I post something that I rememebr from my...
View ArticleThe Only Classic Cheesecake Recipe You’ll Ever Need {plus troubleshooting...
So here’s the deal with cheesecake… I’ve never been a big fan. I know, crazy right? I’m also not uber crazy about ice cream… Say wuuut? It’s not that I don’t like cheesecake (or ice cream) or that I...
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