Sometimes, things don’t always go as planned in my world, like that one time I caught the bus to work going in the wrong direction. I sat on that bus until there was no one left, completely embarrassed to the point of petrification. I didn’t want to ask the driver where we were actually headed, […]
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I’ve bean on a bit of a Mexican kick lately, as you’ll see in my next post as well (Enchiladas!) and I just can’t get enough of it. The flavours of Mexico have been brought even closer to home now that my parents live there for half the year. Each year my Mother brings home
I need a recovery. Why do I require a recovery? Because I’ve eaten a whole cake people, the whole thing. Remember this cake? Well, it’s gone…down my gullet. Oh, but I must have shared it right? Well, I did give a few pieces to my adoring husband, and a few random bites to my pleading,
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Risotto, one of cooking’s greatest gifts to comfort food. For some reason, people have it in their head that making risotto is somehow difficult. Maybe it is watching too many episodes of Hell’s Kitchen, witnessing the torture each chef goes to to produce the finest in creamy, grainy goodness. Well, let’s shake that notion out
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I’d like to tell you that I am planning in advance for the upcoming holiday of love, Valentine’s Day. I’d like to tell you that I thought long and hard about what was a perfect Valentine dessert. I’d like to tell you I did not eat two pieces of this last night….but then I would
I promised pizza, and I always follow through with what I say. That being said, this is not a healthy pizza, nor is it a traditional or otherwise special pizza. This is pizza you make for yourself and your family when you really want a good tasting pizza crust and no added costs for delivery
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I admit, I’m not much of a fan of having fruit or other “dessert” related toppings added to my meat or seafood. Cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving? Umm, no thanks. Mint sauce on my lamb? Are you kidding me? Applesauce on my porkchops? I’d rather have a little Dijon to dip in. You get the idea.
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Mexican food. What do those words conjure up for you? To me it means avocados, corn tortillas, limes, salt, tequila and meat. I’ve never really had a bad experience with Mexican food, save for all those awful hangovers from tequila. Even on trips to Mexico, I’ve never been disappointed. I think the only time may
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Seafood Sushi Bowl Read More »
Weekends are meant for laziness. I don’t mean you should do nothing, but the fast pace of the week has come to an end, and now it’s time to take it easy. Watching movies with the kids, baking a huge batch of chocolate cookies “just in case”, meandering around stores in search of nothing in
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