It’s Halloween baby! Tonight’s the night. The night where we come back home, grab a quick bite (aka dinner), get the kids into their costumes, put their makeup on, look for the trick-or-treating bags, find them, make sure we have enough candy to give out, meet friends and head out to trick-or-treat. Sounds hectic? Well, […]
Fall is all about the changing leaves, the beautiful colors, Halloween, apples and of course pumpkin. I open my Facebook Page every day and for the past few weeks all I can see is pumpkin this and pumpkin that and all I can think of is “oops, I have pumpkin nothing”. Yeah I’ll admit, I’m […]
Sometimes all I really need is a good piece of bread. I know, it sounds too easy right? But it’s true. Sometimes I’d wonder around the kitchen looking for that something to eat, not a meal, just a little something – that’s when I turn to bread. Think about it, bread with butter – a […]
When I was asked if I’ll take part in the “USA Rice Blogger Challenge” by USA Rice Federation, the answer was clear – YES. I received a few recipes for review, photos, info sheet and a great video and the task was to create something creative using USA rice. We all use rice, some on […]
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 […]
Rugelach are, to me, the easier version of a croissant. I know I know, it’s not the same, but hey, when you’re a working mom in need of kitchen entertainment and a delicious addition next to your coffee AND you’re on a tight schedule – these ROCK. Traditionally what I’d do is make these from […]
I think I might have had a writer’s block for the past month or so, because I couldn’t bring myself to writing something on the blog. That, in addition to having family visiting and spending time with my parents and my mother-in-law were the reasons for not seeing anything new around here. But hey, when […]