Tag: Kids

Home Made Cooking

Sweet And Sour Chicken Strips

Every Friday the kids like to eat chicken, preferably breaded and fried, but I admit that it’s too much work for me sometimes, especially after a long day at work. I wish the kitchen was my only work but it’s not so I have to make changes sometimes to ease myself and make food faster […]

Cakes and Cookies

Chocolate Cake Ice Cream Cones

Well, summer is most definitely over by now. It’s colder in the evenings and even during the day. I had some ice cream cones left from the summer but of course no ice cream. While I agree that ice cream is a great thing regardless of the season I wasn’t planning on buying a bucket […]

Home Made Cooking

Homemade Mac & Cheese

The easy solution for any lunch or dinner with the kids is Mac & Cheese. I have to confess that I’ve never made Mac & Cheese myself. I always have these kits with the macaroni and cheese powder you mix together and serve. I do buy the organic ones with no food colorings and all […]

Cakes and Cookies

Coconut Cake with Chocolate Chips

I love coconut, who doesn’t  And this is exactly why I was so happy to find this old recipe I had in my old recipe bag. I have a plastic bag at home, a really old one and it’s full of recipes, the old fashioned ones – the hand written ones 🙂 It’s actually quite a […]

Home Made Cooking

Breaded Turkey Meatballs

I like my food simple, I really do. Not because I’m lazy or because I want it ready fast, but because I think that this is the best kind of food the simple food. It goes well with everything, every time and anywhere. And this is exactly what these breaded meatballs are. My mom used […]

Cakes and Cookies

Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

When I used to work on the Halifax Waterfront I sometimes went to grab lunch at the wonderful “Cabin Coffee” Café . This little place has the most amazing atmosphere, a cozy and homey one. Imagine a cold winter day and you’re sitting at the café having your hot soup and yummy sandwich in front […]

Home Made Cooking

Sweet and Sour Chicken Drumstick – Kids’ Favorite

Whenever we go out for some Chinese food, the kids always have the same thing – Sweet and Sour Chicken; and to be honest I like it too, but I never thought I can make sweet and sour chicken at home, well apparently I can. The only thing is that I didn’t have chicken breast or any […]

Salads

Corn and Cheese Salad – One of our favorites

Sunday. Brunch. No ideas – again. I want to make it look yummy yet pretty and sophisticated, I also want it to be easy, fast and the kids to like it. I know, I know, maybe too much to ask? I don’t think so. Take a look at our all time favorite, I always have […]