It’s official! I’ve fallen in love with lettuce wraps! I’ve eaten gluten-free and low carb for over a year and a half now and I’ve never tried to add crunch to my meals in this delicious, healthy and simple way! The last few weeks of warm weather has brought out some new, simple ideas for […] Read more…
Who every said salads were boring? Definitely no one that tried this crunchy Asian slaw salad! It’s become a staple in our house, especially for summer backyard entertaining! Now that I’m on a great weight loss plan and eating healthy everyday, I want to share some of my favourite salad recipes and go-to meals that […] Read more…
Weeknight meals are a huge rush for us and now that I’m not working at home, and with Paul working late or traveling, we need some creative ideas to make healthy dinners in 15 minutes! I love the idea of batch cooking and even tried it a few times, but I can’t seem to find […] Read more…
I was inspired by a baked pancake muffin photo that I saw on Facebook and realized that as much as the kids LOVE pancakes, we just don’t have time for them on busy school mornings. Using a one-ingredient pancake mix (yup, out of the box), we made these amazing mini chocolate chip pancake muffins this […] Read more…
The leaves are changing, our fall jackets are out of the closet and my favourite time of year is approaching. I love the crisp air, apple picking, tall black boots and celebrating all that we are thankful for at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Despite our loss, I find that we work hard to find things that […] Read more…
What’s the worst time of day during the week? Is it around 4pm after homework and before the evening’s activities when you realize that you forgot to take out the chicken from the freezer, the kids are starving and you have to race out of the house to swimming, dance or hockey? Yup…making weeknight meals […] Read more…
We love making memories with the family at backyard BBQs, pool parties and campfires by the lake and we’ve been doing a lot of “partying” already this summer! Whether we’re taking a dish to someone’s house or having them at our house, it’s difficult to come up with new summer dessert ideas each time! The […] Read more…
I was totally in the mood for macaroni salad the other night, so of course, I went to Pinterest to find the one like my MIL used to make. All of the recipes had pickle juice or relish and dijon mustard that I knew the kids would hate, so I created my own (with the […] Read more…
Now that I have your attention, let me clarify…. We live on chicken here and that means I need to be creative! I’m also quite sure my children will start clucking in a few years…but we NEVER, NEVER have naked chicken! Yes, I’m part of the #nonakedchicken movement striving to keep chicken decent and covered up! Here are […] Read more…