Family favourites (old and new)
I first made this for my colleagues at Skunkworks Creative Group Inc., thus the name. It works best with a hefty pasta like rotini, fusilli, penne or cavatappi. You will need: 2 c. pasta of your choice 1 bag of baby spinach or arugula (washed …
I say blindfolded because these are so easy you can almost make them with your eyes closed – I take no responsibility for missing digits if you try it though. Frozen fries are full of crap (read the bag sometime, it’s horrifying what they can …
Fonda Bloy is an amazing dance instructor and choreographer. She is also the mom of Oliver, who at the time I first posted this recipe, was a very energetic 3-year old who is big on snap peas…red peppers…not so much. This is Fonda’s favorite salad …
This year my kids went off to their Auntie and Uncle’s for a big Thanksgiving feast so I was off the hook for cooking a turkey (insert cartwheel here). However, for Thanksgiving Monday they requested…meatloaf. My daughter “the mostly vegetarian” will eat very few meat …
I met Tracie Willis at my first “Mom and Tots” group. She had twin boys. After that I stopped whining (well maybe not totally). Tracie lived about 8 blocks from my house and was the one person I could count on to be up at …
Yesterday I decided to try out Katie Bishop’s “The best and easiest tomato pasta sauce,” from her excellent cookbook Slow Cooking. Easy Slow Cooker Recipes. I bought the book for the Vietnamese Pho Broth recipe (which is exceptional by the way) but today was not …
You know how left over BBQ steak is hard as a rock? This fixes that. You will need*: 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 large onion rough chopped 3 medium carrots scrubbed and cut in rounds 1 fennel bulb rough chopped 4 cloves garlic minced Handful …