goodness, fitness, wellness
Like a bit of heat and versatility in your meals and summer drinks? Try these incredibly easy pickled jalapeno peppers to spice up your life! Recently our family came to visit, which meant lazy days at the lake, wiener roasts and burgers and easy meals. But our family also likes a bit of spice and heat,... Continue Reading →
It’s been a while coming for the second installment of our New York City taste experience. Summer weather makes it harder to sit inside and write! Our other highlight of New York was the Italian food. There are great place everywhere, like Coppola’s on the Upper West Side, but Little Italy is a must-see, must-taste.... Continue Reading →
At a recent trip to the butcher, I saw a fresh chicken breast made into cordon bleu in the display. I had never thought about making that at home, unless it involved warming up a packaged, frozen one. It seemed to be a restaurant-only meal. But seeing it in the butcher got me thinking, and... Continue Reading →
Nothing is better than barbecue chicken (or grilled, for my American readers), but it's hard to do bone-in pieces without either undercooking or drying them out. Bricks are the answer. Yes, you heard me right. Bricks. "Bricking" uses real building bricks to weigh down meat while grilling. It creates a seared crust but also... Continue Reading →
I'm on a lettuce wrap kick. Particularly in the last few days, in an effort to eat lighter after a week eating everything I could get my hands on in New York, I have been trying different combinations of lettuce wrap meals. My first foray was a chicken salad wrap. We had some leftover... Continue Reading →
Our recent trip to New York was an amazing experience. There were shows, a baseball game, visits to some new locations like Coney Island…and of course food! We did enjoy some of the standard fare, but I’d like to highlight a few local delights over my next few blog posts. Here’s hoping one day I... Continue Reading →
I am a real sucker for cheese. Any kind of cheese. My theory is that cheese could make a stone taste good. So in a crunch, cheese can be used to put together any kind of meal – serving as the protein in a main course, adding flavour and protein to a salad, a go-to... Continue Reading →
Somebody, somewhere (likely a flower shop owner) came up with the idea of Mother’s Day. Such events are a boon for card stores, flower shops, and long distance telephone companies (although who doesn’t bundle, Skype or FaceTime these days?) However, it is more than worth taking a special day to reflect on the impact of... Continue Reading →
I have been hoping to move to more spring-like cooking experiments but our weather hasn’t been cooperating. As a result, comfort food is still the ideal in our neck of the woods. And what could be better than locally sourced veal and cheese, made into a delicious Veal Parmigiana? Let me start by pointing out... Continue Reading →
I am not a baker. Correction. I can bake. Anyone can bake. Like any forming of cooking, it takes patience and practice to get good at it. I don’t have as much practice baking because I don’t gravitate to it like I do other forms of cooking. With the exception of Yorkshire pudding, or recent... Continue Reading →
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