Posts From Laura

Picnics & BBQs

Sweet Potato 5: Quick and Easy Summer Dinner Salads

Have we told you we’re contributing to iVillage.ca? This summer is flying by at such a pace that we’ve been on iVillage.ca for a month now and just realized we

By Meal Type

Ice Cream Sandwiches

I remember when Scarlett was just a baby, maybe 8 months or so, and she had her first taste of ice cream. My mother gave it to her when I

Articles

Entertaining Week: Recipe roundup

The biggest weekend of the summer (in my book at least) is just around the corner. I’m not sure about you, but I intend to spend it with as much

Fruits

Berry Week: Our Top 4 Berry Recipes

Scarlett has been doing a lot of talking lately about going strawberry picking. She remembers the local farmer who lives down the way from our cottage who swore up and

Legumes

Mint and Chickpea Salad

We’re about to move our homes. I’m leaving my airy, bright downtown loft for a house. When I first moved from New York City, the fact that you can live in a

Lunch

Picnic Week: Easy, portable lunches and snacks

I remember when Scarlett was really little. I used to pack a blanket, toys, a bottle and a snack for me and head to a park. I actually used to

Articles

Sponsored Post: Support Canadian Food Banks and Join The Kraft Hunger Challenge

Something changed in me when I had Scarlett. Before her birth, I was definitely one of those people who cried at lame commercials about babies being born or people getting

Lunch

Classroom Fruit Salad

I couldn’t believe my good fortune when I read the parents’ bulletin board at Scarlett’s school and saw that one of the upcoming classroom activities was the kid’s making fruit salad.

Dinner

Chicken and Asparagus Salad

The other night as Scarlett and I walked to one of our favorite restaurants for dinner I asked her what she wanted to eat. She said, “I’m not sure. You’re getting the salad,

Round-Ups

Roundup: Fast Breakfast Ideas

This is no word of a lie: Scarlett likes to eat two breakfasts. I’m sure there are others out there like her. The second she pops her head off the