Picnics & BBQs
Chef Notes: Smoking Made Easy Peasy
Just the idea of smoked food gets my mouth watering. Who doesn’t love smoked oysters, smoked turkey breast, or smoked beef brisket? It’s one of the oldest ways of preserving
Chocolate and Coconut Banana Pops
I don’t know about where you live but it has been insanely hot here. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not complaining. I love the heat and miss dearly in January.
Strawberry and Watermelon Salad
This recipe is by far one of my favourites. We published it last year on June 20th but we had to bring it back a bit earlier because this time
Garlic and Kale Dip
I had only one hope for this post: the dip would live in a bread bowl. I think life would be so much more satisfying if more foods were housed
The ALT Sandwich (Avocado, Lettuce and Tomato)
This was hard. I mean really hard. Hard like trying NOT to eat the cookies off the tray of homemade treats during the Christmas buffet kind of hard. Picking one
Grape Salsa
Our neighbors at the cottage are an amazing couple. From Vancouver, they travel every summer with their family to the tiny strip of Georgian Bay beach we all call home come June. Now, when
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
Grilled Shrimp Salad
Esme used to say that she wanted to be a chef or a doctor. And Ben and I would always tell her that those were skill sets we’d be happy to integrate into
Sponsored Post: Get Grilling with Walmart, plus a special offer for SPC Readers
I’ve always loved cooking. And a good thing, too, since having kids means I’m doing it all the time. But grilling, sorry to say, I’ve always left to the men
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
