By Season
Brownie Bites
Today sanity and I took a little break from each other and I invited two other kids — two adorable sisters who live close by — over for a play date. To bake. With
Egg Drop Soup
Scarlett awoke the other night in a frightened sweat. I’m never really surprised when she has a nightmare because she has pretty vivid dreams on a regular basis but she
Gluten Free Oat Balls
You know you have a good friend when she reads about you going gluten free on line and when you meet her for lunch, she shows up with gorgeously made
Maple Baked Beans
Are baked beans as a brunch side dish a Canadian thing? I think they might be. Not that I wouldn’t like to eat them for lunch or dinner but there’s
Beef Curry
“Don’t freak out” is how my daughter greets me when I pick her up from school when she’s done poorly on a spelling test or lost a mitten or, last
Kale Mac and Cheese
I never know when the wrench is going to get thrown into our day. I’ve gotten used to it though. I make an awesome plan and then wait for Scarlett
Lemon Thyme Chicken Burgers
The only possible reason that my home isn’t the setting of a hit reality show called “Will They Miss the Bus?” is that Mark Burnett has not stopped by at 8:05
Devilled Eggs with Tuna
Ceri opened egg week talking about the popularity of shakshuka but there’s another egg dish that is nearer and dearer to me–the devilled egg. A few summer’s ago it had
Giving Up Gluten, Part 2: Like molten bicycle spokes
When one person in the family goes gluten free, everyone to one degree or another is going to have to get on board, right? My kids eat a lot of
Strawberry Banana Bread
How is your March break going? I think Esme would say that her favourite part of her week off so far was spending a day with me at our lovely








