This easy gourmet macaroni and cheese is a favourite! The sweetness of the apples and addition of the sharp beer really add a new dimension. You can fancy it up even further by adding your morning's leftover bacon! Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking … [Read more...]
UrbanKitchen: The Ultimate Lasagna
We're settling into the cold weather now and craving comfort foods. Lasagna is always a great go-to dish for any night, especially for when guests come over. The gooey cheese that we pull from the piping hot dish is what comfort food dreams are made of. I can't resist, can you? It's a dish that can … [Read more...]
Seafood & Swiss Grilled Cheese
I read a tweet about it being National Grilled Cheese Day today. Perhaps this is only in the US. Perhaps it's all in the mind of some lonely dude somewhere, in his sad basement apartment, clinging to the internet for friendship. And for his sanity. But who cares. Grilled cheese? Yes, please! (As … [Read more...]
piss me off-skimping on the cheese
I have a number of friends who are lactose intolerant and have discovered this in the last couple of years. I picture the doctor's office, where they tell you of your allergy, with a shotgun in one corner-offering cheese lovers like me an option to end their lives then and there rather than … [Read more...]
Paris with a 9-year-old
Checking in from the UK to report on our whirlwind 3 day tour of Paris! Wow. What an adventure. We stayed with friends, celebrated their son's 12th birthday, walked, ate, traveled by boat on the Seine, learned naughty words in French, drove Paris by night, explored Versailles and much, much, … [Read more...]
Fresh Air and Exercise
There's nothing like a day spent outdoors in springtime to make you feel totally and deliciously alive. Yesterday we took the family up to Sunshine Village for a gorgeous day of spring skiing and an early-season picnic.Of course little gimp (as we affectionately refer to her) wasn't able to ski, … [Read more...]
Cheese…Chee-eese…
It calls my name, cheese does. I love it. I have a hard time resisting it's smooth, creamy, nippy, melty goodness. In fact, I can't think of a single food that is not improved by the addition of cheese. And, you know, it's that time of year again, when my Hubster leaves his family so he can go and … [Read more...]
The Unconference, Sassafraz and Enza the Supermodel
I haven't really slept in a week. I just had to get that off my chest. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining but I am seriously tired. From the Baby and Toddler Show to Breakfast Television to The Holiday Product Testing Party there just hasn't been time. Then, there was Thursday. It was … [Read more...]