I managed to evade cooking a turkey for the first 30 years of my life, but this year, this Thanksgiving, there was nowhere to run...nowhere to hide. It was my turn to broil the bird.If you'll know anything about me, it's that I have vegetarian tendencies. Basically, the only meat I will eat is … [Read more...]
How to be the best guest EVER at the cottage? …psst bring food!
So, you're heading up to cottage country for the weekend. Awesome! You're entertaining guests OR even better, you ARE the guest! And you've offered to bring up a meal or two, like a good guest that you are, right? What to bring? Instead of the standard sausages, pasta salad, and hamburger … [Read more...]
HOT, HUMID, AND THEN THERE IS DINNER!
I think I have mentioned in the past how I really hate cooking. I know, hard to believe that a mom of 8 would not be into cooking. I have just never been a big eater, don't really like food, nor do I get overly excited over eating a great meal. We need to keep this bit of … [Read more...]
Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
How often do you open up your home and have people over for dinner?With my return to work this fall came a determination to keep my marriage and my kids at the top of my priority list, and, as such, I have not had the time I would like to devote to friendships and sharing life with others. This has … [Read more...]
I broke one of my first ground rules.
When I became a mother just over 9 years ago, I set out a few ground rules for myself and my kids. One was that my children would know how to fall asleep on their own. I didn't want to get into a pattern of having to lie down in bed with them or rock them until they fell asleep. I … [Read more...]
Trying out Supperworks
Sometimes I'm really organised and we have lovely dinners, complete with salads and even dessert. Then there are those weeks, when someone's sick, or there are too many hockey/soccer games and it's a dinner disaster. Once in a while, cereal for dinner (or grilled cheese, toast with eggs, … [Read more...]
A Birthday Not So Bad
Sorry for the delay in posting. My Husband has been away for work and got home only last night. It's been nuts, and my time on the computer has been limited to a few tweets here and there. My birthday was a few weeks ago. I wasn't feeling great about it. I always miss my mum around … [Read more...]
Hearty Roast Beef Dinner for Cold November days
What's heartier than a pot roast simmering in the oven while leaves dust off the trees and temperatures drop? Nothing, I'm sure. This is one of my favourite fall/winter meals, and I prepared it this past Sunday. Here's the recipe: 2.5 pounds boneless bottom round roast 1 tsp olive oil 1 tsp … [Read more...]
Random on Wednesday
I love the bullet point. Note that I'm becoming increasingly obsessed with it in my blog postings. It just works, you know? I went through a similar phase with the semicolon in university. A teaching assistant ("Rob" from Literary Theory taught by the divine Gary Wihl, McGill circa 1995) … [Read more...]
Brown Bag Turkey and a Trip to the Farmer’s Market
I finally downloaded some pictures from Thanksgiving. Here's my twenty-pound turkey in all it's glistening, savoury glory: I prepared the turkey in a brown bag. It's absolutely no-fail to the extreme. It's my ninth year doing this, and every single year, the bird is impeccably … [Read more...]