Food
Choosing great food on a budget and turning that into meals the entire family loves! That's the goal for many households. It's not always easy, or affordable so here are a few ideas and recipes that make sense for our family. Hoping you find some new favourites for your family meal rotation here too. A love of food is something we all nurture from the start with our family, and as parents it's a constant challenge to commit to healthy living while also sticking to the budget. Here are a few tips and tricks that can help you eat healthy food and also try a few new recipe ideas that won't break the bank. Don't Miss my Cooking with Kids series and my Pinterest board by the same name. There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of amazing and fun recipes for families there. We cook it first and sometimes make the mistakes so that we can deliver great recipes and food content to you.
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Monday Mingle: Monday in June
It’s Monday once again, so here is my Monday Mingle. This is a vlog meme hosted by http://www.eightymphmom.com.
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150 Best Indian, Thai, Vietnamese and More Slow Cooker #Giveaway
I love my slow cooker and I adore experimenting with recipe books. So naturally when this one came my way I saw a great opportunity to introduce my family to Indian and Thai food. I have never ever made Indian food before and my family is not accustomed to this style of cooking, so what fun! Anyways this amazing recipe book is all Indian, Thai and Vietnamese. There are over 150 different recipes. The book is published by Robert Rose. It is new and the author is Sunil Vijayakar.$27.95 in Canada. We tried Beef Madras. It was a treat. The recipe book was filled with curry recipes and pilaf and…
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Social Media Superstars: The Second Award Ever!
Two weeks ago I announced the start of my Social Media Superstars Award. I gave the first ever to TD/Canada Trust and people were pretty happy about the series. It got a good response and frankly TD earned the award for all the reasons I told you here Anyways it is time to dish one out again in honor of a company doing social media well, or at least trying to do it well. This week, the company I am highlighting is also Canadian. So Go Canada! Two awards. Two weeks in a row. Both to Canadians. Wow! Listen, I would love to give this award out all the time…
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Mother’s Day: Tenderflake Pie Kits. Bake a Smile and a #Giveaway Chef’s Coat
My girls and I love to bake. And we love to be silly too. Because every now and then humor is food for your soul. So for Mother’s Day we shared some silly moments in the kitchen and we tried out Tenderflake’s Easy Pie kits. I mean, really, who doesn’t love pie?Tenderflake easy pie kits and Tenderflake pie shells take the headache out of baking and help simplify process for children in the kitchen. On occasion we make our own crusts and shells, but I love how these make everything just a bit easier and scrumptious too. There are two different Easy Pie kits: one has crumble topping and the…
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Cooking With Kids: 175 Best Babycakes Cake Pop recipes #giveaway
Easter cake pops. Daisy cake pops. Pancake bites. Champagne Cake Pops. Oh my gosh! No end to the creations you can make with this cookbook, published by Robert Rose. There is even a gluten free and vegan section in the cake pops book. Hear that my gluten-free fans? No secret here that I love my Babycakes machine. It is amazing. So when I was offered one of these 175 Best Babycakes Cake Pop recipe books to review and give away, well I knew we’d be baking some fun cake pops again. So this is my Thursday feature turned review and giveaway post. This book is fabulous. At first when I…
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Allan’s Dessert Bites – Chocolate and Cheesecake and Shortcake -Oh My!
These scrumptious little treats arrived last week and I had hoped to share with several people, including my readers. But then my family tasted them. And sad to say, that was it. Game over. The kids loved them. I loved them. Dad, well he got a taste or two. But wow. I apologize profusely. My kids liked them a bit too much. I was crazy for strawberry shortcake. These little bite-sized bits by Allan are very flavourful and come in four different varieties. I wouldn’t eat them every day because I am committed to maintaining my #plankaday routine and my healthy fitness journey. But tasty indulgences are also nice to…
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Best Butter Tarts on the Planet
Butter tarts are one of my all time favourite treats. We have made these together many times here and every single batch of these quintessentially Canadian treats is an opportunity to experiment. There are so many variations that you can make when it comes to butter tarts. In fact we like our yummy Canadian desserts simple so the flavour shines through with every bite. We’ve dubbed these the best butter tarts on the planet and even writing about them makes me want to go grab the butter and sugar and start baking. Do not scrimp on the filling whatever you do. You can add walnuts or raisins or pecans, but…
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Cooking With Kids: Cake Pops and My BabyCakes
So back around Christmas time I spied the amazing Babycakes cake pop maker and instagramed a picture while doing a quick shopportunity for Social Fabric. Well, I heard from several twitter followers how much they loved theirs and I take my lovely reader’s opinions seriously. But it was Christmas and I put that out of my mind for a time. Also this has been an expensive couple of years with furnaces breaking etcetera. Then my Sears rewards points added up. And so I cashed them in a couple months ago. I couldn’t resist using this for my Cooking With Kids posts. Ummm, seriously…who doesn’t like these?? My new friend. Babycakes…
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Wonder + Simply Free Blog Tour and Early Canada Day
This year we plan to be out of the country for our Canada Day celebration (well at least for the day that Canada Day actually falls on.) That will be odd because we often spend Canada Day at Niagara Falls or at home having a big party. See our family does summer big with multiple birthdays and anniversaries and cottage time and barbequing is a huge part of that tradition. This year though we had a chance to participate in several barbeques leading upto the big day and we helped host one for friends and family, with the help of Wonder + Simply Free and Mom Central Canada.We held the…
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Look What Popped Up! Dale and Thomas Gourmet Popcorn: Review and Giveaway
Look what popped up! My daughter Payton sampling the amazing Dale and Thomas Chocolate Chunk ‘N Caramel flavoured gourmet popcorn A really generous carton of Dale and Thomas handcrafted gourmet popcorn arrived on my doorstep last week. I love to share and so do Dale and Thomas. In fact it’s their motto. See the logo below. So I am going to give some to you. If you like popcorn and you like delicious gourmet treats you will love this stuff. So keep reading to find out how to win. Dale and Thomas is an American company based in New Jersey. Their amazing popcorn has been featured on the Today Show where…