It was a holiday season of epic proportions. Little Chef cooked about 14 new dishes, mommy ate more than her fair share, and James was damn near entering a diabetic coma from sugar over consumption. All in all a great success. For Christmas I made little chef a knife and tool roll and we bought […]
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Buttery Carbs as Therapy
This morning little chef woke up at 4:30 am, and after hushing him back to sleep (because under no circumstances was I ready to start my cheerio throwing day at 4:30) I laid in bed unable to fall back asleep. Suddenly in the dark the weight of the world came crashing down on my chest […]
Barf Happens
Let’s start out by me saying, hello. Remember me? I’m that lady that used to make you laugh or cry a couple times a week. Lately I have been a bit quiet…. let me tell you why. As I hope you remember I am pregnant again with another one of James’ love goblins, and let […]
Second Time’s the Charm
I knew in the back of my mind the second would be more difficult, but like anything with parenting I had no F&$%ing idea until I actually got there. Like this morning.
10 Ways to up your food game.
I have people ask me all the time how I make such cool things, or create such beautiful dishes. {They also ask how I got so good looking at witty… no actually they don’t but a lady can dream.} So I decided to give you some solid tips to kick your food game up a gear.
A Nod to the Classics
Some recipes are just plain old tried and true classics. Like the oatmeal cookie. The oatmeal cookie has played a starring role in the saga of my childhood. My Oma used to make these in giant batches and feed them to us when we came over to make crafts out of the strange things we […]
Mommy Chopped.
I have all the skills and tools to make the meal of your dreams, but in my own kitchen at 5:30 pm on a Wednesday evening when I crack open the fridge and look at the dismal gathering of ingredients, my ambition and creativity flee for their lives.
Tomato Tart
I have to say that making this dish brought back a lot of memories for me. When I was 19 I moved to Ireland by myself to work as a nanny for a year
Guest Blogging Adventures
As hopefully you have seen on my Facebook Page I have been guest blogging for Vancity Mommy D. It has been quite an adventure, getting my words out there to people who don’t have a clue who I am. Almost a bit liberating at times! Here are the links to the the posts I have done so […]