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08 Feb, 2019

Copycat recipe for Ikea’s mustard & dill sauce

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Recipes and Food

Confession: sometimes when I need to pick something up at Ikea I time my visit to coincide with lunch. Last time I was there I tried their new vegetarian hot dog, but usually I order their Swedish Gravadlax. I know it’s always ALL ABOUT THE MEATBALLS at Ikea, but at $5.99 this cold salmon plate […]

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18 Jan, 2019

You must MAKE THIS >> Ham and corn chowder

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Recipes and Food

The other day I bought a gigantic ham to bring to my inlaws for dinner. It fed five adults and two small dogs, and the rest was carved up and divided between the two households. We have been eating ham for DAYS ever since, sometimes lunch AND dinner. Piper has also been eating ham for every […]

Someone mentioned confetti squares being their favourite childhood treat so of course I had to look it up immediately. Much like this Christmas crack we make every year, it’s the kind of thing that you don’t bake, it’s more of an assemblage, but hey, that’s a good thing, especially for people like me who don’t […]


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