a peek inside the fishbowl

I was browsing the aisles at Bulk Barn when I noticed a barrel full of organic black rice, and I was intrigued. I have eaten wild rice this colour (I confess I don’t like it that much) but never anything like this. I’m no grain aficionado. We usually stick to whiter varieties of regular rice, […]

The youngest made cookies today! It’s a great little recipe actually, one that she nabbed right off the back of our jar of Kraft peanut butter: I used to scoff at this recipe, but it actually works… and it’s the fastest recipe in the history of cookie making! All you need is: 1 cup of […]

I’ve been feeling a bit like a crazy mama this week, working/writing/planning to the point of Total Brain Explosion. And then there’s the weather! Holy crap. I’ve had it up to *here* with the deep freeze. CALGON, TAKE ME AWAY. The cold has been downright paralyzing. And this kind of paralysis demands easier meals and […]

Black bean chili with corn (pictured above) Warm butternut squash and chickpea salad Lemon chicken with bok choy Pan fried tofu with spicy sauce Mini baked donuts (This one sounds like a good thing to do with the kids!) Share the post “Five recipes for things I am craving right now” FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestStumbleUponE-mail

I’ve had this recipe kicking around for years – written longhand on a sheet of paper. So long, in fact, that I decided I needed to get it down in a digital format to avoid catastrophe. And THEN I thought, hey, why not share it here too? There’s no photo, because it doesn’t look pretty […]