a peek inside the fishbowl

I had a great lunch yesterday. In fact, I think I’ll make it again today: It’s essentially an asparagus salad, although now that I think about it, I think it’d make a fantastic make-ahead side dish as well. Here’s the original recipe. I followed it fairly closely but I should probably mention that I pared […]

Lunch number 1346 and 1347 was a real winner. I liked this little dish so much I made it twice in a row. And as an added bonus I got to use up some leftover quinoa that was kicking around the fridge. Woot! Spicy shrimp, quinoa, avocado bowl for one You will need: five shrimp […]

I haven’t written up a “will they eat it” post for awhile now. I was poking around my recipe archive and remembered how fun it was so I thought I’d revisit when I could. I found a new recipe to add to my repertoire. It’s fast and flavourful and made a pretty good lunch the next […]

Do you make your own pancakes? Muffins? What about waffles? What about ENGLISH MUFFINS? I saw this “how to” recipe over at thekitchn.com and thought I’d give it a spin this past weekend, you know, just so we can say we tried making a new breakfast carb. In the end, the recipe the worked out […]

As some of you already know, I’m a big fan of making my own pizza dough. I use this recipe. It can easily be made by hand but it’s suuuuper quick with the help of a stand mixer. I usually make two batches and freeze the extra one (sometimes I cut it in two to […]