Category Archives: food

Night out at the movies

Going to the movies, for us, is a HUGE treat because…well…it’s just so expensive (have you seen the price of tickets?!).  So our movie dates (be it GNO or taking the kids) is few and far between. But time to book a day out because now movie dates just got more budget friendly! General Mills…

Parent Club interviews Rose Reisman

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 Renowned health and wellness expert, media personality, caterer and author Rose Reisman has launched a revolutionary frozen food delivery service, Personal Gourmet Frozen. Personal Gourmet Frozen delivers across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) to Toronto (East York, Etobicoke, North York and Scarborough); Peel Region (Mississauga, Oakville and Brampton); York Region (King City, Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Thornhill,…

Valentine’s Day ideas

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 Heart shaped activities are the trend for Feb. 14…but I kinda think you should use your heart shaped ideas for every day.  Like get out your heart shaped cookie cutters and cut the crusts of those ham sandwiches with them.   Or make a heart shaped pizza for no reason.  Or even add a little heart swirl…

Parent Club Tip

I have been off with bronchitis and pink eye and child raising and lunch box making…and in my absence from the internetz I came up with an idea of a new feature for Parent Club…Parent Club Tips (or hacks or words of wisdom…we’ll see how it plays out).  But as you know, I am all…

Brownies on a stick

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I saw this and I thought – “hello next birthday party!” Ingredients: 1 box Betty Crocker* Chocolate Chunk Supreme Brownies Mix Water, vegetable oil and egg as called for on brownie mix box 15 craft sticks (flat wooden sticks with rounded ends) 2/3 cup (150 mL) semisweet chocolate chips 1 1/2 tsp (7 mL) shortening…

How to make Chicken Soup

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Tis’ the season where everyone is getting sick.  Sniffles, colds, congestion (and that’s just me).  ugh. So I am making chicken soup today.  Freezing chicken soup also for those future days when someone is sick and you just need a bowl of chicken soup. And yes, I’m sharing a video on How to make chicken…

‘Tis the season for cookies made with kids | #LMDConnector

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Whether you are into baking Peppermint Crunch Cookies or Gingerbread Stars - nothing says more holiday than baking with kids.  I must confess I love baking with my kids…(flashback memory to the Grand Prize of the entire school bake sale winning bunny cookies I made with DD2 last year while baby sat in highchair -> they were…

Homemade Food Gifts

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Last year’s teacher’s present was a mason jar with layered dry ingredients for homemade cookies (I knew the teacher had a daughter and thought it might be an activity they do together).  It was an easy gift.  An inexpensive gift.  And not just another thing for the teacher to dust. Sometimes, homemade food gifts are…

Soups, Stews & Chilis Make Life Easier

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Brrr…these chilly days and dark-far-too-early evenings make me crave something cozy and warm for dinner – unfortunately our 5 o’clock arsenic hour makes that a challenge.  So I’m trying to be smart (and make my life easier) by making big batches of soups, stews and chillis during the day and pop them in the freezer…

Keep Halloween from dying with these recipes

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Why must Halloween die so quickly?  Keep the spooky in your life by surprising the kids with these killer treats… https://www.lifemadedelicious.ca/en/Recipes/S/Spooky-Spiderweb-Pizza.aspx https://www.lifemadedelicious.ca/en/Recipes/S/Scary-Skull-Cakes.aspx Disclosure: I am part of the Life Made Delicious Blogger program and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.

Pound Cake is always welcome | #LMDConnector

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Visiting a new mom?  Visting YOUR mom?  Lunch box treat or afterschool snack.  Pound Cake is always welcome. Betty Crocker Cookbook Pound Cake 3 cups (750 mL) all-purpose flour 1 tsp (5 mL) baking powder 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt 2 1/2 cups (625 mL) sugar 1 cup (250 mL) butter or margarine, softened 1…