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I learned the art of pastry from my French mother. Pastry and pancakes (crêpes/galettes). And the truth is, what you grow up with influences your tastes. It’s part of why it’s so important for us as parents to fill our houses with healthy, fresh, delicious food. That is what our kids will remember and lean…
Summertime: sun, beaches, holidays, and of course, BBQs. Unfortunately, we are still a long way off getting together enough money to do some work to our garden and make more of a “patio” space that will hopefully one day include a BBQ. I look forward to that day, but for now, summer BBQs are spent…
While we try and eat fish (particularly oily fish) a couple of times a week in our house, it can be tough to do this on a tight budget. We have managed to incorporate some organic produce, free range meat, organic milk and occasional organic nuts, grains and eggs by doing pretty much entirely cooking…
Eating out can be tough when you are trying to keep your sugar intake low. Now, don’t get me wrong, since we don’t eat out that often, we generally don’t get too worried about a little sugar in our meal – after all, it’s a treat. But sometimes I crave a restaurant or takeout night,…
I love leftovers meals. Seriously. They are often my favourite meals of the week. Most of our lunches are leftovers. Last night’s dinner often gets popped in my husband’s lunchbox for work, and my kids scoff down any extra, or leftover lunches or dinners from earlier in the week. Saturdays we often end up having…
We eat quite a bit of homemade curry in our house. Not the complex, multi-layered curries that take hours to make and are truly delicious, but time-consuming. I make those occasionally (oh the smells they create in the house!), but mostly leave that to the experts and enjoy it as a treat takeaway or meal…