{spicy southern kitchen} easy chicken pie

chicken pie - im with dylan (2)

do you know how sometimes you get a craving for something but you don’t get it right away and then that craving sticks with you for days and days until you do something about it? that’s how i have been feeling about chicken pot pie, and finally – FINALLY – i went out and did […]

{julia’s album} cauliflower alfredo sauce

we made a concerted effort to decide that we wanted to incorporate more vegetarian meals into diet. not simply because we eat entirely too much meat, because i’m not sure that’s possible, but also for financial reasons. meat is expensive and there are a million other great ways to get protein outside of chicken, pork, […]

unfocused focus

this-is-our-most-days

or, “how to get stuff done when you have a toddler” it’s all fine and well for people with (and without) kids to make suggestions to newbies on how to get stuff done. how to clean, how to work, how to shower. but truth be told, all circumstances and situations are unique. the boy used to […]

{table for two} white pizza

garlicky-white-pizza-and-sides

i honestly and proudly confess that we eat wholly too much pizza in this house. there’s nothing wrong with that, other than the fact that pizza probably isn’t the healthiest food on the planet, but it’s all ooey gooey cheese and so easy. in an effort to make better choices for the family, it’s been […]

{lauren’s latest} crispy beef

homemade-crispy-beef

when i first started coming to toronto, we used to go to this great restaurant on king street called fortune cookie for their fried rice and the crispy beef. it was so perfect, we ordered it every time. but, like many restaurant’s in this fickle city, it shuttered in favour of an oyster bar. i […]