Get your summer entertaining off to a fast and fresh start with these quick and easy nibbles that you can throw together in a snap.  I’ve kept the cooking to a minimum so you don’t heat up the kitchen and melt the ice cubes in your drink!  Play with the flavours a little to suit your tastes, adapt to your pantry ingredients and make them your own signature summer style!

BRIE BUNDLES
Makes 12
Preparation Time:    10 minutes
Cooking Time:        0 minutes
Notes:  Sweet, [...]

April showers may bring May flowers but they also bring a bounty of new seasonal crops that I can’t wait to incorporate into my family’s mealtime.  It’s about this time of year that I am tired of all the root and heartier vegetables that we have had an abundance of through the winter such as beets, cabbage, carrots and parsnips.  Don’t get me wrong, come October I can’t get the brussels sprouts and autumn fruits in the oven fast enough [...]

February has our thoughts turning to romance with the approach of Valentine’s Day.  This year picture yourself romantically holding hands across a beautifully prepared meal while the flicker of candles light up your loved one’s smile.  Can you see it?  No?  Could be the two kids crawling under the table and your exhaustion from preparing the meal alone blurring your vision!

For some, preparing a meal at home has all the romance of a crowded bus stop.  But it doesn’t need [...]

Please forgive me if the odd spelling mistake creeps into the next 50 lines or so. After straining a muscle in my right forearm yesterday, I’m forced to tackle things one handed. I wish I could say I hurt my arm in a hip and stylish way like practicing hot yoga or fighting over that last pair of half priced boots but no; I did it by stirring a pot of risotto! Those creamy little grains of [...]