Meal Prep, Recipes

The Meal Prep Diaries: Weeks of March 9 and 16, 2025

Iโ€™ll admit, I wasnโ€™t feeling super motivated to write last weekโ€”but I had a pretty good excuse! I was busy celebrating my favorite week of the year: our wedding anniversary and my birthday! The week was filled with adventures, both with my husband and friends, which meant fewer home-cooked meals and more dining out. Still,… Continue reading The Meal Prep Diaries: Weeks of March 9 and 16, 2025

Meal Prep, Recipes, Trying New Food

The Meal Prep Diaries: Week of March 2, 2025

I almost didnโ€™t post my meal prep this week (hence the two-day delay) because, honestly, it felt pretty unremarkable. But then I reminded myself why I do these posts in the first placeโ€”both for my own accountability and to show that meal prep doesnโ€™t have to be fancy or complicated to be worth doing. So… Continue reading The Meal Prep Diaries: Week of March 2, 2025

Recipes

Easy Cream Cheese and Pear Pastries

My best recipes often happen when I play around with what I have laying around the kitchen. Last week, one of these magical recipes happened. For that reason, I donโ€™t have a ton of pictures as I really didnโ€™t have high expectations but the result was so good, I had to share. It all started… Continue reading Easy Cream Cheese and Pear Pastries

Recipes, Retro Cooking

Retro Cooking: 1940’s Maple Dumplings

This year, for Quebec National Day, I wanted to try making an old-school Quebec dessert that I had never tried but always intrigued me. In French, it is called "Grands-pรจres dans le sirop" which translates to "Grandpas in syrup". Basically, it is dough poached in maple syrup. Now, I bet you are wondering about the… Continue reading Retro Cooking: 1940’s Maple Dumplings