Recipes

Jazzing up leftovers

I should just go ahead and admit it now; yesterday's meals weren't extremely exciting. The good news is that it could have been a lot worse (My first instinct when I realized we didn't have anything fun in the house was to cook a box of Kraft Dinner Macaroni & Cheese...yum!) but then I told… Continue reading Jazzing up leftovers

Foodie Adventures

A new attempt at food blogging…

After being an obnoxious Facebook friend who posted all of her meals, I realized it probably wasn't the best way to share my culinary pride. That's when I remembered I had this blog! It's been over a year since my last post which is pretty ridiculous. Life has been pretty different since then. We got… Continue reading A new attempt at food blogging…

Recipes

First time cooking perch

I grew up with a daddy who loved fishing (still does, actually!). We would spend long days on the river, come back home and eat fresh-caught perch or walleye, two very common types of fish in Quebec. When I moved to Charlottesville, I realized that these two types of fish weren't common at all around… Continue reading First time cooking perch

Foodie Adventures

Cookbook Wonderland

I seem to be going through various phases when it comes to having a foodie role model. Although I still LOVE the movie "Julie & Julia", once I bought Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, I realized that the recipes sounded so complicated to make. I bought the book several months ago and… Continue reading Cookbook Wonderland