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Chicken Cacciatore - Instant Pot

I bought a huge pack of tomatoes from Costco.  The funny thing is I don't really like tomatoes, something about firm and mush in one fruit.  But they were so perfect and red and I figured I could do *something* with them.

I learned that the packaging they came in with plastic film and some …

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Treat Tuesday - Dulce de Leches cheesecake

My previous company introduced me to Goody Friday, a special day once a week where one person was designated to bring in a home baked (or store bought) sweet (or savoury) treat for the group of people signed up.  When I started at my current company, I had to implement the same program and renamed i…

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I no longer suck at making waffles

I've tried so many waffle recipes and they all fell flat or were bland.  Yes, I made the buttermilk and yes I whipped the egg whites but no dice.  

So back to Google this morning because I really wanted waffles.  The waffle iron I have is the Cuisinart Griddler with the waffle plates, it's ea…

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Meal Delivery Companies

Quick summary of the companies and their pricing for 3 meals.  Use my hyperlinked referral codes for discounts off your first week!

 

Name Website Meals Price Referral/Coupon Code
HelloFreshwww.hellofresh.ca3$70https://www.h…

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Chef's Plate

And I believe this is the last meal service I will try out as I've simply run out of promo codes!

Chef's Plate offers 2-3 meals.  $65.70/week with Tuesday or Friday Delivery via UPS.  The box showed up around 1pm by a very grumpy UPS driver.

This company uses the cardboard boxes with the remova…

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Fuud, dude!

Okay, are these titles getting cheesy?

#4 out of the 5 meal delivery services I am trying.

This is Fuud.  They have three meal plans, omnivore, vegetarian and GF.

For 3 meals a week the price per plate is $23.90 or $71.70 for the 'week'.  You can also increase or decrease the # of meals from 6…

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I ♥ imeal

There is no shortage of these meal delivery services and the vouchers are a plenty so I'll keep going until I run out!

This week I'll be trying out IMeal.  They have a 2 person plan vs a family plan.

For 3 meals a week the price per plate is $23 or $69/week.  You can also decrease/increase th…

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Fresh Preppin'

Week 3 of my Meal Delivery service and I'm kinda liking these magical boxes that show up at my work.  Very exciting!

So this week is trying out FreshPrep, another local meal delivery service.  

$20.66 per meal or $62 for the 'week' (3 meals) with the option to choose from 4 recipes.

Deliv…

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Saying Hello to Fresh

This isn't the first time I tried a meal delivery service but it's the first time I actually had to prepare the food myself.  I have the typical myriad of excuses on why I don't cook.  I'm tired, I'm lazy, I don't want to shop for weird ingredients I'll never eat up, it's easier to go for sushi.  Do…

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Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon

Cooking looks so easy when you have these fast motion videos on FB.  This was a recipe my Mom posted and I quickly saved.

Courtesy of The Recipe Critic.com
Ingredients
  • 5 slices bacon, finely chopped
  • 3 lbs. boneless beef chuck, cut to 1 inch cubes
  • 1 cup red cooking wine
  • 2 cups …

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Fluffy Swedish Pancakes

I stopped drinking milk ages ago and my son isn't a fan of eating cereal in milk so an easy breakfast is not really a theme in this house.  When I was a kid, I made breakfast for myself and it was usually pancakes from an Aunt Jemima mix.  My Mom is an awesome breakfast cook and makes the best frenc…

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Tester Chocolate Cake

Mason is 3 weeks away from turning 8 and he requested a chocolate cake.  I'm not doing a theme this year because it usually looks like a Pinterest fail by the time I'm done.  So this year, simple but yummy.  I found a recipe from Foodess that looked good and am going to attempt an icing from a 19…

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French Toast Bake

I can cook most things and breakfast for dinner is one of our favourites but for some reason I suck at making pancakes and french toast.  No matter how I adjust the heat setting, the inside is always soggy.

I figured I could cure this by baking the french toast so I found a recipe on Allrecipes.c…

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Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding (Overnight)

I really want to eat healthy and I read a lot so I hear of all the super foods and sometimes I buy them.  And then they sit in my fridge, cupboards and freezer forever until I get motivated to make something with them.  Today's featured item - chia seeds.

I'm not a fan of the 'sprinkle' them on…

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Avocanana Bread

This recipe was printed on the bag of Hass Avocado's that I picked up at the grocery store.  I've made plenty of banana bread but never any that had avocado's in it so this will be an interesting bakingsperiment.

Ingredients

⅓ cup old-fashioned oats

1 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon…

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Beef Stroganoff

I get odd cravings once in a while and one was for this dish my Mom made quite often when I was growing up.

The recipe is courtesy of vikalinka.com.

 
Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced (I used 1/2 a large onion)
  • ½ lbs- crimini mushrooms, slic…

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To Die For Carrot Cake

I started craving cream cheese icing so naturally I made a cake as an excuse to eat it.  So off to Pinterest I went to find a picture of the most delectable cake I could find.  

Recipe courtesy of Mom On Timeout

To-Die-For Carrot Cake 
 
 
Ingredients
Cake:
 
One
  • 1¼ cups u…

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Blueberry Bran Flax Muffins

Wow, I haven't posted in a while.  I blame my tiny kitchen in my new place.   I make such a mess baking that I need a lot of room.  Anyways, I had bought 2lbs of blueberries (they were on sale) and they've been neglected in my fridge.

I also was craving a healthy muffin so here we are.

This…

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Biscuits w/honey

I have fond memories of having home made biscuits by my Mama (Mom's Mom) at most holiday dinners.  Of course I would get up from my seat, head to the lazy-susan and grab the tub of honey.  Mmmmm

Today was a dreary, rainy day and I was really craving those biscuits.  Since my Mama is on the Island…

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Banana Cake

Almost 3 years ago I started at a fabulous software company who introduced me to 'Goody Friday'.  The concept was simple, sign up to make treats a few times a year and get to eat the treats brought in by random bakers (and non bakers who get lazy and just get Tim Horton's) every Friday.

SIGN me …

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