January is soup month and a great reason for those of who live in colder climates like us (think Canada cold) to eat more soup. A healthy and hearty offering, this Chicken Tortilla Soup came together quickly on a Friday night, topped with delicious crisp tortilla strips that my kids could not stop eating out […]
We have a student from Spain (small town near Madrid) living with us for the school year and of course attending school here September through June. It’s his first time leaving Spain and traveling so far from home. He’s done remarkably well during the holidays and missing his family all things considered. He likes to […]
Back in the 90’s Robson Street was Vancouver’s outdoor shopping mall with great restaurants and cafes as well as all kinds of high end stores to tickle your fancy in. It was a seen and be seen place to be. In fact it still is. Walking up and down Robson every time I go to […]
Lately I’ve been craving soup. Specially french onion soup but I haven’t had the booze I needed to make the broth sing. Recently I took some out of town clients to Charbar for lunch, a fairly new Argentinian style restaurant I’ve admittedly been to several times. I ordered the lunch special (and they did to) […]
The first time I made this soup was sometime in 2013. It was a craving soup end of the week kind of day and I had very little vegetables left to play with. There it sat on the third shelf in the refrigerator staring back at me. There was no way around it – it […]
It was clean out my pantry day and I have had a butternut squash rolling around on the floor for about 2 months. My mom used to roast butternut squash and serve it simple with shaved parmesan, salt & cracked pepper. Oh and a maybe just a lil butter drizzle on top. While roasting this […]
We recently had a couple of rainy, wet and grumpy kind of days in Calgary which is a good reason to have soup. More specifically Lentil & Sausage Soup. We don’t get these days very often in the Spring (seems more wind and hail the past couple of years) but when we do I’m mentally […]
A hearty leftover meal or main meat always translates to recipe testing in our house. Today’s soup was both inspired from a similar soup by Curtis Stone (I got his cookbook for Christmas..happy dance!) and the desire to make a turkey soup with bacon. Leftover roast chicken could easily be used in place of turkey. […]
How often do you find leftover vegetables in your fridge begging to be used before they grow legs?! In my soup adventures this week, I was tossed whether to make a soup with some of my frozen meatballs or leave it a plain vegetable soup. Once I decided to puree the soup, I went with […]
Tis the Season. For colds and flu. Always amazes me how one can get sick and the other one can miss it entirely. It was a day where one of the minions was under the weather. When this happens I always make a big batch of chicken soup. Sometimes with noodles. Sometimes with rice. This […]
We’ve been patrons of the Loose Moose Theatre at the Crossroads Market for over six years (since my daughter was two). It’s always been an affordable, enjoyable and interactive afternoon outing for the entire family. If you decide to check out a performance, whatever you do, do not expect a quiet relaxing rest. While you […]
Some days you just feel like soup. Nothing else. Soup. Maybe a Sandwich because you need to feed the minions a little more than soup or you can’t guarantee they will like the soup you made. But mostly soup. I made this soup and it rocked our world. Well the grown ups. Easy Peasy as […]
I am excited to be participating in November 2013 challenge for the Canadian Food Project, The Canadian Harvest. The Canadian Food Project Experience was started on June 7, 2013 by Valerie Lugonja of A Canadian Foodie. It’s a compilation of Canadian Food Bloggers who are committed to sharing their time, unique regional Canadian food experiences, and […]
As I was making this soup last night I was reminded of a pasta I used to make back in the early 1990’s. Back then I worked with a great group of people, in the hair industry, and we would have these fabulous potlucks or gatherings. Inspiration came from everywhere those days and really enhanced […]
I love soups. Smelling up the house while they cook. I’m trying to get my kids to eat more soup. Wish me luck? They tend to enjoy raw vegetables over cooked. But one must not give up. I had someone come to the door while this soup was simmering on the stove and they were […]
Kids activity nights require quick meals. I had some leftover roast beef (sliced thin) from a recent roast dinner and had been wanting to do a Vietnamese Beef style Pho (or my rendition of it) for awhile. Of course I decided to make the soup on an activity night and did not have the time […]
Hard to believe I’ve gone over a decade without making a gazpacho. It’s a cold summer soup with a delicious blend of flavours. I also find it sort of a palate cleanser. It was a last minute addition to my dinner Saturday night and as such I served it as a gazpacho shooter. It was divine. […]
Delicious beef soup on a cold, fall/winter day comes in the form of our Beef Minestrone Soup in the Crockpot. Many variations of Minestrone soup are available, this is one version we enjoy. We prefer to cook our pasta and add it separately since when it sits in the soup over night (leftovers) it tends […]
As the rain commeth down, and Fall under our toes, I am feeling more like soup these days. I did not grow up eating home made soups, or a lot of soup in general, but I want my kids to have home made soups in their lives, and so I continue to try out different […]
I’m all about my crockpot and really into soups these days (I try to do one a week). I guess I want our kids to be exposed to more than I was as a child (no offense campbell’s) and learn difference flavours and textures (even if they are fussy right now I’m not giving up). […]
Here’s another delicious soup for a cold day. Burger Soup has been done before so this is just a slight variation of an original recipe. Cooked in a slowcooker it makes for a lovely meal to come home to. We have this a couple of times a month during the winter as my family loves it. […]
We’ve had a cold snap here in Calgary and Pizza Soup has been requested. Growing up soups consisted of whatever Campbell’s soup was in the pantry. At this stage of my life I really enjoy a bowl of hot steaming soup on a cold day. I started experimenting more with soups in the 90’s, my […]
