Recipes

It’s no secret that Kitchener has some seriously amazing restaurants, so it’s not surprising that the city’s food truck scene is top-notch. I don’t know about you, but I absolutely love food trucks. Maybe it’s the versatility of being able to serve delicious food anywhere you want? Or maybe it’s that food trucks have become incredibly innovative… and I’m always up for being a guinea pig. Whatever the reason is, you’ll definitely want to keep these Kitchener food trucks on your radar! Must Eat Kitchener Food Trucks While the title of this article is specific to Kitchener, I’m sure it goes...

The post I wrote last week had such a good response, I thought I'd make it a regular feature for a bit.  I've long believed that the real art of frugality comes in how we use our leftovers, our bits and pieces that we seldom know what to do with them, the things we buy but forget.  And since this is a weekly thing in my home, although I've borrowed the featured name from Amy Maryon, I thought I'd share how often I 'makeover' a food item into something we eat and enjoy. Friday:  I had the boys this day...

Wine lovers can attest to the fact that the more wine you buy, the harder it is to store all of those bottles. Stuffed between your legumes and two-week-old lasagna, keeping your wine bottles in the fridge is a bad idea for multiple reasons: for one, wine bottles are bulky and tend to take up a lot of space. The second and slightly more important reason for opting to stop storing your wine in your refrigerator is the fact that fridges tend to keep temperatures around 45 degrees, whereas most sommeliers say the perfect temp for storing wine — in...

Do you have multiple sizes of ovens for different Dutch oven camping recipes? Most campers don’t carry an assortment of camp ovens so they end up asking the question, “What size Dutch oven should I buy for camping?” Here’s how you can easily make that decision. Psst we’re compensated…see our disclosures. Best Size Dutch Oven For Camping Lodge Cast Iron Camp Dutch Ovens  Most camp oven recipes use a standard depth 12-inch Dutch oven. If you are using a different oven size, you can usually adapt the recipe by using a Dutch oven temperature chart to achieve the correct cooking...

        Lasagna   Everybody has their own special Lasagna recipe that some family member has made since the beginning of time. I am going to share mine. You can adjust it as you like. It’s important to have good ingredients. The secret ingredient is love.   I like to make mine with meatballs. I bake them in the oven, not fry, and simmer them in tomato sauce for as long as I can. Lasagna is time consuming but worth it. Simmer the meatballs in the sauce for at least two hours.  I often cheat and buy jarred...