Monthly Round Up

Feb 23rd: Fish and Chips. I LOVE superstore. They have great products and we eat a lot of them. We really enjoyed the Haddock and Hops they have there for our fish and chips. But as luck would have it when I wanted to buy it they didn't have any. But what they did have was the blue menu fish/haddock. So I thought I'd give it a try as I usually like the blue menu stuff. In fact if you open our freezer there is a lot of blue in it, blue meatballs, frozen dinners and chicken fingers. These fish fillets will now be added to the list. They were very tasty and as the blue menu implies, they were also healthier for us then the Haddock and Hops.


Feb 24: Oma's Birthday, so we had our favorite Oma dinner, Stomput Spinazzi. A classic meal.

Feb 25: I worked, so the boys had a Sobey's chicken and I had leftover peanut butter chicken
Feb 26:

Feb 27: Appetizer Smorsgasbord. A friend of mine mentioned they did this the other day and I thought it was a great idea. So we had nachos and vegetable spring rolls. The kids thought it was great to have a meal where no utensils were required.

Feb 28: Roast Beef Dinner. This is the meal we have had the most this month. It must be winter. I love how colorful this meal is. And I love pickled beets which is my favorite thing to have with roast beef.

So the eat at home challenge is done - thank goodness. I don't think I realized anything any different then our other eat at home challenges, but it was a good way to get me back on track with taking lunches. Not eating out for a whole month is a challenge. I failed the challenge back in the middle of the month on a Saturday when I went out to lunch with my best friend from highschool and then had a girls night out and drank and ate. Other then that one day though I was good.

Did anyone meet the challenge and not eat out for a whole month?

Jenn

There's a reason why I don't have my own blog...

Please accept my apologies for falling off the face of the earth over the past 10 days. I've been a good girl and I've taken pictures of a few of my meals but I've been up to my eyeballs making wedding invitations on short notice for a very dear friend of mine so I haven't had time to blog!

Last time I wrote, I had just made a pot of soup and joked that it would last for days. I wasn't kidding! I ate soup for dinner for 5 days straight plus I had it for lunch twice and still froze 5 servings for future use!

So...next on my cravings list was a pot of homemade spaghetti sauce with some Johnsonville mild Italian sausage, some cheese tortellini and garlic bread. Oh and those are Quaker oatmeal muffins in the back with a TON of chocolate chips in them. I apologize for not getting a picture of this meal on the first day when it was plated, I was so excited to eat that I forgot to get a picture.

When I ran out of tortellini then I switched to eating up the last of the sausage. I wasn't sure what to eat with it and decided to have 1/2 a can of green beans and the last of the bread. I prefer fresh green beans but I was raised on canned beans so I like them, too. So all in all, 1 pkg of sausage, 1 pkg of tortellini, 1 baguette and a can of green beans made 4 nights of dinners for me! Mackenzie had school functions or work every day so I was eating alone!

I didn't take a picture of my dinner today because it's the same meal I had near the start of this month's challenge (scrambled eggs with minced green pepper, diced low-fat turkey kielbasa, a sprinkling of tex mex cheese and a little salsa) but I thought you'd enjoy my dessert. Anyone who knows me knows that my husband turned me into an ice cream lover. While it's not uncommon for us to have 2-6 flavours of ice cream in the house at any one time (we usually make ice cream cones to keep the portion size under control), I love fruit and yogurt parfaits equally as much! Plus, just because you're eating at home it doesn't mean that it shouldn't look like you're at a fancy restaurant! I like to get some regular use out of my wine glasses (since I'm not a wine drinker) so they're often used to serve up dessert! This is fresh strawberries with a 1/4 cup of Danone Creamy vanilla yogurt and a couple of tablespoons of Harvest Crunch granola. DELICIOUS!!!!

Days 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23... whew!

Whew, here's the weekend wrap up



Thursday the 17th: Breakfast for dinner. This is inspired by a Denny's meal I once had. It's hashbrown cooked with tomatoes and bacon and melted cheese with poached eggs on top. You can see I love me some ketchup and toast with raspberry jam. One of my favorite things about breakfast food is the mix of savory and sweet.

Friday the 18: Mexican Food. We had our friends over for dinner and they are heading to Mexico in a couple of weeks, so I thought I'd serve mexican food to get them ready. I made our favorite burritos (or enchiladas, not sure the difference) and fajitas. We also had homeade gucamole and very delicious margaritas. Here are some of the recipies:

Burritos/Enciladas (I've really got to look up the difference)

I take a can of chicken ( don't judge me, it works well), black beans, some rice and some salsa and cook it up together. Then I fill shells with the mixture and put it in an oven safe pan. I spread a whole bunch of cheddar cheese on top and put it in the oven for 10 minutes to melt the cheese. I eat it with sour cream and gucamole.

Gucamole

3 avacados (if it's just Darryl and I use one, and half of everything else)
1 lime juiced
2 cloves of garlic
1 tomato chopped
pinch of cilantro (more if you love cilantro, none if you don't like cilatro)

This was the margarita mix that we used and it was really really good, it's Mr and Mrs T's, you just need to add tequila. You can buy it at Superstore or Sobeys.

Saturday Feb 19th: Mom made roast beef for dinner, which was great as usual.
Sunday Feb 20th: I worked, so leftover peanut butter chicken for me and chicken fingers for the boys.
Monday Feb 21st: Mom and Alexis cooked again. This time it was lasgana.

Tuesday: Pork chops. You can see we smother our pork chop meals with apple sauce, which is homeade from Okanogan Apples from Oma and Opa. Also I thought I'd mix some sweet potatoes in with our white potatoes to add a little nutritional value. They were really good and the kids liked the orange potatoes too.

I am looking forward to next week when I can have my Tim Hortons tea and chocolate coconut donut again!! Only one more weekend =)

Jenn

Day 15: Peanut Butter Chicken

I know the title may sound crazy but this is such a delicious dinner. I'm sure it's not the healthiest dinner but I LOVE it. It's kind of a smorgy meal (made up from different recipes and what I have on hand), but the peanut sauce comes from a cook book and it's meant as a dipping sauce, but I really like it this way.

Here's the recipe:

Chicken breasts, cut and cubed. I cook mine in sesame oil for this recipe, but any oil will do.

Then I add the peanut sauce. If you are cooking for 2-3 people just make one of these, if you are cooking for 4 or more double it.

1/3c. of peanut butter ( I use crunchy, gives the meal good texture)
3 tbsp of corn syrup
2 tbsp of rice vinegar
1 tsp of fish sauce (if you don't have this it's not the end of the world, I've made it with and without)
1/2 c. of coconut milk
2 tbsp of lime juice.

Heat the sauce till it's bubbly. =)

Then add what ever vegetables you have around. Again I recommend ones that are lighter in flavor, like mushrooms and zucchini (not brocolli) or carrots or cauliflower.



The last must part is to serve it with coconut rice. I use the cheater way of making coconut rice, which is making instant rice but using coconut milk instead of water. It's easy and tastes great.

Green Curry Chicken

Tonight we had one of my favorite meals. I'm not really a meat and potatoes person. Darryl and I both grew up in meat and potatoes families so we love to try all different kinds of foods, Thai, Indian, Chinese, Japanese etc. Tonight we had Green Curry Chicken.

It's quite easy as I use Green Curry sauce and make it like a stir fry. One thing I find is that I use pretty mild vegetables like: cauliflower, mushrooms and zucchini. We served it over basmati rice, although usually we use coconut rice. Also as a side note its fairly spicy, even though I don't add the whole jar. But I take the kids stir fry out before adding the sauce for Darryl and I. I don't have a picture of dinner as we ate it before I remember. But I do have a picture of the leftovers.


One thing I've been trying to do more of is make extra of the dinner so we can have a couple of lunches from the dinner. We always use to buy a bunch of frozen lunches, as Darryl eats one every day for lunch. But I've been paying more attention to the amount of salt in canned and frozen food. There is lots so I think it's healthier for us to make extra and make our own "frozen lunches".

Jenn

Weekend at the Parks/Brown

Thank goodness you can eat someone else's homemade food. Really thank goodness I made up the rules. =)

Mom made us dinner two nights this weekend =) The picture above is a delicious turkey dinner. She also made the boys (all three of them) Shepards Pie one night. The third night I made spagetti and meatballs which was kind of a cheat. The meatballs are not homemade like Lesleys, they come from a box. The sauce also came from a jar. But it was an easy dinner to make while watching the Superbowl.


Hope everyone's weekend went well.

Jenn

My First Food Blog Post

Jenn asked me to participate in this blog. I figured that I better actually get busy with it. This was not really the best month for me as I was on vacation last week. I do enjoy cooking and trying new recipes. The only thing that I don't really like is cleaning up after. I am a big fan of the food network especially Michael Smith. For my birthday Jenn bought me his cook book "The Best of Chef at Home". I have tried a bunch of different recipes and they have all been good. He encourages his reader to freestyle his recipes, allowing us to use our imaginations or leftovers from the fridge. One of my favorite recipes is Orange Ginger Beef. On Saturday we had Jenn, Darryl, Lucas and Nathan over for dinner. I did freestyle it as the first time I made it according to the recipe and found it to be a bit soupy. Here is the original recipe:

Orange Ginger Beef

a splash of vegetable oil
1 lb for stewing beef (I use round steak and dice it myself)
a sprinkle of salt and pepper
2 onions peeled and chopped
a small knob of ginger, thinly sliced (I have no idea what a knob is I used about 10 thin slices)
one 10 oz can of beef broth
1 cup of orange juice
1 cup of orange marmalade
a generous splash of soy sauce
1 tablespoon five spice powder
another sprinkle of salt and pepper
10 oz bag of baby spinach
a handful of bean sprouts
1 bunch of green onions (I always seem to forget to add these)
a handful of cilantro leaves ( don't use, I hate cilantro)

Preheat a large pot over medium high heat and then splash in enough vegetable oil to thinly coat the bottom. Season and then sear the meat until it is evenly browned on all sides. Searing the meat first adds lots of rich carmalized flavors before adding the liquids. Remove meat and set aside. Add the onions and ginger to the ban and stir for a few minutes. Then add the meat back. Add the broth, orange juice and marmalade, soy sauce and five spice powder. Bring to a simmer and then reduce heat for lowest setting that will maintain a simmer. Place a tight fitting lid on the pot to contain the tenderizing steam. Simmer for about an hour Taste and season the broth. Divide the spinach and bean sprouts evenly among four - six bowls. Stir the green onions and cilantro into the broth and then spoon onto spinach and sprouts.

I free styled it by using a bit of cornstarch and water to thicken the sauce and then stirred in the spinach and bean sprouts. I served it with rice.

Tonight we had chicken cooked with mushrooms, mashed potatoes and green beans. I found a recipe for a fruit crisp type dessert so I made that tonight for dessert. Sorry didn't get a picture.
I used frozen blueberries tonight but I think you could used the mixed berries as well. What I liked about the recipe is that you could make individual servings and how ever many you want. So I filled each ramekin with frozen blue berries almost to the top. Then I mixed some 1 tsp of corn starch with 4 tsp of water and divided it equally between the two ramekins. (If you were making four you would double the starch and water) I put a little bit of honey on each ramekin. Then I sprinkled granola on top and put in a 375 degree oven for about 35 min. I put the ramekins on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper so I wouldn't make a mess in the oven. Then I served it warm with a scoop of ice cream. Yummy !!!!!

Weekend at the Parks

Hi Everyone,

Well I had a day last week where I ate out. Everything was paid for me, so I saved money that way, but I still failed on this month's challenge. ALthough I'm glad I haven't gone to McDonalds or Wendy's. On a good note I have a couple of pictures and cool ideas.


Tonight for dinner we had Spanish Rice, which I know is also a Campbell favorite. It's Spanish rice a roni and you add ground beef to it. Put a little cheese on top and eat it with nacho chips. It's fast and good. The hardest part is finding the spanish rice a roni.

Last night it was nice enough to barbeque

So we had hamburgers with my favorite flat buns from superstore. (and they are whole wheat). We also had some beets with it, homemade from the garden last summer and some cauliflower. The cool park about the cauliflower is that I had some pesto in the fridge from a meal a week ago and put a dollop of that on. It was delicious.

We also had fish and chips last week.

They are also an easy favorite and the kids eat them and it's a good way to get fish in the diet (even if it is batter coated) My favorite fish brand is haddock and hops from superstore.

How is everyone else doing?

Jenn

Sausage Soup

Tonight we tried out a new recipe and it was DELICIOUS! I got it from my favorite online recipie site, All Recipes. I enjoy sausage and I find it adds a little "pizazz" to my cooking.

Here it is:

INGREDIENTS

• 3 sausages (I use Mild Italian)
  
• 2 clove garlic, minced
• 2 (14 ounce) cans beef broth
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can Italian-style stewed tomatoes
• 1 cup sliced carrots
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can great Northern beans, undrained
• 1 small zucchini, cubed
• 1 cup spinach (frozen)
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup of pasta
  

DIRECTIONS

1. I like to boil my sausage to get rid of alot of the fat, so boil them first. Then throw it in a stockpot or Dutch oven, brown sausage with garlic. Stir in broth, tomatoes and carrots, beans, spinach and season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for atleast 30 minutes.
2. Cook pasta as per directions
   
3. Add zuchinni and the cooked pasta for 10 more minutes.
   

Day 23, 24 & 25 at the Campbell's

On Day 23, we had breakfast for dinner. This is a regular meal for us with some minor variations. It included a special treat this time...peameal bacon. Yum. We also had toast with raspberry jam but I forgot to include it in the picture.


On Day 24 we made one of my all time favourite Kraft What's Cooking Magazine meals. It only takes 5 minutes to throw everything in the pan and then you can get on with other things while dinner cooks!

Easy Ravioli Bake

1/4 cup Kraft Zesty Italian salad dressing
1 can of beef broth
1 can/jar of spaghetti sauce (680-700ml)
One 19 or 28 ounce can of diced tomatoes
Two 350g packages of fresh ravioli or tortellini (we use one beef and one cheese & spinach)
1/2 to 1 cup mozzarella cheese

In a medium sized roasting pan or oven proof "dutch oven" (make just 1/2 the recipe if you don't have a pan/pot big enough), combine the first four ingredients. Add in the ravioli and/or tortellini. Voila! Cover with lid or foil and bake at 375F for 45 minutes. Remove from oven, sprinkle cheese on top and place back in oven with lid off for another 5-10 minutes. Enjoy!


Tonight (Day 25) we had leftovers from last night. Only a few more nights to go with the Eat @ Home Challenge and what I've discovered most is that taking pictures, downloading them to the computer and creating my blog entries was actually harder than eating all of our meals at home! Jenn...I've always LOVED your blog and all of the wonderful things it has done for our long distance family relationship but I have a whole new respect for the sheer amount of work involved in creating it day in and day out. I can't thank you enough.

Day 24 at the Parks

6 More Days Left!! In a week from now I may be eating...... Wendys...... or Swiss Chalet...... or Chinese Food..... I've learned some things from this month, but more on that later.

Tonight's dinner was fajitas. There are a couple of things that "make" fajitas for me. The first is having good steak. I always like it if there is leftover steak. The other thing I quite like is Bullseye barbeque sauce. Our fajitas have beef, cheese, tomato, rice, black beans (if we have them around) and sour cream. Dad will also be happy to know I use whole wheat shells.

Now that the month is almost over I am getting good at remember to take a picture. Even Lucas is getting into it and wanted to include a picture of Nathans dinner.


Jenn

Day 23 at the Parks: Sweet and Sour Chicken

Today Darryl made us grill cheese for lunch. Darryl asked which shape Lucas would like. Lucas was pondering between triangles and rectangles. Darryl asked if he would like a fish - Sure! Lucas said with lots of enthusiasm. So here's a goldfish grill cheese sandwich.



For dinner we had our favorite: Sweet and Sour Chicken (or pork)

If you are using chicken cook that first.
Add to the pan:

1/3 c of vinegar
1 can of pineapple
2 tbsp of ketchup
3 tbsp of brown sugar
Cold water mixed with cornstarch to thicken the sauce.

Cook till it's warm and thick.
Serve over rice.





I highly recommend it.

Jenn

Day 22 at the Campbell's

Oops! Change of plans...we ended up having the other Delisio pizza that was in the freezer for dinner on Monday so that we could run out and complete some errands and a little visiting. This one was the 3-meat variety which wasn't as good as the Spicy Chicken one from Saturday night BUT.....after years of trying to convince Mackenzie to try sausage, she finally did and she liked it! So, overall it was well worth it.

Tonight (Day 23) will be breakfast for dinner. Peameal bacon, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns and toast. Yum.

Day 20 & 21 at the Campbell's

On Day 20 (Saturday) we tried a Delisio Spicy Chicken pizza. Now, I have to say right off the bat that I'm not a fan of rising crust pizzas but we do try to keep one on hand for nights when we're in a hurry for dinner. We had never tried the Spicy Chicken one before and I can honestly say that it's totally changed my opinion...it was delicious!

On Day 21 (Sunday) we had our new favourite dinner...waffles!! (Thanks Jenn!) This time though, we had them with fresh strawberries, a sprinkling of sugar and whip cream. Have I mentioned that I LOVE WAFFLES?!!!

Monday night will be breakfast for dinner...pictures to come!

Day 16, 17, 18 & 19 at the Campbell's

This week was a whirlwind of after-school and evening activity which is not typical for us but we managed to keep up with the challenge.

Day 16...The weather was beautiful: warm with a cool, autumn breeze. I took advantage of the weather so I could cut the grass and Mackenzie was kind enough to cook dinner. We ended up having Swanson Hungry Man "tv dinners" but they were prepared and eaten at home! Using the oven unsupervised is still a fairly new skill for Mackenzie so we're delighted whenever she helps out in the kitchen.

Day 17...I tried another new recipe from my Kraft What's Cooking magazine. This one was a winner!

Smarter Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken
300g fettuccine, uncooked
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts (cut in strips)
1 1/4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
4 tsp flour
1/3 cup (1/3 of a 250g tub) of spreadable light cream cheese
3 tbsp light Parmesan cheese
1/4 tsp nutmeg (optional)
Salt & pepper to taste

Cook pasta as directed. Meanwhile, heat chicken in non-stick skillet on medium-high heat. Remove chicken from skillet, set aside. Mix broth with flour in the skillet using a whisk. Stir in cream cheese and 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese. Cook, stirring CONSTANTLY until sauce thickens (about 2min). Add chicken back in. Drain pasta and place in a large serving bowl. Pour sauce/chicken mixture over top and add remaining Parmesan cheese.

We made this without the nutmeg and added some broccoli as well. It was delicious and very easy to make this alfredo sauce from "scratch".

(This picture was rotated in iPhoto but refuses to import into Blogger in the correct orientation...Argh!)

Day 18 & 19...LEFTOVERS! We have had another night of fettuccine alfredo and spaghetti squares (mock lasagna) from Sunday night. So far, so good!

Day 13, 14 & 15 at the Campbell's

I'm quite proud of myself. We were on the run this weekend but I managed to try two new recipes!

Saturday (Day 13) was Cheesy Chicken Pot Pie from the new fall issue of Kraft's What's Cooking Magazine. It was pretty simply, very rich and very flavourful.
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream, divided
4 cups chopped cooked chicken
3 cups frozen mixed vegetables (thawed) or fresh veggies (suggestions: carrots, green beans, peas, corn, etc)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup all-purpose baking mix
3 tbsp milk

Heat oven to 375F. Mix & 3/4 cup of sour cream. Stir in cheddar, chicken & veggies. In a mixing bowl, combine baking mix (eg. Bisquick) with 1/4 cup sour cream & milk. Drop by tablespoons on top of chicken mixture. Bake uncovered for 35 min or until biscuits are golden brown and mixture is hot and bubbly. YUM!


On Sunday (Day 14) we tried another Kraft What's Cooking recipe called Spaghetti Squares. It takes spaghetti with meat sauce and makes it into a mock lasagna.

300g of spaghetti, cooked and drained
1 lb ground beef, browned and drained
1 jar (700ml) spaghetti sauce
1/3 cup parmesan cheese
2 tbsp butter or margarine
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup mozzarella cheese

Heat oven to 350F. Cook and drain spaghetti. Brown ground beef. Drain. Add spaghetti sauce to drained ground beef and heat through. Place cooked/drained spaghetti in the bottom of a 9 x 13 inch pan. Toss with margarine, beaten eggs and parmesan cheese. (Note: if noodles have cooled, melt the butter). Spread the cottage cheese over the noodle mixture. Cover with meat sauce. Top with mozzarella cheese. (Note: we doubled the amount of mozzarella cheese).
Place in oven and heat for 20-30 minutes until hot and bubbly.

This was good but could have used some garlic, oregano, basil, salt and pepper. The kids might think it's pretty fun but our family decided that for the work involved, we'd rather have real lasagna. It was good though.


Today, Day 15 will be left over day. We'll be cleaning out the fridge to make room for fettucine alfredo tomorrow (with shrimp or chicken...we're still undecided).

Day 10, 11 & 12 at the Campbell's

Whew! I have some catching up to do.

Day 10 was nacho night. Certainly not a healthy meal, but definitely a fun one! We use Tostido small round nacho chips, ground beef seasoning with whatever brand of taco seasoning is on sale (tonight was PC Blue Menu taco seasoning), tex mex blend shredded cheese plus salsa and sour cream on the side. Ian also has green onion, green pepper and lettuce on his. He's a good boy who eats his veggies. We eat the nachos right off of the cookie sheet they've been cooked on & here's a picture of the ones Mac and I had. Ian's would have made a nice picture with all those veggies but I was too busy filling my face and forgot to grab the camera.


On Day 11 I needed to cook up some chicken breasts for a recipe we're trying this weekend, so tonight's dinner was a quick and completely uninspired grilled chicken breast and some Lipton Sidekicks Mexican rice. Ian and Mackenzie weren't too keen on the rice but I love rice any way I can get it and thought it was good.


On Day 12 we needed a quick dinner because Mackenzie had tickets to a concert at the fair with her cousin Alex. Home made egg "Mc Muffins" fit the bill. If you have egg rings you could cook the egg in a frying pan but we use a microwave egg cooker. This one also has real cheddar cheese (not a processed cheese slice) and ready-cooked bacon. We often use ham if we have it on hand, instead.


That's it for now! I'll let you know how we make out on the weekend...

Day 10 at the Parks: Seafood Pasta

One of the way I often come up with new things to eat, is by making a meal that I have enjoyed at a restaurant. This one comes from Earls.

Seafood Pasta

Cook rotini/penne or some sort of pasta that has a lot of surface area
Heat shrimp (we use the precooked 3$ shrimp ring kind) and salmon in another pan


Add rose sauce. My favorite is from Superstore. It's delicious. Usally found with the bottles of spagetti sauce.
Eat.



We also eat a fair amount of pasta so I like to splurge on real paremsan. I can't eat the stuff from the plastic jar anymore.

Jenn

Day 9 at the Parks: Stomput

One of the long standing meals at my household is from my Oma and Opa, Stomput Spinazzi. If you are dutch you may know this dinner. It will sound odd when I describe it, but I have served it to alot of people and only had one or two people who didn't like it.

Basically it's mashed potatoes with cooked spinach mixed in. Not too much extra (although I have had it with cheese on top and that is excellent as well. If you make it use the chopped spinach, not whole ones. I usually use frozen spinach but fresh cooked spinach will work as well.


One the side is egg salad. Again pretty basic, eggs, Miracle Whip, salt and pepper, some mustard powder and paprika.

The thing that really makes it is the sweet pickle juice you put on it. Not too much but approximatly 2 tablespoons on a plate full.


Cheap and delicious

Jenn

Days 6, 7 & 8 at the Campbell's

Sorry for the delay. This past weekend was a complete whirlwind of activity. We were invited out on Friday night to go for coffee with Ian's parents and sister at their favourite diner. We were good boys and girls and only had coffee, iced tea and Mac had a coke.

Saturday was our day to spend at the Western Fair. We started the day with homemade "egg mcmuffins" which is a homemade breakfast favourite for me. I love it when a balanced meal is also portable! The Eat @ Home challenge had to be put on hold for the rest of the day on Saturday though. You can't go to the fair and not eat fair food. I'll spare you pictures of the gluttony!

Sunday was a beef stir fry and we tried the garlic, ginger, hoisin sauce combination that Jenn recommended. I'm not sure if it was than we made it with beef instead of chicken or didn't have enough sauce but it wasn't a crowd favourite...however, everyone cleaned their plates so it obviously wasn't too bad! Mackenzie also made a Virgin Singapore Sling which was SOOO yummy! (Fill a large glass 1/2 full of Sprite, fill the next 1/3 with Five Alive Citrus juice, add grenadine syrup to taste and a squeeze of fresh lime).


Today, we emptied out the fridge by eating all of the leftovers so we're ready to start fresh tomorrow. Luckily, my Kraft "What's Cooking" magazine for Fall just came in the mail so I'll have lots of inspiration for the coming week! I'll keep you posted!