Mom is the cook in the family so when I moved out the first time in my mid twenties I realized that although I spent lots of time helping in the kitchen, I didn’t know how to make any of her meals myself. When I […]

Like baking the love of stories has been passed down generation to generation. Bedtime as a child holds some of my fondest memories. My brother and I would snuggle on either side of my mom as she brought to life the stories contained in our […]

October has always been one of our favourite months. The weather is cool enough to do some baking just in time for Thanksgiving, the leaves have started to fall, Halloween is just around the corner, and we have a few family birthdays to celebrate as […]

In April we shared one for our favourite side dishes, Nalynsnky. In the post we mentioned how it’s a dish we make for our Christmas dinner. With everything going on that month we thought it an appropriate time to share the recipe, just in time […]

As soon as summer rolls around, the barbeque comes out, and burgers and hotdogs are consumed a few times a week for dinner. We avoid turning on the oven so, although fries would be delicious with our burgers and hot dogs, we prefer something that […]

Even if you yourself are not Ukrainian you can’t live in Alberta without having friends or extended family who are. I have an aunt, cousins, and many childhood friends whose ancestors came from the Ukraine. This recipe, nalysnyky, is one of our absolute favourites. I […]

Chili con carne, don’t you just love the sound of that? This dish was a dinner staple for my mom when growing up and she remembers being fascinated with the name chili con carne, and who could blame her? Especially because it sounds as good […]

There is snow on the ground, not a lot but enough to let us know there are cold days ahead which I for one am totally okay with. Cold weather means baking, baking and more baking in our house. Today however we are not sharing […]

It is officially fall and we have one last recipe to share before Thanksgiving. Mom has this theory that the only reason you make a roast meal is to get the drippings to turn into gravy and enjoy with potatoes. As much as I love […]

If you read our post for our Tropical Coleslaw recipe then you know that my parents have always loved to share a meal together. One summer in the mid 80’s during the early years of their relationship they decided to get fit. It meant a […]