Category: Prep Day Series

What says ”Fun filled Evening”? RACLETTE!  There is nothing more fun than to be with people you love around a table and get to cook your meal right there… while enjoying good wine and conversation!  Raclette is complicated you might say… all that veggie cutting in very thin pieces, the meat prepping, the getting the right cheese and let’s not forget all of the dishes.  Believe me, once you will have read this, you will find Raclette to be quite easy!

Continue reading “Prep Day #33 – Raclette… it’s not that complicated!”

We are halfway through January and for a lot of us, the resolution was to either eat right or lose weight.  It’s difficult to maintain this resolution with the cravings for carbs and sugar.  We all love sugary treats!  How is it possible to  satisfy a sweet tooth without having a huge amount of refined sugar?  By using naturally sweet ingredients!

Continue reading “Prep Day #32 – Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies”

Mother Nature was all over the place this week!  We went from freezing, to Spring weather (all the snow melted in our front yard), to the first snow storm of 2018… in  less than 3 days!  Since it was snowing like crazy Yesterday, we went grocery shopping Today and oh my it’s was chili outside.  Got me thinking, chili would be good right about now… it’s a good thing we are on our way to the store.

Continue reading “Prep Day #31 – Oh, it’s Chili!”

The Holiday Season is over, and it was great to get to spend time with Family.  It was also nice to be able to spend time with my Mom in the kitchen.  That is what the Holidays are all about – Food & Family!

Continue reading “Prep Day #30 – Vietnamese Soup”

How to feed several  people and get a ”WOW” effect with not too much work? Combine 2 dishes that marries well together.  We all know that Chicken Parmesan goes great with spaghetti… what if we add the crusted chicken to lasagna?

Continue reading “Prep Day #29 – Parmesan Chicken Lasagna”

For those of you who follow me on Facebook, you got to see 5 different meals prepared with 2 chickens I cooked last Sunday.  I also shared a bonus chicken meal yesterday!  I thought I would share with you a look back on this week’s chicken meals and the approximate cost for this week’s meals.

Continue reading “Prep Day #28 – A look back at Chicken Week”