• Slow Cooker Brined Pulled Pork is a favourite in our house. Pulled pork, so good, It's converted even the pickiest adults. An easy crock pot recipe, made even better with an apple juice brine. This pulled pork recipe is loaded with spicy flavour, the perfect kick! Serve it as is or on a bun with coleslaw and a bit of your favourite barbecue sauce. The leftovers are amazing on pizza, tacos, baked potatoes, in a big salad or gourmet grilled cheese sandwich.

    Slow Cooker Brined Pulled Pork

    Do you clean your fridge out before a trip and then come home to bare cupboards? Me too! We just got back from a trip to Canada. Four flights and 16 hours of driving for a surprise birthday party. It was the best, the party not the travel! But, we came home to an empty refrigerator and I refuse to grocery shop at midnight. So I figured it would be grilled cheese sandwiches for the next day's dinner. Bread and cheese are staples we always have on hand, except for yesterday. I guess in my pre-travel excitement I forgot to pick up…

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  • My Mom taught me years ago How to Make Classic Whistle Dogs. It's as close to A&W's famous hot dog version as I've ever found and it brings me right back to my childhood. This easy recipe with fried hot dogs, crispy bacon and melty cheese is a favourite for so many!

    How to Make Classic Whistle Dogs

    Oh the glorious whistle dog, I feel like they deserve a national holiday. This is nostalgia at its finest. There's really nothing fancy about them, but somehow they always seem to taste better than any other hot dog out there. Did you grow up with an A&W nearby? Have you had a whistle dog? These bad boys were a favourite amongst so many! A&W no longer sells these, but don't fret, I'll teach you How to Make Classic Whistle Dogs that will bring you right back to the original. Now if someone would share their onion ring recipe, I'd have a complete…

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  • There is nothing better than combining two classic meals into one dish. Taco Pizza on Naan Bread combines tacos and pizza into a meal that will become a guaranteed weeknight staple. Topped with your favourite taco toppings and made easy with naan bread this recipe is a definite keeper.

    Taco Pizza on Naan Bread

    When I was little, my Dad would make taco pizza. It was sort of his thing. He didn't do a lot of the cooking, that was more my Mom's domain. He loves to cook now and will experiment and take on any, and every dish, but back in the day, he handled the barbecue, fresh fish and taco pizza. Probably other things too, that I've since forgotten, but this pizza, however, was his jam and my inspiration for Taco Pizza on Naan Bread.

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  • With plenty of uses for taco meat, you'll be glad to have this easy Homemade Taco Meat recipe on hand. With only a step or two more, you'll ditch the packaged seasoning mix and use this ground beef recipe in all your taco and taco inspired recipes, guaranteed.

    Homemade Taco Meat

    I love tacos and not just on Tuesdays, although, I do love a themed dinner. It makes life easy. I know Tuesday it's tacos, Sundays is for the Best Almost Homemade Spaghetti Sauce. I say this, but I've yet to actually put this into regular practice. High hopes, right!? We all have them! If you're like me, you probably reach for the pre-made, packaged taco seasoning, it's easy. Well, no more! I have a new recipe that is so much better. It takes just a wee bit more time, but it's so worth the extra effort.

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  • These Easy Beef Dip Sandwiches are effortless and lip-smacking good! Comfort food at its finest. A simple french dip crock pot recipe that will delight mom, with flavours that will win over everyone at the dinner table. Click on the photo to see the recipe

    Easy Beef Dip Sandwiches

    I have a few recipes in my back pocket that I always serve when company comes for dinner. a) because they are that good and b) I always feel good about serving them because I know the flavors are there. Moreover, I know everyone will love it. I know it'll be a hit. These Easy French Dip Sandwiches are exactly that. Effortless and lip smacking good! Comfort food made easy with these sandwiches. Let's dig in.

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  • A simple Lemon Garlic Pasta that comes together about as fast as it takes to boil the spaghetti! Don't be fooled by how easy this recipe is, the flavour is beyond indulgent and will impress even the toughest critic. Garlic, lemon and parmesan meld together in a perfect sauce to pair with hot spaghetti, spinach and roasted almonds. A perfect weeknight side dish or a meatless Monday meal!

    Lemon Garlic Pasta with Parmesan

    This pasta is perfection! With just a few simple ingredients regular ol' spaghetti transforms into heaven on a plate. Seriously, it's to die for! Yes, I know that sounds a little over the top, but give this a try and tell me I'm wrong. I bet you won't. It's an easy side dish, lunch dish, main dish. Heck, I'd eat this Lemon Garlic Pasta with Parmesan for breakfast, if there was ever any leftovers, it's a real problem. If you like leftover pasta, and really who doesn't, go ahead and double the recipe now.

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  • Skip the tedious task of making egg rolls from scratch and try this delicious Chicken Egg Roll in a Bowl with wonton crisps recipe. This dish comes together in a flash and the flavours will remind you of the real deal. Add the wonton crisps and you won't miss a thing. Promise!

    Chicken Egg Roll in a Bowl with Wonton Crisps

    The inspiration for this Chicken Egg Roll in a Bowl with Wonton Crisps comes from my sister-in-law. She makes these great fried egg rolls. They're gigantic and loaded with chicken and cabbage yumminess. I have to give her loads of credit for making these, because it's a tedious task. A couple summers ago, by request of some of our family visiting from out-of-town, she showed us how to make these. It was a full assembly line of work. Each person had a job, chopping cabbage, shredding chicken, mixing and seasoning or being part of the team that rolled these beauties. Whatever your…

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  • The Best Almost Homemade Spaghetti Sauce is pure comfort. Loaded with vegetables and layers of spices, this sauce will fill your kitchen with the most inviting aroma. It's close your eyes and inhale worthy. Give this a try tonight, it'll be love at first bite.

    The Best Almost Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

    There are those dishes, the ones where you can tell what’s cooking as soon as you walk through the door; chocolate chip cookies, thanksgiving turkey, and this Best Almost Homemade Spaghetti Sauce. This is the spaghetti sauce I grew up on, the sauce I’ll pass on to my boys. It’s the spaghetti sauce that my mother-in-law couldn’t refused based on the aroma alone.

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