Carrot Cake has been kind of vilified for decades because people long ago decided a perfectly good cake needed additions like pecans and pineapple, while coconut basically has no place in a recipe except in a Pina Colada recipe. Remember that people also came up…

You want chili, you want good chili, and you want it now! This recipe is not only the literally best tasting chili we’ve had, this Quick & Easy Chili is SO quick and SO easy (in case that wasn’t obvious – sorry, I’m terrible about…

A slow cooker makes homemade refried beans so easy, and homemade is so much better – recipes are customizable, and the food is better tasting and healthier, especially the salt content. Canned foods often have so much salt added as a flavour enhancer and preservative…

Here we have Tomatoes: Round 2, after I inadvertently murdered half of Round 1 by leaving them outside, defenseless against the upcoming below freezing temperatures. Moms know all about pregnancy brain and baby brain… I guess puppy brain is a thing too *sigh* I meant…

Wheat Bran Cereal, Raisin Bran Cereal, Bran Muffins of every flavour…. Wheat Bran is famous for it’s health benefits, but the recipes it’s used in most often aren’t necessarily things you normally eat or want to eat, or maybe you’re looking for additional ways to…

Pasta meals, like this Tortellini with Sausage meal, probably shouldn’t be made too often with the high carbohydrate and sodium amounts, but life is short and moderation is everything. I love the process of cooking: the planning and preparation, on through to cooking and sitting…