Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
I love my Mom’s oven fried chicken. First, she removes all the skin and still serves up this incredibly crispy, juicy chicken that is way better than it’s deep fried alternative and has a lot less fat. It’s delicious hot. It is also excellent cold and is a perfect make-ahead picnic food, served with a …
Beans beans the magical fruit, the more you eat the….ooops, pardon me, that just slipped out. I can’t help it. Today I made these incredible homemade baked beans and I am reaping the rewards. Stinky farts you ask? Well yes silly, because there’s release in that if done when no one is around to hear …
Last February, I posted a recipe for Butter Chicken. At the time I was trying to embrace my family’s love of Indian food, while still grappling with my dislike for curry. Butter chicken was my “compromise”. Through the year though I would pick at my husband’s chicken curry while dining out here and there and …
If I keep feeding my husband these amazing meals out of my laundry room, he may never finish my kitchen. Must stop. This recipe however, was the bomb. Perfect for a cold winter day. Slow Cooker Beef and Tomato Stew 2 lbs stewing beef 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 large yellow onion, diced …
We’ve been making these Bean Burritos from Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food for years now. They are so easy to make and because they are frozen in single servings, they are great for a late night snack for someone or for me when I want something quick for lunch. These are also perfect for meatless meals. …
Yesterday I ironed. Yes, ironed. The very worse chore in the whole history of the earth. And because I had let it pile up since May or something like that, I figured I better get to it. This, of course, meant that my husband was tasked with making dinner. He pulled out a family favourite …
The thing I love about this quick weeknight meal is everyone is happy when I put it on the table and the drumsticks are fabulous cold the next day in a lunch box. Two birds…..one stone. Crunchy Hawaiian Chicken 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup ketchup 1 tbs. soy sauce 1 tsp. grated ginger 3 lbs. …
If you’re from Ontario, you know that whenever they release the LCBO magazine, Food & Drink, there’s a mad rush to get the current copy. It’s a hot commodity. Like most food magazines I get, I rarely throw one out. I keep all back issues because what doesn’t necessarily appeal to me on my first …
