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Holly Homemaker, Meet Your Match! (Part 2)

Holly Homemaker, Meet Your Match! (Part 2)

Day 3– Wednesday, February 29th Well, I said I was going to take a break from cooking today and I did. Instead, I spent some time preparing lessons…(cooking is much mor...

Holly Homemaker, Meet Your Match! (Part 1)

Five days and counting…until my mat leave ends!! How can a year go by so fast?? It feels like just yesterday that I was stocking the freezer before our little bundle of joy a...

Balsamic Roasted Edamame Corn and Tomato Succotash

What do you get when you throw together half a bag of frozen edamame beans, some leftover tomatoes, a can of corn, and some balsamic vinegar?! A tasty new dish for you and for baby...

Mango Banana Parfait

Bring some tropical flair into your child’s every day fruit and yogurt snack snack with this delicious and light-tasting mango banana parfait. This morning when I woke up I c...

Grated Fruit: The New Way To Serve Fruits To Baby

Forget chopping, boiling, and pureeing fresh fruits! The paediatrician I went to in Italy (check out post “When in Rome Do as the Romans Do” for more info) recommended ...

Bye-Bye Bottomless Pit!

I grew up in a household where meals were prepared daily, well, except for Taco Fridays, and the fridge was always stocked with fresh food.  There was however, one area of the fri...

Peaches n’ Cream Banana Date Smoothie

Smoothies are the perfect way to incorporate fruits and veggies into one snack.  Not only are they versatile but they are also a great way to use up ripe (or overripe!) produce. ...

Sautéed Saffron-Spiced Zucchini

Zucchini is one of my favourite vegetables…especially when it’s freshly picked from our (home away-from home’s) garden!  Zucchini’s sweet, mild flavour mak...

Orange-Infused Fig Compote

One of my favourite dried fruits are figs; sweet, chewy, and packed with vitamins!  I prefer fresh figs but unfortunately I can’t always find them unless they are season. Th...

Staple Recipes 101

 I had the brilliant idea of starting a blog at the most inconvenient time-2 months before my mat leave ended!  It’s been so much more “work” than I thought it ...