Meal Plan Monday

Hello everyone! I hope you had a great last week!

The kids and I are camping for part of this week, so our meal plan is a little different. I'm curious to know what your favourite camping meals are? I'm always looking for new ideas, would love if you shared!

We are fortunate that we have an RV, so our camping meals are a lot like our meals at home. We dry camp (no hook-ups), but having a kitchen available makes things easy for meal planning. Where we live it is not uncommon for there to be fire bans during camping season which limits our campfire cooking, however this year, we have (yet) not had a fire ban put in place.

You'll notice that these are relatively simple meals with a lot of repeats...easier trailer packing and it's corn season so we are eating corn on the cob like it's going out of style :)

Here's my plan for this week:

Sunday - Steak, corn on the cob, caesar salad

Monday - Ribs, corn  on the cob, caesar salad

Tuesday - Souvlaki, grilled pita, corn on the cob

Wednesday - Hamburgers, corn on the cob

Thursday - Probably pizza as we'll be getting home from camping, flipping the trailer for our next trip, and getting the house ready for company :)

I haven't made any plans beyond Thursday as we have company arriving Thursday for a family wedding this coming weekend.

Have a great week!

Meal Plan Monday

It's been a long while! I've still been reading, collecting and trying new recipes, I just haven't been updating the blog. I've missed it, but, well, life got hectic and something had to give, for a while. My at-home meal planning also fell off the wagon a bit over the last while (I'm a bit of an expert when it comes to meal planning for our camping trips...we recently got back from 10 days away and the only thing we ran out of was eggs, which I knew we would but also knew that there was a grocery store near to our campground), but at home, especially in the summer, I tend to slack off. With back-to-school, back-to-work and hockey season right around the corner, it's time to get into the routine again. I'm back to work for a week, so I figured no time like the present to start the plan. Be patient, I do still have a few weeks of holidays booked before we go back full-time, but this is a start! Here's our meal-plan for the upcoming week:

Monday - Taco Casserole (recipe coming soon...if it's a success!)

Tuesday - Leftovers

Wednesday - Grilled chicken, Caesar salad

Thursday - Butter chicken, jasmine rice & naan

Friday - Social gathering with friends...not sure what's on the menu yet!

Happy planning for the week!

Meal Plan Monday

Hello everyone! Happy Monday to you. How was your weekend?  We had

another good one, filled with hockey, tennis, swimming and visiting with family.  It was great!

Here's our meal plan for the week:

Monday - Homemade "Shake & Bake" Chicken, Homemade Perogies and Peas

Tuesday - Taco Tuesday! (using our homemade Taco Seasoning)

Wednesday - Butternut Squash Soup, Kale Salad & Buns

Thursday - Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

Friday - Leftovers

I'm really looking forward to the Butter Chicken...oh sooooo good!

Have a great week!

Deconstructed S'Mores - Valentine's Edition

I had a few things going through my brain...what to make for the kids for their

Valentine's treats to take to school, that were nut-free, and then top it off with a craving for some s'mores.  It's not even camping season, and I was craving s'mores.  Really didn't help my "what to make for the kids dilemma"...and then I came up with this SUPER EASY treat / snack that is perfect for the kids' Valentine's party, and satisfied the craving too :)

Deconstructed S'Mores - Valentine's Edition

2 cups Graham crackers (I used Goldfish grahams)
1 cup Smarties (red and pink for Valentine's day)
1 cup Mini Marshmallows

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl. Store in an airtight container. Serve as needed.


VERDICT
Seriously, super easy. My kids loved it.  I keep a little snack bowl out on the counter for them to grab a few nibbles when they desire.  They thinks it's a pretty cool little treat!

Meal Plan Monday

Hello everyone! Welcome to this week's edition of Meal Plan

Monday!  I hope you had an enjoyable weekend.  Ours was pretty good, around swimming lessons, hockey game and tennis lesson we got a few projects done. That always feels good!

Here is this week's meal plan:

Monday - Rosemary & Pepper Crusted Roast, Mashed Potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding, Gravy and Peas
Tuesday - Leftovers, but with baked broccoli instead of peas
Wednesday - Grilled Chicken, Smoky Scalloped Potatoes, Kale Salad
Thursday - Taco Thursday (shaking it up here, instead of Taco Tuesday!) - we use my homemade Taco Seasoning
Friday - Meatballs & Salad

I have been collecting and testing several recipes these last few months.  Now just to write the posts and share with you.  Stay tuned!

What are YOU fueling up for? Kellogg's Vector #Giveaway!

Happy Summer Everyone!  

I sure hope that summer is treating you and your loved ones as good as it is treating us.  

We've been enjoying amazing weather (though a few too many forest fires) - and I have been so lucky to be home with our kids all summer. We've been camping, hiking, biking, golfing, beaching, road-tripping, wine tasting...it's been wonderful. And - we still have just under 5 more weeks until school starts.  Super-duper awesomeness!

So, how do you fuel up in the summer?  When we are outdoors, in addition to the mandatory water, we are always carrying extra snacks for our family.  Our go-to snacks are granola bars - especially ones with protein.  We love the convenience on the bars.  We've also got our favourite post-activity snacks - such as yogurt with fruit and granola - our kids just eat that up (I'm also a big yogurt and granola fan for breakfast).

Speaking of granola, did you know that Kellogg's has recently launched new Vector Granola Honey Almond Flavour?  They have, and it's good.  With 20g of protein per serving, 5g of fibre and 10 vitamins and minerals.  We were fortunate to have been given a sample to try - and while my almond-allergic hubby couldn't have any, the kids and I really enjoyed it with our yogurt and fresh strawberries from our garden!

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St. Patrick's Day Lime Poke Cake

We hosted a family dinner a few days prior to St. Patrick's Day, and I wanted a fun, easy dessert to make to mark the occasion.  I didn't want to do a plain cake (though that would have been just fine too, there would have been no complaints from the family!) - I decided to put together a poke cake so that I could incorporate some green into the dessert.

Poke cakes can be so easy.  Like seriously easy. 

Mine was. 

And it was a hit with the crowd.  

Here is what I did:

1 white cake mix (plus applicable ingredients for the mix, such as eggs, oil, milk/water)
1 small box lime jello (3 oz/85 g)
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup ice cold water
Icing - use your favourite homemade recipe or store bought icing

Bake the white cake according to the package directions, in a 9 x 13 pan.  Allow to cool completely.

Once the cake is totally cooled, using a plastic spoon, poke holes in the top of the cake.

Prepare the jello mixture - dissolve the package of jello in 1 cup of boiling water.  Once dissolved, add the 1/2 cup of ice cold water and mix well.  

Once mixed / fully dissolved, slowly spoon  the jello mixture into the holes in the cake.  Cover the cake as evenly as possible.  Don't worry, there is plenty of the jello mix for the full cake, all is good!

Cover and refrigerate for several hours.  Prior to serving, ice the cake.  You'll see that I tinted my icing green for the St. Patrick's Day effect :-)

Serve and enjoy!

Store leftover cake covered in the fridge.

VERDICT:
Another hit dessert that is just sooooo easy to make.  And fun to add some colour and different flavours to the cake itself.