In Italy you can always tell how far into summer you are by what is growing in your garden.  Needless to say

Do you ever go to the bakery because you are obsessed with one or two of their Baked Goods?  Well that was me

So there is no denying it, my favourite cheese hands down is Parmesan.  I could eat this stuff in chunks and

As you all know I moved to Italy for the pasta!  Ok maybe not just for the pasta although that is what the It

Makes approximately 25 cookies

Yes you read that right!  And I know what you are thinking, this woman is going Caprese crazy.  Well, just a

I made my cookies quite large and thick and I got 14.

Ahh Pasta, we have Marco Polo to thank for bringing one of Italy's most famous dishes here from China!  Than

As we head into our first week of summer, I was lucky enough to get my first haul of veggies from my garden. Â

My questions are, can you really eat too much Tiramisu?  How many variations of Tiramisu are there out there?

Do you ever buy too much of something on purpose?  Well sometimes I buy too many bananas on purpose, (ok some

You read that right!  Stove Top Pizza.  What can I say, we love pizza.  During the cooler months we usuall

I don't know if it is as hot where you are as it is here.  I keep telling myself, "ok you can do this, only 3

What does your perfect meal consist of?  My favourite meal hands down would have to be lasagna and any kind o

Summer is here and it is almost time for my eldest daughter's annual Barbecue and that mean lots of cooking. Â

I have one piece of advice to give you and that is, if you ever go to Rome you have to see the Vatican Museum!

Today I am doing something different, I am posting on Saturday instead of Sunday because tomorrow I will be up

The big question of the day is do you prefer sweet or salty?  As I always respond "Depends on my mood".  Thi

What to cook, what to cook?  That seems to be a question I ask myself quite often these days.  Summer has a

I have to say I miss cheese buns almost but not quite as much as bagels.  I can remember everyone would buy t

I can eat pasta morning, noon and night, I don't but I could.  And when you mix tomatoes and Parmesan cheese,

Strawberries are a very strange fruit for me, I never liked them until I was pregnant and then I craved them s

You know the saying "an apple doesn't fall far from the tree", well I have to say in a lot of cases it is righ

The summer is fast approaching, actually I have to admit it is already here, and I am not liking the heat one

Happy Mother's Day!  I am lucky to be a mother to two of the most wonderful girls in the world.  The other d

Unfortunately for me the heat is upon us!  I don't handle the heat very well, the only good thing about it i

When I think back on over 20 years ago and how things have changed and how I have changed, I often wonder how

After we spent a wonderful May first with family and friends celebrating a big Italian holiday with the first

Chocolate Lasagna is a dish I first ate when I lived in Canada, to be exact it was the year I spent in Winnipe

A few weeks ago I shared my mother's fabulous Best Meatloaf.  I was sure and still am that it is the best mea

Believe me these are one of the easiest squares I have ever made.  Whenever my eldest daughter yells "Get the

What a better way to end the week and start the weekend then with a fast and delicious pasta dish.  Believe m

What better way to end the week and start the weekend then with a fast and delicious pasta dish.  Believe me

Ok everyone I am back with my obsession with Greek yogurt!  The other day my daughters and I were talking and

Makes approximately 16 pretzels.

Makes approximately 9-18 croquettes depending on size.