Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
OK, sometimes the name of a recipe says it all, right? Like this Super Simple and Delicious No Knead Bread, it’s pretty self-explanatory. Honestly though, who doesn’t like super simple in their life? Also, as the name suggests it’s oh so yummy to eat. Win/win. A friend passed along this recipe (thanks Arlene!), so I …
First off, a little disclaimer: whipping up this Beef and Beer Stew doesn’t come with a 100% guarantee of romance. There’s always a chance your sweetheart might be battling a headache or perhaps you’re in a doghouse, no savoury stew could help with. However, I’m here to tell you that the likelihood of sparking some …
The back to school flurry and the reddening leaves mean one thing: hockey season is approaching. It actually means many things are approaching, like winter and clearing snowy driveways and nostrils that stick together and dammit where is that second mitten? For many Canadians and Americans whose second home is the rink, winter equals hockey. …
Picture this: it’s a crisp fall evening and you are getting ready to settle in under a blanket and watch your favourite TV show or movie. Or maybe you prefer YouTube videos of the cute little goat knocking down his playmates ; regardless – I don’t judge you, you don’t judge me. Perhaps you would …
There are certain recipes that I simply can’t see the point of making only enough for one meal. Recipes like Marinara and Meatballs or Banana Bread just scream to be doubled, or tripled for meals on another day. If it can be frozen, then I always make enough for another day, like this Big Ass …
Fall is just around the corner and that means a pumpkin extravaganza is about to descend on us. Pumpkin pie recipes will abound and people will lose their minds over pumpkin spice lattes that have no actual pumpkin in them. I’m a hot apple cider girl myself and love to take a cup along with …
Sometimes I get weird heart palpitations. I hate them. They scare me. They’re called premature ventricular contractions or “PVCs” and they’re fairly benign as far as cardiac events go, but I don’t know too much about them because I stopped listening to the doctor after he said “Your heart” and “isn’t beating properly” in the …
Ugh. Is it really September? I was just easing into summer and now I have to mentally prepare myself for the approaching chaos and I’m not talking about homework. I’m talking about competition season which starts in earnest for my cheerleading daughters in September and ends sometime next spring. It means countless hours at the …
