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May 26, 2020

How to Make a Charcuterie Board

Featuring the Mastro & San Daniele Cooked Charcuterie Trio One of the things I miss most about my pre-quarantine life is being able to connect with my husband and share quality time, one-on-one, or with another couple, over food, drink, and belly laughs. Pre-kids, going out for dinner, drinks, or even just a simple charcuterie board on a random stop while walking through the city was one of our favourite things to do. We never really felt the need to schedule a “Date Night”. Again, we were childless, living in a very trendy part of Toronto with endles[...]

Food & Drink

May 11, 2020

Peanut Butter & Banana Overnight Oats

http://www.kelsinwonderland.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/milk-final-blog-2.movBalanced Breakfast Ideas: Peanut Butter & Banana Overnight Oats If there’s one thing that I know for certain as a parent, it’s that my kids’ eating habits are a total mystery. Their favourite food one day is their arch-nemesis the next, foods they’ve never touched before are suddenly inhaled, anything green will only be consumed in smoothie form, and favourite meals that we’ve consistently served for weeks on end will one day, out of nowhere, offend my children to the c[...]

LIFE

May 10, 2020

3 Ways to Be Positive (During Negative Times)

Surround yourself with pizza and positivity, so says my t-shirt. Well, I've got pizza... positivity, though? I'll call that a work in progress. Let’s be real for a sec: Maintaining a positive attitude right now is hella hard. The smallest things can irk even the most level-headed mamas. It doesn’t help that the most common tips for promoting personal positivity are: Surround yourself with positive people. Right… my toddlers are fully in “no mommy!” mode because I told them they had to nap in their beds and not the front hall closet while care[...]

Food & Drink, LIFE

May 1, 2020

Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts

Hands up if your sole purpose as a mom seems to be feeding your kids snacks… all day long. Snack time is all the time in our house, and it’s been fun coming up with new ways to feed the twins the same foods day in and day out. When they decide they like a certain food, we milk that for all it’s worth, incorporating the single beloved ingredient into any simple recipe we can muster. We’re on a strawberry kick right now; I love snacking on California strawberries just on their own as part of a balanced snack, as a topping fo[...]