Posts by Cheryl

Cheryl is a mom to two energetic and strong-willed little girls. It’s a good thing they already like her cooking. She blogs the family’s cooking and taste adventures at Backseat Gourmet.

Quick Bites

Convenience Food Confessions (Recipe: Crispy Waffles)

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Written by Cheryl of Backseat Gourmet You get in the door at 5:30 pm, hockey/dance practice starts in an hour and the kids are screaming for dinner. Without even thinking about it you throw some fish sticks into the oven and open a bag of frozen peas. At least they’ll have some veggies. Not a [...]

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Dinner

The Single Parent as Cook (recipe: Crustless Quiche)

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Written by Cheryl of Backseat Gourmet Whether your single status is essentially permanent or only for the weekend, it is hard to be parenting solo. I’ve been on my own, more or less for the last two months. I know that I’m not alone in my situation. Plenty of us have partners that travel for work [...]

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Dinner

Tips for Perfect (and flavorful) Mashed Potatoes

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Written by Cheryl Arkison of Backseat Gourmet Thanksgiving is my all-time favourite holiday. I love autumn immensely, and without the attachment of religious significance it seems like there is less pressure to perform on the holiday. Rather, it is a gathering of souls, all around a table. In my university days we started a tradition [...]

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Nourishment

Stop and Savor the Season

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Written by Cheryl of Backseat Gourmet We’ve been going hard here at Simple Bites about preserving summer. It’s all about saving those bits of sunshine to brighten a dismal January day. But what if you need to brighten a dismal August day? Just because the weather is great, the kids are out of school, or [...]

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Preserving

Canning 101: Sweet Cherries for Winter Days

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Written by Cheryl of Backseat Gourmet My Baba was the canning and preserving queen. It wasn’t a fun, retro thing for her. It was about survival. And survival meant more than enough food to make it through the winter. It also meant a little bit of sunshine on a cold, harsh winter’s day on the [...]

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