The Kitchen Magpie

Shrimp Fettucine Alfredo

Shrimp fettucine alfredo is my new favourite pasta. Not only do I get to eat one of my favourite pastas, I make the entire family happy with the meal. My kids love plain fettucine alfredo (though my son gamely tried the shrimp and said, “no thanks” to another helping) and Mike and I get to satisfy that craving for shrimp that we get sometimes.

I know, I crave shrimp, it’s odd. Sometimes though, I just want some shrimp with some Old Bay seasoning (the blackened one is two thumbs up for seafood! You can’t beat it!) done on the BBQ and then I am good for a while. I’ve even brought Mike over to the dark seafood side, he would never have touched shrimp with a ten-foot pole a few years ago! At least I know where my kids get it from, right? [Read More…]

Pesto Tomato, Egg & Avocado Breakfast Salad

This Pesto Tomato, Egg & Avocado Breakfast Salad is literally what I’ve been living off of for breakfast lately. It combine everything I love into one bowl – and is such a healthy start to the day it’s incredible. Vegetables, heart healthy oils from not only the avocado but the olive oil as well, protein from the eggs…it’s all amazing.

The best part is that it’s super fast to make. You can whip this up in the morning in no time at all, mere minutes in fact. The vegetable prep can be done while your eggs are poaching! [Read More…]

How to Make Poutine Hot Dogs!

I have been waiting MONTHS to make a poutine hotdog! I had to wait until the weather was nice, we needed hotdog roasting weather in order to do it with the kids. There’s nothing better than a warm day and a firepit going to make you feel that summer is finally on it’s way!

The second recipe that I have partnered with Dempster’s for uses their hotdog buns and I knew right away that poutine hotdogs were on the menu! I noticed that the Dempster’s hotdog buns have a new recipe for their softest buns ever and this is what I love about partnering with brands that we use at home. [Read More…]

Visiting Beaver Creek Farms, A Day in the Life of a McCain Potato Farmer

One lovely spring morning out here on the Canadian Prairies, Mike and I packed up the car for a road trip out to Manitoba. Our goal: visit Beaver Creek Farms, a potato farm in partnership with McCain, during potato planting season to learn about the inner workings of a Canadian potato farm.

We drove from Edmonton to Portage la Prairie, which is about 45 minutes outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was a gorgeous drive, as our prairies in the spring are almost as pretty as the prairies in summer. We tucked ourselves into a hotel in Portage and readied ourselves for an early morning heading out to the farm.

Bright and early, we met with our fellow farm visitors and drove out to the farm. Just Northwest of Portage la Prairie, the farm is a reminder of just how close our farmers are to us and how large and widespread our prairies are. Just a few minutes off the TransCanada highway in almost any direction when you are on the prairies lie so many farms, all providing us with some of the dietary necessities of life. [Read More…]