Well, as someone once said, ‘life happens when you make other plans’! So my blogging activity has been significantly impacted in the last month by my choosing to return full time to the workforce – great for me and once I’m used to not wearing lululemons every day, then my blogging will find its new […]
Christmas is a time to count your blessings and I am very fortunate to be blessed with many special people in my life – my own family, my sisters and brother and many dear friends. One of my greatest blessings is my sister-in-law Charlotte, who has been a wonderful support and friend over the […]
Good news – Lochie the Sheltie Wonder Dog is virtually fully recovered and thriving on the homemade chicken breast and steamed rice meal plan I’ve been preparing lovingly for him. For those who missed my recent post, his run-in with a bag of organic dark chocolate and roasted salted cashews has had minimal negative effects […]
Lucky me! I’ve just had a birthday, treated wonderfully by my family, enjoyed an incredible dinner at home and capped a great day with a big slice of my favourite cake, Granny’s Birthday Cake. This is a real cake, substantial yet tender, simple to make but flavourful, and like many of us, is even better […]
Toney River, a little piece of paradise on the north shore of Nova Scotia where family gathers every summer in our cottage to wind down, catch up, rejuvenate and share lots of good food, is fertile ground for kitchen creativity. Searching the pantry one sweet summer day, I found fresh garlic scapes from the nearby […]
The plan is for November to be pretty much Cake Month – there’s Baby Sister’s birthday on the 1st (she turned 50 two days ago in case you missed that post!), my own next week (don’t listen to everything she says about me being older, even though she is my favourite younger sister, FYS), and […]
I’m tempted to call this Milestone Cake but it really belongs to Nanny MacDonald, my grandmother who made it often for us and it was always a welcome treat. However, I decided to make it today in honour of Baby Sister who’s turning 50 (certainly a Milestone) today, November 1st! Our Nanny was one of those […]
Here’s a simple, yet tasty, childhood favourite of my oldest son’s – Alex (aka Marathon Man after running his first marathon in Toronto last weekend) used to love this dish and always called it “lemon” chicken, despite the fact there was no lemon in it! Probably it reminded him of all those wonderful Chinese restaurants […]
Despite our summery Thanksgiving weekend in Atlantic Canada (temperatures over 25 degrees C for most of us), this week has brought us back to reality and with it, some glorious, but definitely cooler days. Just the kind of weather to gather folks around the table for an easy to put together, long-simmered, tempting pot roast […]
Hope that this will have been worth the wait! Warm gingerbread, topped with butter, is one of my favourite childhood desserts, the deep sweetness of cinnamon, ginger and cloves enhanced by rich molasses and contrasted with the cool, slightly salty butter that I top mine with – divine! I found this recipe which I hadn’t […]