Dont you just love this time of year? Anything green and leafy has been bursting with life. The lilac hedge outside my window, the same window I gaze out of as I write this, is lush and t...
I do this thing every year, every day, at this point in Spring - a walkabout around the yard. I poke at perennials to see if they are still alive - most are but for some wild and crazy reason s...
In the Spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~ Margaret AtwoodToday is Victoria Day in Canada, or the unofficial start to Summer. Many of us climb into campers ...
Im super thrilled to be the guest blogger over on the Mushrooms Canada blog today. I created these Wild Mushroom & Asiago Risotto Cakes just for them, and mushroom lovers everywhere!So my s...
My Mom really loves ice cream. Growing up there was always a tub in the freezer, usually vanilla, but once in awhile there was chocolate or that funky Neapolitan which always caused me some con...
Its no big secret that I love me some bacon around here. Like hard core. Its even noted in my Twitter profile, along with butter and living room dance parties, to you know, dance off some...
Theres been a little extra fat, or "snuggage" as I lovingly like to call it, hanging around my skinny jeans lately. I know. Its my own damn fault - eating crème brûlée everyday fo...
"The great thing about getting older is that you dont lose the other ages youve been." ~ Madeleine LEngle When I was a kid I wanted to be Molly Ringwald. Me and my sister watched a...
Hi. How are things today? I hope youre all doing rather swell as the end of April approaches. If youve been a regular reader here, you know all of the crazy good fortune thats...
Where do I begin? This week has been insane - but in the best way. On Friday I found out I won for Best Main Dish in the Canadian Lentils Recipe Revelations Contest. Remember ...
So Im reading before bed last night, like I do most nights, and in the acknowledgements section of Still Life by Louise Penny (a great book if you dig crime fiction or if youve ever loved Agath...
So check it out - these photos were all taken in my backyard a couple of days ago. The cats stretched out, chewing on new shoots of grass while I snapped away. Every once in awhile ...
Forever is composed of nows. ~ Emily Dickinson Friends gathered in my sunlit living room, once my orange cat was wrangled inside (despite his best attempts to avert such wrangling - hes got the sprin...
Im SUPER thrilled to be guest posting on the Mushrooms Canada blog today. This pizza was created specially for them, and mushroom lovers everywhere! Its got bacon, which Im obsessed with j...
"Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn." Lewis GrizzardGive it up for being officially into Spring! While there are still bits and pie...
Good news: Im beginning to feel human again. For the better part of the last ten days Ive been knocked out by this horrendous flu making the rounds. You know the one. St...
There are plenty of things I love about living in this beautiful province - the copious amounts of sunshine, even in the depths of winter; the endless, blue blue sky; the quirky, lovely people;...
Bananas arent my favourite fruit. In fact, I mostly buy them for the sole purpose of banana bread, of which Im a huge fan (especially if it contains chocolate and pecans!). Theres t...
In a perfect world, youd have seen these delicious morsels of artichoke goodness well before Colin Firth presented Meryl Streep her Best Actress Oscar (my favourite moment of Sunday night - my boyfri...
If you are a frequent visitor round here, youll already have noticed a few changes. Are you checking out that banner? I snapped the photo of my lovely green beans last Summer, and now th...
My every intention was to write this post for Valentines Day - all smooshy and nauseatingly sappified. Id met a fella, see? It was early days, but he was thoughtful and kind, with a...
Its a mad chocolate world out there right now. Heart-shaped boxes; kisses wrapped in pink tin-foil; delectable cupcakes overflowing with buttercream and boxed up with pretty bows. V...
"To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour." William BlakeJust two years ago my swe...
What is going on with me? First I was baking brownies without butter, and now Im craving tofu? Its crazy talk. But you know, the brownies turned out super awesome, and so did ...
One year ago today I put forth into the world my very first post on my brand shiny new food blog. It was all about gingerbread waffles and caramelized pears and I was pleased as punch.&nb...
Ladies and gentlemen, today I present to you brownies, made without butter. Someone circle this date on your calendar. Check to see that hell hasnt frozen over too. I mean, wh...
It was too good to be true. For weeks and weeks, Saskatoon was experiencing above average temperatures. Like we barely had snow for Christmas, and just 10 days ago I was out for din...
Its citrus and avocado season, kids. Cheap as borscht (errr, wrong veg, Ren) and super-good for you, its time to load up the shopping cart with some Ruby Reds and some Haas. Someti...
Is it too soon? Is it too soon to think about making something so decidedly decadent like this sticky toffee pudding? Most of us probably spent the week removing the clothes from ou...
Were just a few days into 2012, and I hope its treating you well, so far. Theres nothing like the smell of a fresh New Year, ripe to all sorts of possibilities and opportunities. I ...
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