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What’s a little meat loaf among friends? For me, it turned out to be part of a new style of collaborating, planning and dreaming. I declare 2013 as The Year of Living a Happy Life From the Heart. I know, right? Sounds sappy, but admit it – the idea makes your great big heart race [...]
NOTICE: This recipe is directly copied from Smutty Eats and the amazing Steffani Cameron. Plagarized pasta – what can I say? Except… It’s an ABSOLUTE FAVE bolognese recipe. A jillion thanks to Steffani for posting it where we can all get our greedy bolognese-loving hands on it! It’s a perfect comfort food, especially in the [...]
Happened to have the family over for a pre-Christmas gathering recently. Turned out it was Grey Cup Sunday, which is a big football-y deal here in Canada. At least I think it’s a big deal in Canada. For all I know, it might just be a big deal in Western Canada. Is there something called [...]
I don’t know about you, but I find November kind of a dreary month. Where I live it is wet and cold, with a time change thrown in that makes for long, dark evenings. Not that I’m complaining – (okay, well maybe just a teensy bit of whining) – because there is a bright side. [...]
As I write this, a batch of heirloom tomatoes are slow-roasting in the oven. It is foggy outside and cool. Leaves on the trees are that goldy-green colour they get at this time of year, especially along muddy riverbanks. It’s peaceful. The aroma filling the house is heavenly. The tomatoes are roasting with thyme from [...]
What is it about pie that brings out the generosity of people? Or is it the generosity that brings out the pie? Hm. Whichever it is, a dear friend recently demonstrated extraordinary ‘piegivingness’ at a vintage garden picnic held in honour of late-summer birthdays. When asked if he would consider making a pie to contribute, [...]
There are few things in life as tempting as Strawberry Shortcake. Come June, the shortcake dreaming starts. Actually, I should call it the Shortcake Dreaming because I am pretty sure its universal, and I’m also pretty sure it deserves some sort of official socio-cultural status. In the Dreaming, we pray for sun, so the berries [...]
Getting my sticky fingers on cookbooks is one of life’s simple pleasures that just never gets old. The cookbooks do, however, and they get sticky too. Ew, I know. But somehow I just don’t mind. Browsing through an old recipe book and coming across a splattered, well-thumbed page is heartwarming. It’s like the former owner, [...]
Oven Baked Garlic Shrimp This is a go-to recipe for those times when you want a no-fuss, healthy, and delicious meal in minutes. Serve it alongside a fresh Caesar Salad for a garlic double-whammy. For that matter, you can toss them into a Caesar Salad. Or some brown-rice pasta. Or brown rice. These shrimp aren’t [...]
I recently posted about being Rapturous Over Rhubarb, so it should come as no surprise that I am posting some more about this versatile vegetable-used-as-a-fruit. What is surprising is that feelings run strong on rhubarb. For much of the past week or so I have been embroiled in the Rhubarb Debates, which at times have [...]
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