Recipe – Mac ‘n’ Cheese
I usually make macaroni and cheese by cooking the pasta, mixing in cheese sauce and then putting the lot in a buttered casserole with bread crumbs on top to toast and will likely do so again, but this...
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Little Foodie off her feed
So what do you do when your adventurous eater, the one who’s happily explored the world of food with you, suddenly decides she wants off the bus? Good question. Okay, Mama, let’s try to look at this as...
View ArticleRecipe – Yorkshire Pud
This is a big favourite around our house – we typically have it with roast dinners, but it’s wonderful to sop up stews and soups as well. It doubles easily. Ingredients bacon drippings* 1/2 cup milk 1...
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Recipe – Easy Chicken Stew/Roast Chicken Dinner
The name of this recipe is a bit sneaky, since you have to have already made a roast chicken dinner before you can prepare it, but once you’ve done that, you’ve got at least two meals and one of them...
View ArticleRecipe – Chocolate Cake
This recipe is slightly adapted from Molly Wizenberg’s delightful book, A Homemade Life. She calls it The Winning Hearts and Minds Cake or Our Wedding Cake, but since nothing with chocolate needs...
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Recipe – Rhubarb Apple Crisp
I love how this recipe mixes the old and new – it’s a perfect locavore Springtime dessert and it freezes well! Marina’s not crazy about it at this stage, but it’s really good with some finely chopped...
View ArticleThe Birthday Week
Used to be, back when Marina turned 5, and 4, and 3 etc. that she had a birth-DAY. Nothing too fancy; maybe a few close friends and family. No clowns or ponies, just a meal of her choosing and a cake...
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Recipe – Garlic Mustard Soup
A delicious way to rid your garden of this invasive species. Liberally adapted from the soup we made at the High Park Nature Centre, it’s another of those recipes that marries the best of last fall’s...
View ArticleRecipe – Garlic Mustard Pest-o
A new twist on an old favourite and another yummy way to eat up this garden pest. We like it with linguine. Ingredients 2 cups garlic mustard leaves* 2 sprouts green garlic, chopped 1/3 cup sunflower...
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The Nature Connection
Hmm, another post about connections – seems to be an ongoing theme, but I honestly think the value of the idea and its many adaptations can’t be overstated. I believe one of the reasons that people,...
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