I fell in love with the Saartjie Booties pattern on Ravelry and just had to try it! I’m about to cast my third pair on and am in great danger of becoming totally addicted. Luckily I know a couple of people who’s expecting and have received babies (turning a light shade of green [...]
On Saturday the best husband in the entire world did not buy one stunning pair of Green Cross shoes for me, no not he. He bought two… and as if that wasn’t enough, he endured several hours of endless walking and shopping for his wife who feels like the most loved and valued person [...]
Coconut Chicken Marsala with mixed salad and bananas with coconut…
We have curry about once a week and Andy doesn’t eat it at all so I usually make pasta for him. He loves raw veggies so I give him a whole lot at supper time and he eats some at supper and snacks on the [...]
I’ve really been blogging a lot about food lately. Somehow I feel I have more space on my blog for my hobbies now that Andy has his own homeschooling blog!? Anyway I thought I’d share pics of some meals we had over the weekend…
After getting back from our weekly shopping on Friday night [...]
My Mom told me about this recipe yesterday while we were chatting on the phone and I just HAD to make it for Luke’s lunch cause it sounded so interesting. So while supper was roasting in the oven Andy and I made the dough and by the time Andy went to bed it was [...]
Every time we enjoy a meal out of my favourite cookbook (The Farm Kitchen) I say ‘Thank you Mommy’ (who gave me the cookbook).
Here is another meal from that delightful treasure…
Green bean salad with a wonderful dressing of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, fresh lemon juice, whole grain mustard and freshly crushed garlic. (I’ll definitely make [...]
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Simple, aromatic and delicious not to mention very healthy. I made Asian baked fish last night with some honey glazed carrots…
To make the fish: Place the fish fillets in a ovenproof dish and pound some fresh ginger and garlic together with a little olive oil and spread over the fish fillets. Then [...]
I spent the whole afternoon (approximately 4 hours) preparing Burritos for our evening meal. I made everything from scratch, starting with flour tortillas which Andy helped with by proof tasting while they were still warm and fresh…
I made the filling by sauteing onions and kidney beans then layered it with shredded mixed leaf lettuce, [...]
I made ‘Indian Tomato Soup’ and baked ‘Naan bread’. All I can say is WOW! The flavour was exquisite. It was out of my favourite recipe book…
This book is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Everything I cook from here comes out such a tasty success that I find myself making the majority of my [...]
The day started off with a special treat for breakfast… piggy pancakes. We do this about once a month cause we usually have more nutritious breakfasts. Andy loves these and drizzles lots of honey on.
Then we spent the morning as usual lapbooking and the afternoon baking. We made a huge batch of [...]