Beautiful Calling

  Thanks to the Happy Housewife, I made Sundae Boxes as gifts for some friends this Christmas. It was fun and easy to put together and hopefully the recipients enjoyed them. In my box I put waffle bowls, caramel sauce, chocolate sprinkles, gummy worms, crushed candy canes, maraschino cherries and sugar sprinkles. I wanted to [...]

Gather together: 3 cups of all purpose flour 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour 1 cup of quick cook oats (plus a bit for sprinkling) 2 TBSP of baking powder 2 TBSP of sugar 1 pound of cold diced butter 1/2 cup of milk 1/2 cup of real maple syrup (doesn’t taste the same [...]

I made brownies in mini loaf pans. I used almonds instead of walnuts since I didn’t have any walnuts. They don’t taste quite the same. My aunty and uncle are visiting from Northern Ontario. My aunt is the one who gave me the foolproof scalloped potato recipe I use all the time. Anyhow, she brought [...]

This was my favorite breakfast growing up. I have several friends who can attest to it’s tastiness though they may have been a little hesitant to try them at first. {Thanks Amy for trusting me all those years ago}. I made them for all my friends when we had sleepovers. And you know 15+ years [...]

I have had a love affair with waffles lately; can’t get enough of them! Or perhaps it’s the butter and real maple syrup that they get dowsed in before I eat them! We have a standard Hamilton Beach Waffle Baker. It works good enough, though I would like a double waffle maker someday. Anyway, my [...]

Summer 2010 – My handsome daddy and his fish I grew up in Sioux Lookout, Ontario – known for it’s fishing and hunting. It’s an amazingly beautiful area and I am blessed to have an Aunt and Uncle who still live there on a beautiful house by the lake. We’ve been up visiting a few [...]

  This past fall Chloe went with her cousins to a farm and came home with dried corn on the cob. It decorated our sideboard for Thanksgiving and then sat in the sideboard until I discovered it this spring. As soon as Chloe saw it, she wondered when we would eat it. Well, a rainy [...]

photo adapted from jessica.diamond After birth, at minimum your perineum is sore and chances are, you may have some minor tearing. A soothing herbal bath is great for promoting healing and also good for helping baby’s cord stump to heal. The Hamilton Midwives’ website has the recipe but I simply went to the drug store [...]

I love homemade lemonade and first started making it years ago after watching Barefoot Contessa do it on Food TV while entertaining. After tasting it, I’m hooked! Store-bought just doesn’t compare. Lemons Water Crushed Ice Super Fine Sugar KitchenAid Simple Juicer The recipe isn’t a fine science; it depends on your taste buds. Lately I’ve [...]

Oatmeal Bread This recipe is simple and easy; two of my favorite words! It was shared with me by a childhood friend that I recently reconnected with. It’s her mothers. Thanks Amanda & Mrs. Nissley! 1 C rolled oats (not instant or quick oats) 2 C boiling water 1 Tbsp margarine/butter salt 1 Pkg yeast [...]