Quiche

My oven crapped out this morning! Big Bang, then no heat. Sad moment, I love cooking with the oven. Dad says he'll try to fix it when he gets home from work, if not I guess we know what we're getting for an early Christmas present! It didn't come as a surprise, it has been…

Chewy Butterscotch Chip Oatmeal Cookies

My next door neighbors have had a tough year, they have had two of their alpacas pass away suddenly and are heart broken. As animal lovers we too are so sad. I thought I'd try to cheer them up a bit with some yummy butterscotch chip oatmeal cookies and a bottle of wine. It was…

Home Grown Chicken And Veggies

It's like thanksgiving again at our house when we pull one of our homegrown chickens out of the freezer and pair it with veggies from the garden. Last night we had roasted chicken with roasted veggies and everything in our meal except for the olive oil, salt and pepper and garlic (we had another unsuccessful…

The Wood Stove

We live on 5 acres close to Winnipeg in Canada. The winters are brutal here! One of my favorite parts about the winter is our wood stove that warms our house. Every winter we go through approximately a cord and a half to two cords of wood to heat the house from late fall to…

Beets for the winter?

Today I pulled beets from the garden, and for the first time I have about a hundred left over after cooking with them all summer. I'm not sure how I should prepare them for the winter.  I've read about storing them in a box with sand, freezing cooked beets, or canning, I don't want to…

Harvest Time!

And the harvest season has begun at our house! Last week we had an unexpected frost that killed the plants in the garden so it was time to pull tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and cucumbers. We had a great growing year, however it never feels quite long enough! Dad has started canning the tomatoes and I'm…

Little Quiches

Over the weekend we got to go to a neighbouring farm for a pig roast. My little boy got to ride a horse for the first time and he loved it! Everybody brought a dish, so I brought some little quiches made from day fresh eggs and garden veggies. I made the crust from scratch…

Zucchini Sticks, Fish Burgers With Salsa

The zucchini in our garden are going crazy, had to make something or many things out of this beast that I pulled out of the garden, it's almost as big as my 1 year old! So last night we had fish burgers on home made buns with salsa made out of garden tomatoes, onion and…

Jalapeño, Cardamom, Chocolate Chip Muffins

I was craving chocolate and something spicy, there is a few jalapeños in the garden that have been calling my name!  These muffins will warm you from the inside without being too spicy, and the cardamom gives you a bit of a burst of freshness. Jalapeño, Cardamom Chocolate Chip Muffins Cream together in large bowl:…

Sunset And Fog

I love fog and I love sunsets. The other evening we were treated to both at the same time! I got the kids to bed then took my good camera outside to get some shots. Magical.