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…

Cranberry And Apple Spice Oatmeal Muffins

Fall is here! I have pulled most of the garden, just carrots and potatoes left. It's been so busy I haven't had a chance to do much baking lately so today it was nice just to relax and lose myself in baking some yummy muffins. I bought some fresh cranberries at the store last week,…

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…

Rainy Day Cooking

It has been pouring rain all day, even the chickens who don't mind the rain retired into their coop. I thought about weeding the garden in the rain cause I'm crazy like that and it is really a never ending project, but decided to spend the day in the kitchen playing around instead. I thought…

Blueberry Buttermilk Scones With Cinnamon

So a funny story, the other day I went to the store to buy 3.25% milk for the baby and when I got home I gave her a bottle of it and she really really did not want to drink it. I finally convinced her to drink it till it was done, then when I…

Rhubarb Crumble

My wonderful neighbor brought me some fresh rhubarb the other day. We planted rhubarb this year but probably won't get to cook with it this year so bless her, I love rhubarb! I made crumble with it yesterday and it didn't disappoint. I love that tangy bittersweet flavour and I've heard that rhubarb is packed…

Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

Dad has been bugging me to make biscuits lately and these are one of his favorites. Since it's gloomy outside and there have been some bear sightings in the area (a bear who actually ate someone's goats!) I thought we'd hang out inside today. Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies: ------------------------------ In small bowl combine 2 1/2…

Candied Ginger And Pineapple Muffins

Trying something new today. The pineapple and the ginger have been staring at me for days saying bake with me! The candied ginger is really more of a ginger praline and it is spicy and sweet and let me warn you - very addictive, you may want to make extra!  And save some to sprinkle…

Sponge Cake With Strawberries And Whip Cream

Today is my little girl's first birthday! It'll be the last first birthday in our family so I'm pretty excited. Plus we managed to survive the first year with a 7 year old, 2 year old and a baby! For her birthday cake I am making a strawberry sponge cake topped with whip cream. First…