Food, Travel, and Cooking!
I’m beginning to wonder if there’s something wrong with me! Here’s why… An article I was recently reading in a local magazine included a photo not unlike this one, minus the basil leaf, of white spaghetti topped with a huge dollop of tomato sauce. And as soon as I saw it I had a visceral […]
Yes Please! My mother was known to tell people that she could bake anything inside a pie crust and her family would love it! And my Russian mama definitely had that down right! Although…it may have had something to do with the fact that MOM WAS AN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME PIE MAKER! And I don’t care […]
Here at #5 the kitchen is bursting with blueberries! The Gelderman family has come through yet again with another outstanding crop of berries and there are more to come next weekend. They grow two types of blueberries, one harvested in July and the other in August. Both are great but we find the August berries […]
And that means putting on those thinking caps figuring what to prepare for that special Leo celebrating a birthday. In this case, me!!! It’s no longer July…but it’s still summer and just think of all those people you can impress by inviting them over to share an alfresco dinner! What that meant, here at #5 […]
Ramps and Rhubarb! We are happily up to our knees in both! We fired up the stove at #5 this week to stock up our larder and freezer using these delectable spring delicacies. You can’t go wrong with rhubarb muffins or rhubarb coffee cake. A must in our house is making the annual batch of rhubarb ketchup. Ramps […]
Last weekend we made a quick trip over to Vancouver Island. It’s been about three years…far too long! Back in the day, before we really got the travel bug and when we still had a mortgage to pay off, we used to go over quite often. Vancouver Island is very beautiful and if you get […]
We’ve always had a stand-alone freezer. And…FYI…I’ll freeze just about anything that isn’t standing still! I don’t know how we would live without one! Do you freeze whipping cream? Are you crazy you might ask…hang on…I do all the time and it’s proven to come in handy. Thawed out in the fridge, it can be […]
You’ve just have to say yes to these juicy, succulent morsels! When a friend posted that she was making meatballs, I figured I’d better get busy and make some too! I’ve probably made hundreds if not thousands of different meatballs in my former chef life! The big plus being, they are easy to eat from […]
We’ve got our tree! We love going to our favourite “lot” every year and picking out the “perfect” tree. The first year my Husband and I were together we drove all over town looking for “that” tree! Oops… the law was laid down and “we will never be doing that again”. Did I mention that we […]
“A Change Is Gonna Come.” Aah! Nothing like listening to a little Otis Redding! Some of us of “boomers”, you know the group, where 60 is the new 40, are on a mission; that’s to create the next chapter of our lives. We’ve watched our parents’ age and here’s a little secret, while they were […]