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I am always on the look out for healthy homemade snacks and luckily I have lots of friends who are willing to share their recipes. My friend, Jane & I swap cookbooks, which is a really nice way to gain some new recipes, complete with feedback fro (read full article)
It is always nice to spend a leisurely afternoon with friends. A couple of weeks ago, my kiddos and I were invited to friend's home for food, laughter, and some good old backyard fun. Jane, opened her lovely home to us all, and served us a wond (read full article)
My four year old has been cooking since she could stand on a step stool next to me. We try to make several things a week, both for the fun of it, and to have healthy, good things around to snack on. Thanks to a well stocked pantry, some of our cookin (read full article)
Every year at the same time the strawberries are suddenly half the price they were in the winter, I can get organic lemons by the bag, and fresh rhubarb is available. All of this coincides with my husband and daughters' birthdays. One of the special (read full article)
I will forever be grateful to my friend, Kirstin, for forwarding this recipe to me. I am a huge fan of peanut butter and chocolate. And brownies, I love them! I haven't made brownies from a box since I was a kid because they really are easy to make f (read full article)
Today was a full and exciting day. I was interviewed for close to an hour by Tanya Cooper for a blog radio show called Susan and Friends. Tanya is the wife of the former manager of Victory Thrift Store (if you read my blog you know I talk about Victo (read full article)
My daughter loves alphabet soup (what kid doesn't?). I usually buy Amy's Organic at $4 a can. Today, I decided to make some. I was inspired the last time I went to the grocery store and saw that they sell the alphabet pasta. I decided to try this rec (read full article)
My nickname is Princess Ice Cream. Since receiving an ice cream maker from my wonderful dad for my birthday, this family has been making and eating some serious ice cream. My favorite part, next to all the crazy possible ice cream flavors, is the fac (read full article)
Today was a beautiful, sunny, spring like day that I spent with my kiddos. Quin had her first kids yoga class. She spent all day, it was a 4 PM, asking about it, and I was afraid it might not live up to all her anticipation, but it totally did. She L (read full article)
Yes, that is right, I am attempting Thing-A-Day for the second year in a row. I did awesome last year and since I do several creative things each day it should be no sweat this year. Thing-A-Day has moved over to Posterous, and I have got to say, I L (read full article)
My friend, Michelle, came over for dinner one Sunday evening with her kiddos. She arrived with fresh baked cookies. How she managed to make them with her two active kids (3 year old girl with energy to burn and 1 year old boy who has been walking sin (read full article)
My husband is French Canadian. He is from outside of Ottawa, so he is Franco-Ontarian, but we did live in Quebec for awhile. In fact, our eldest daughter was born there, so she is actually Quebecois on paper. I was born in Minneapolis but my great gr (read full article)
We do our best to consume all the holiday goodies that we make or receive, but there always seems to be an extra tin of Christmas cookies that are getting too hard to eat without dunking them in a hot beverage... and what to do with the 100 mini cand (read full article)
I feel that starting fresh can always be an option, but I love the formal feeling of a new year and how we can start anew with a clean slate. My friend Tina reminded me of the concept of Tabula Rasa, which is Latin for clean slate. At the beginning o (read full article)
Thanks to a friend, I recently participated in an email recipe exchange. It did not go as hoped. I was supposed to receive 32 recipes. I think I may have gotten 12. And once I had deleted the ones with meat and those with processed products like, eh (read full article)
My friend, Cindy, brought over a batch of these amazing scones the week I gave birth to Emmanuelle. They gave me the much needed energy that was necessary for nursing a newborn and for regaining my strength. Plus they tasted amazing! I asked her for (read full article)
I lived in Maine for close to ten years. Having grown up in the midwest I had been ignorant of the sweet deliciousness of a New England favorite called the Whoopie Pie. Since moving to Canada I have thought of these soft, cream filled, sandwich cakes (read full article)
Pasta with Pesto, Potatoes, and Green Beansby Martha StewartPhoto by Tiffany TeskeThis recipe has simple ingredients and is so delicious we couldn't believe it. My husband loves potatoes, so I am always looking for new recipes that include them. This (read full article)
Three weeks ago I spent a lot of time getting ready for our family trip to Winnipeg's Victoria Beach. Someday I will write a post on how to get ready for a family road trip (something I get better at all the time) but this post is about how I was for (read full article)
One of the activities I looked forward to each year, while living in Western Maine, was the opportunity to pick my own seasonal produce. Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, apples, pumpkins... sometimes I picked at a farm, other things, such as f (read full article)
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