There’s something about adding the word breakfast to smoothie that screams health freak. And you confirm it if you list wheat germ as one of the ingredients… Although if you came here, you would find us as usual, a little pasty and somewhat un-exercised. Also, I’m long past due a haircut. Despite the sudden quantity [...]
Category Archives: In the kitchen
Cowboy cookies
December 30, 2010 – 7:00 am
John gave me a cookbook for Christmas, just like I asked. It is the famous Baked Explorations, and in order to prove that only good things can come of buying me a cookbook, I’ve already done two of the recipes. One bundt cake when Uncle Ray came by, and yesterday, I made Cowboy Cookies. I’d [...]
Cookies
December 22, 2010 – 7:00 am
I’m here! It’s been two days… I know… I’m sorry! I brought you cookies! These are Christian’s favorites, closely followed by peanut butter cookies…
I made so many I ran out of raspeberry jelly to fill them with… And there were only four left. Do you know how frustrating that is? You get to the end, [...]
Supper
October 12, 2010 – 9:21 am
I was setting the table when John came upstairs. He’d been to a friend’s place for a Thanksgiving meal. Naturally, I wanted to know what had been on the menu.
“Two kinds of lasagna, some kind of meat in a brown sauce…”
“Meatballs?”
“Kind of, I guess.”
“What about turkey?”
“Yeah, it was like a Shepherd’s Pie with ground turkey. [...]
Banjo Bowl
September 13, 2010 – 7:40 am
So here is John… He carved out a watermelon and found a twist-tie to drape the Roughrider flag on his back. And even if I found his preparation excessive, we had no doubt Saskatchewan would win.
Then, in the afternoon, Christian checked the score… and I said “WHAT?“I phoned John and left him a message which [...]
First failed desert
December 31, 2009 – 7:00 am
In case you did not already know, I have a sweet tooth and I’m quite sure it comes from a long line of sweet-tothed ancestors, including a great-grandfather on my dad’s side who apparently wouldn’t leave the table without a little something to end the meal. It has corrupted Christian to some extent and has [...]
In the kitchen
December 15, 2009 – 7:00 am
Does it look like she’s helping to you?
Because really she’s not… She’s just posing. Somehow, instead of learning how to sit, or roll onto her back from her stomac, she’s learned how to pose. If you don’t believe me, check out her “gangsta” pose. No, she doesn’t like sitting at all… so Mama chops carrots [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
October 12, 2009 – 4:43 pm
We inadvertently celebrated Thanksgiving with a feast last weekend, when we invited aunts and uncles over for a “Thank-you” supper. We were cooks, keeping our heads about ourselves and making sure everything tasted alright… therefore, there are no pictures. Instead, here is the menu!
Appetizers: Cheese Twists – both spicy and non-spicy, made from a pastry [...]
Hamburgers
September 17, 2009 – 7:00 am
Little did I know that when I married Christian, I also inherited a tradition… Saturday night hamburgers. When we’re tired of it, we change the recipe for the burger… Our latest, best version comes from Jamie Oliver. We were perusing cookbooks when we came across the simple recipe and slightly adapted it…
500g ground beef
12 Ritz
8 [...]