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CHRISTMAS 2012

Happy Christmas everyone!  This year we will be having a quiet Christmas.

We will be having the traditional Turkey Dinner with all the fixin’s on Christmas Eve….or more commonly known in our household as “Danish Christmas”.  Family will arrive for the day and evening – one of my favorite times of the year.

I wanted to recap [...]

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MISSING THE KITCHEN

Wow.  Have I ever been missing my kitchen.  After these past few months of working hard with my new company….I needed desperately needed to get back into the kitchen.

The above photo is 14 cups of nourishing, vitamin packed, healthy Turkey broth.  Thanksgiving in Canada was Oct. 8/12. The turkey had been sitting in my freezer.  [...]

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THE RESTORATION PROJECT IS COMPLETE

TA….DAAAA IT IS FINISHED!  This old dresser turned out to be even nicer looking than I thought it would.  My DH was very surprised!

What I was most happy about was purchasing Low VOC/Odorless stains.  I have to say, stain has come a long long way baby!  Near as I can tell we found there were [...]

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A RESTORATION PROJECT

With a whirl wind of a summer, and a busy fall, it often feels like there are not enough hours in the day.  It is hard to believe we are now in October….where did the summer go?

Although I must say September was a most beautiful month.  Cool mornings and evenings, then hot afternoons.  Perfect September [...]

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A BUSY GIRL'S CHEATER DINNER

Mercy….life has been crazy busy, too much going on, too much to learn and too much to absorb.  But you know what?  I am one happy girl despite all of this craziness.

Since I have been asked…now for some personal information…

Back in 2001 I worked for a company that I loved, providing Mobile Spa Services to [...]

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SWEET CHILI BASIL CHICKEN

See this ohhh soooo lovely photograph of deliciousness?  This photo was taken with this:

Yes…DH brought home a new camera – what an awesome present!  It has all kinds of fancy options…I have not even used the camera yet.  He kindly took all the photos for this post.  I am in a huge learning curve at [...]

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OUR ANNUAL WEEKEND GETAWAY AND A NEW RECIPE

We have recently had our annual Weekend Getaway to Salt Spring Island – a little bit of paradise.  We once again stayed at The Cottage Resort, and with the warm weather finally here, we got to swim in that gorgeous lake – it was fabulous!  One of these summers I so want a full week [...]

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LEARNING TO MAKE ORGANIC GOAT FETA CHEESE

Recently I had the pleasure of attending a class on the art of making Organic Goat Feta Cheese, at a local farm in our area – Sacred Circle Farm.  This was an educational day, let me tell you.  This lovely farm raises Sannen goats, chickens, ducks, geese, 4 dogs, a number of cats and a [...]

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A YOUNG TALENTED CHEF IS GONE

I just learned today that Anthony Sedlak suddenly passed away on July 6/2012.  At the tender age of 29, Anthony was an up and coming talented Canadian Chef.  He was the Food Network Star of the shows THE MAIN, AND FAMILY COOK OFF, to name just two of his many accomplishments.

Such a tragic loss, he [...]

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HOMEMADE VEGETABLE COCKTAIL - A HEALING JOURNEY

As I may have mentioned previously, years ago when healing from Celiac Disease I made the choice to heal naturally. I have never done well with medication of any kind, including aspirin! I wanted to get vitamin packed nutrients from vegetables of all kinds. We bought an inexpensive juicer and at that time regularly made [...]