Joining a CSA: Week 12 & 13

After much talk, we finally made the decision to join a CSA (I know, we're a little late to the bandwagon - oops!). Each week, I'm p...

Joining a CSA: Week 10 & 11

After much talk, we finally made the decision to join a CSA (I know, we're a little late to the bandwagon - oops!). Each week, I'm p...

Joining a CSA: Week 8 & 9

After much talk, we finally made the decision to join a CSA (I know, we're a little late to the bandwagon - oops!). Each week, I'm p...

Joining a CSA: Week 7

After much talk, we finally made the decision to join a CSA (I know, we're a little late to the bandwagon - oops!). Each week, I'm p...

Joining a CSA: Week 6

After much talk, we finally made the decision to join a CSA (I know, we're a little late to the bandwagon - oops!). Each week, I'm p...

Joining a CSA: Week 5

After much talk, we finally made the decision to join a CSA (I know, we're a little late to the bandwagon - oops!). Each week, I'm p...

Joining a CSA: Week 4

After much talk, we finally made the decision to join a CSA (I know, we're a little late to the bandwagon - oops!). Each week, I'm p...

Joining a CSA: Week 3

After much talk, we finally made the decision to join a CSA (I know, we're a little late to the bandwagon - oops!). Each week, I'm p...

Joining a CSA: Week 2

After much talk, we finally made the decision to join a CSA (I know, we're a little late to the bandwagon - oops!). Each week, I'm p...

Grilled halloumi salad

One of the neat things about joining a CSA is that it's forced us to think outside the box and discover new recipes. And I'm so gla...

CSA Week 1: What we got, what we made

We've talked about it often, but this year we finally made the decision to join a CSA. You can read more about Community Shared Agricult...

Irish Soda Bread + Make Your Own Buttermilk

My paternal grandmother was part of a large Irish family whose children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren still get together every year...

Dutch puffy pancakes

Another winter storm felt like the perfect excuse to eat dessert for breakfast, and this Dutch puffy pancake  was calling my name. At two a...

Healthy breakfast muffins

I've never been much of a morning person, so I begrudgingly drag myself out of bed each morning with just enough time to get ready and ...

How to make your best cup of tea

Are you a tea lover? I started drinking tea when I lived in the UK for a year (it's true what they say about the Brits and their tea), a...

Blueberry cornmeal cobbler

This month, Canadian Living asked its blogger network to try making  blueberry cornmeal cobbler . Fresh blueberries are one of my favourite ...

Grilled peach melba sundae

We had some family over for dinner last Sunday, and it was the perfect opportunity to try out Canadian Living's July cover recipe, grill...

Haddock with mango + pepper salsa

Haddock is a popular fish in the Maritimes and we eat it pretty regularly. I was looking for a new way to serve it and came across this reci...

Rhubarb coffee cake

When I came home from work on Monday, this beautiful cake was waiting for me. Adam decided to harvest some of our rhubarb and baked  this rh...

Sesame (fake) chicken with fennel and orange salad

I'm back with another recipe challenge from Canadian Living . This month's recipe is  sesame chicken with fennel and orange salad , ...