You might have had strawberry rhubarb pie, but have you tried blackberry rhubarb? This is what happens in summer, when you look at the abundance of gorgeous fresh stuff in your fridge and don’t want to let anything go to waste: pie happens. First, though, you text your family and ask, blackberry & rhubarb: yes […]
Monday Moments: Road Trip
Last week Carl was gone, my sisters were gone, my in-laws were gone, and both my babysitters were gone. It was also hot as you-know-where every single day. I thought I was doing better with heat, but that was before a heat warning came into effect and there were not enough inappropriate clothes in my […]
Double Chocolate Banana Bread
So I’ll probably never make regular banana bread again. Adding cocoa to things doesn’t make them less healthy, but it sure makes them look unhealthy, doesn’t it? Dark chocolate is very hard to photograph, especially when the product keeps getting eaten down to the last piece before you remember to take a picture. Clearly I’m not the […]
Berry Meringue Torte
Also known as a berry pavlova, or meringue log? Naming recipes is almost as hard as naming boys. This berry meringue was Gemma’s birthday dessert request, and I made it again this weekend with just strawberries to be all red and white for Canada Day. All the helpful-aged children were out of commission with the […]
Monday Moments: Summer Starts
Summah holla-dayyyzz! And the livin’ is…well, a little barfy, actually. Random stomach flu aside, summer holidays have so far been great. We kicked it off early with a long weekend trip right before school was over…those parents who call their kids in absent a week before they actually never have to be at school. But hey, […]
