I don’t know why I didn’t do this sooner. After spending close to a month at my parents’ house last summer before moving back to BC, I got kind of used to having fresh herbs in my food. My mom has a flourishing herb garden and threw them in all our dinners with wild, delicious […]
Archives for April 2011
Sisterhood of the non-travelling pants
This is a pretty exciting day for me, as my dear sister is moving back to the valley for the summer with her fabulous hubby and baby-to-be. This means I will have TWO of my fab four sisters in my immediate vicinity, one big sister and one little sister. Just a couple more to get […]
Nothing about that Vancouver hockey team
I think that men are funnier than women. It pains me to say this, but I think it is the truth. Now, I know some very funny women, and also make myself laugh on a pretty regular basis, but on a professional, public level I have to give men the edge. My theory is that […]
Happy (Easter) Cookies
Easter weekend! Easter is my favourite holiday, both for the Christian background and the totally unrelated candy choices that take over the grocery stores. Although, eggs = hatching = new life…so there is some logic I suppose? Cadbury Creme Eggs and Mini Eggs have to be my favourite Easter candies, along with “Mr. Munchy”, […]
Sittin’ pretty
K-fer’s learning to sit has led to great excitement and changes around here. First, Gemma finally seemed to notice that this fixture that had come into her life was actually another person, not just “the baby” or “Kiss-o-fer”, but someone with whom to play and someone who also wants to grab her toys or her […]
Zucchini Bread
Well, since my love of zucchini is well-established, I’ll just get right to it. This is a delicious zucchini bread I’ve been eating since I was barely walking, and even more delicious if you add a crumble topping of approx. 1 tbsp melted butter, 1/2 cup oats and 1/3 cup brown sugar…adjust to your taste, […]
I’ll show you scandalous.
This week I bought a box of Lucerne’s “Scandalous Cookie” ice cream. Buying ice cream is no easy task for me. I am not the biggest ice cream fan, but it is one of Carl’s evening staples, so I try to buy it once a month or so and when I do buy it I […]
Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins
I love zucchini. I’m just gonna put that out there and recommend that if you do NOT love zucchini, you not read the rest of this post, as I know some people have it in for harmless, delicious, not-that-nutritious zucchini, and I won’t have any of that attitude here. I kind of grew up on […]
Louvre me, louvre me not
I got a pedicure in my favorite colour ever. I didn’t know my favourite colour was called Louvre me, louvre me not. When I worked at the paint store for all those wonderful, fume-y years I wanted to be the person who named paint colours. Now I want to name nail polish colours. Goals change. […]
I feel I need to explain myself…
I’ve been getting some hating since starting this blog for my apparent ability to eat all things from chocolate to pasta in great proportions, and I feel it is time to share the truth and my personal “diet plan”. First of all, I wasn’t always as thin as I am now. In fact, in my […]
Buttermilk Scones
Pretty much every time we have homemade soup, which is pretty much once a week in the winter/rainy months, we also have scones. I love scones because I don’t have to plan ahead – they can be whipped up in 15 minutes, don’t need any rising time, and cook in only 20 minutes. Ideal for […]
Getting ready for summer
There are a lot of things one can do to get ready for summer…tone up those abs to washboard shape for bikini season, give the house a deep clean, bleach your hair and go tanning so you look ahead of the game…. Having done all those things already (ha), I turned to other important preparatory […]