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Bleak midwinter days call for cheerful tea towels and citrusy fresh-baked muffins. These are super basic little muffins, quick to whip up and guaranteed to make your house smell delicious. Cardamom isn’t the most common spice out there – it’s crucial to chai tea, which I love, but otherwise I don’t use it super often. […]
About Anna
I believe in God, the power of optimism, and the ability of food to bring people together. I love to share everyday homemade food with family and friends (and the internetz)! I love cheese, proper grammar, an organized house, dark chocolate, my husband, and my 5 sweet kids.
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Simple Family Advent Calendar
Each year when I share my advent calendar, I get a lot of questions about what’s in the bags, and how we do it. While there are a lot of websites with great advent calendar ideas, I wanted something super simple, family friendly, and low budget – less than $100 total, or about $4 per […]
Tortilla Soup
You guys, I promise I make good soup. You certainly can’t tell from the pictures, so you’re going to have to take my word for it. When fall hits, I launch into soup mode. Soup for lunch, soup for dinner, leftover soup for days – it’s my favourite way to eat veggies, and possibly also […]
Yeasted Sour Cream Coffee Cake
I’ve learned a lot about “atmospheric rivers” in the last couple days, as the rain poured down and our kids’ school flooded, along with so many other homes and roads and businesses. Water is an incredible force of nature, and rivers in the sky are no joke. But when you’re unexpectedly at home with wind […]
Monday Moments: Teen Bedroom Makeover
My parents were always pretty accommodating with my regular bedroom redecorating plans. I still remember being about 13 and having my mom give me full rein of the wallpaper and paint selection at our local paint store. Lavender, green, butterflies, a bulletin board and a multi-coloured dresser…I was thrilled. When I moved into the basement […]
Salmon Fish Cakes
When you only eat out 2 or 3 times a year, every time is a treat. So it can be hard to know if the food is actually super delicious, or if it’s just super amazing to have a lovely dimly-lit atmosphere and hot food you didn’t make placed in front of you. But when […]
Greek Quinoa Salad
We’ve had exceptionally warm weather this month and it’s gotten me thinking about healthy make-ahead lunches that aren’t soup. I can happily eat soup all year round but not everyone here for lunch feels that way. This Greek quinoa salad is a perfect spring and summer lunch alternative – easy to mass produce, full of […]
Monday Moments: Summer Preview
Spring in the Fraser Valley is a beautiful thing. Despite everything else going on in the world, both far away and close to home, I’m so thankful for the incredible part of the world I get to call home, and the fabulous people I get to share it with. A little of what we’ve been […]
Easy Everyday Sourdough Bread
About a year ago, when parks were closed, schools shut, and schedules emptied, a dear friend asked if I wanted some sourdough starter. The sourdough train was just leaving the station, not yet quite as full as it became later in the year, and I was definitely hesitant. I had heard horror stories about the […]
Perfect Turkey Chili
If words of affirmation are your love language, and you have a chili fan in your life, this chili will make both of your days. I’m not a huge chili fan, but I’m married to one, so from time to time I throw together the basics – beans, meat, tomatoes, spices, etc. – and he […]
