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TwitterI’m having a hard time staying focused on work so I decided to write a guest-post for my wife’s blog instead. I’m doing this by choice – I wasn’t delegated. Between the piles of recipes and scribbled ideas occupying every nook and cranny of our home, the overflowing containers of treats, and the incessant inquiries […]
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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Strawberry Basil Bruschetta
It’s mooooovvinnnng day!! And yesterday my sweet little boy turned one, but he’s getting a belated birthday cake so he’s also getting an accompanying late birthday post, stay tuned :) It doesn’t seem real at all that we’re moving today, despite the piles of boxes around me and the 2 hours spent yesterday scrubbing other […]
A better way to make a living?
While living and working in Ottawa I had a very interesting conversation with someone who is far and away the worst co-worker I’ve ever had, and was that bad long before this opinion-cementing conversation. An ex-con and father of 6 children by 4 different women, none of whom was the woman he was currently living […]
Kids’ lunch ideas
Lunch is one of my favourite meals of the day. I say “one of” because I also really love supper. And snacks. I could do without breakfast. I eat breakfast every single day, because my stomach is eating itself and I am a raging mess by 9:30 without it, but I’m not into big breakfasts. […]
A Song for the Occasion
Yesterday marked the official last day of summer holidays, and that means today marks the official start of a new round of school for many kids, teens, and mature students such as myself. That also includes my brother-in-law. Which means he has removed himself, his lovely wife, and his sweet baby from my vicinity. Which […]
Roasted Cherry Dark Chocolate Brownies
These are, quite simply, the best brownies I have ever eaten. We’ve been on a bit of a brownie kick lately, with the Cookies ‘n’ Cream brownies, then the Peanut Butter Crunch brownies, and now this. Do other people make brownies every week too? I hope so. These brownies end my quest for a homemade […]
That sounds fair
Awhile back we went on an impromptu family trip to the Agrifair and had so much fun. It was the perfect introduction to fairs for the kids, being relatively small and, when we went, not very busy, giving easy access to everything from curious llamas to stubborn donkeys, with plenty of bored 4H-ers eager […]
Almond Peach Crumble Muffins
We got keys today!! It’s 7:22am and Carl is already hard at work on our new-to-us house, eager to rip out carpets, tile, drywall, laminate and who knows what else. That means in the very near future (tomorrow?) I get to do one of my favourite things in the whole wide world – pick paint […]
Reese’s Peanut Butter Crunch Brownies
I loooooooove brownies. And I’m not talking 8 year old Girl Scouts, though they are very sweet too, I’m sure. I’m talking sweet, dense, crackly-topped, stick to all the parts of your mouth, good cold or warm, with icing, ice cream, whipped cream, and/or chocolate sauce, want-one-right-now brownies. What’s that, you prefer those kind of […]
The domestic goddess knows how to delegate
I think there’s a common misperception that there exists such a thing as a “domestic goddess” who does it all herself, from icing 12 layer cakes for sick neighbours in a flash between cleaning the bathroom and bringing the kids to soccer practice, while cleaning out the garburator with her bare feet and pouring juice […]
