Author Archives: chebandbecky

About chebandbecky

I was born in Birmingham, England and emigrated to Canada in 1988. Becky is my daughter who was injured in a car accident. We are working towards her independence.

So much to do!

Posted on August 29, 2017

The last 5-6 weeks have been very busy. We have cooked but I haven’t had time to write up the recipes. We’ve also been on a road trip to Thunder Bay, which was wonderful. Sault Ste. Marie Down a nickel … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Disability, Photography, Photos, Travel, wheelchair | Tagged Canada, disability, photography, road trip, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, travel | 6 Comments

Summer Soup

Posted on July 31, 2017

Our garden is finally producing some food after a very slow start, so we used some of our garden stash to make Squash Blossom Soup from “Pati’s Mexican Table” by Pati Jinich. We call them zucchini and the English call … Continue reading →

Posted in cooking, Food, Gardens, Photography, vegetarian | Tagged blossom, cooking, food, garden, soup, squash, Summer, vegetarian, zucchini | 10 Comments

Slow and Steady

Posted on July 26, 2017

We’re changing pace for the next two recipes. We found this wonderful slow cooker recipe book by Ricardo called “Slower is Better”. We can use our slow cooker in the basement which stops the house heating up. Plug in two … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, cooking, Food | Tagged art, cooking, food, potatoes, Ricardo, slow cooker, spaghetti sauce, vegetarian | 3 Comments

Breakfast Burrito

Posted on July 23, 2017

Yet another Matt Basile recipe for recipe #16. We adapted it because we were not about to slow roast 3kg beef brisket. Use whatever barbecue flavour protein you have; we used pulled pork. Fry chopped onion and green pepper in … Continue reading →

Posted in cooking, Food | Tagged barbecue, breakfast, burrito, cooking, food | 7 Comments

Canada 150

Posted on July 1, 2017

We went to see the tall ships sail into Hamilton Harbour yesterday, as part of the Canada 150 celebration. Fully rigged Keeping cool in the shade A flyover by a Lancaster and a B-25 Today’s rainy celebration in Mississauga We … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Food, Photography | Tagged Canada, celebrations, food, Matt Basile, photography, tall ships | 5 Comments

Spicy Roasted Cauliflower

Posted on June 29, 2017

The big birthday bash, Canada 150, is coming up this weekend, so you might be looking for some snack ideas. Recipe number 15 is another Matt Basile recipe from “Street Food Diaries”. Spicy Roasted Cauliflower with dip. I love cauliflower … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Canada, cooking, Food, Photography | Tagged Baking, Canada Day, cauliflower, cooking, food, hot sauce, vegetarian | 3 Comments

Ramen Soup

Posted on June 25, 2017

Have you ever seen the movie “Ramen Girl”? We have; many times. We thought it would be fun to have a go at making Ramen soup from scratch for recipe number 14. We used a recipe from “Street Food Diaries” … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, cooking, Food, Photography | Tagged Baking, cinnamon buns, cooking, food, photography, ramen, soup, vegetarian | 4 Comments