Category Archives: Family

Becky’s Bread

Posted on June 13, 2017 by chebandbecky

Yesterday Becky started perusing “Cook with Confidence” and decided she wanted to make the pizza recipe. She read the all the instructions to me before checking with me on the list of ingredients. We were missing tomatoes and olives. I … Continue reading →

Posted in cooking, Disability, Family, Food, Independence, Photography | Tagged cooking, disability, family, food, photography, pizza, salad, vegetarian, wrap | 4 Comments

Mother’s Day Frittata

Posted on May 14, 2017 by chebandbecky

We’ve made frittatas before, but never with leeks or peas and this has both. We were looking for some leek recipes and found this in “A Cook’s Guide” by Donna Hay; Pea, Pancetta, Leek and Onion Frittata. Slice the onion … Continue reading →

Posted in cooking, Family, Food, Photography | Tagged cooking, family, food, frittata, Mother's Day, photography | 4 Comments

Slow Start To the Year

Posted on April 13, 2017 by chebandbecky

We have taken a break from the blog since returning to Ontario at the beginning of March. We have been focused on a couple of problems; one of which has been resolved but the others have not. We are both … Continue reading →

Posted in Arizona, Baking, Canada, cooking, Family, Food, Photography | Tagged Arizona, Baking, cooking, family, food, Ontario, photoraphy, sunsets | 14 Comments

Wide Open Spaces

Posted on December 27, 2016 by chebandbecky

We made it to Arizona! Sunrise in Illinois Gateway Arch, St. Louis Big skies, Oklahoma Sunrise Oklahoma Sunrise Texas New Mexico My navigator taking a nap Rainy and icy New Mexico Arizona! After driving 32 hours in 3 days, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Car, Family, Photography, Travel, winter | Tagged Arizona, photography, road trip, sunrise, travel, USA | 9 Comments

On The Road Again…

Posted on December 20, 2016 by chebandbecky

We are driving from Mississauga, Ontario, across the USA to Arizona! It is about 3,600 kms through nine states. Tonight we are in Terre Haute, Indiana. We left at 6am this morning and arrived just before 5pm tonight. The weather … Continue reading →

Posted in Car, Christmas, Family, Photography, winter | Tagged drive, family, photography, travel, winter | 1 Comment

Winter Challenges

Posted on December 17, 2016 by chebandbecky

Dear Becky has had a challenging month. A trip to the dentist resulted in a tooth being pulled out. Gosh she was ill. It took her a week to eat normally again. The day after we made the gingerbread, she … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Christmas, Family, Photography, winter | Tagged Canada, Christmas, family, photography, snow, winter | 12 Comments

Chickpea, Spinach & Mushroom Wellington

Posted on November 12, 2016 by chebandbecky

This recipe comes from the GBBO Showstoppers book. The recipe covers two pages, which I am not going to reproduce here. This is a puff pastry recipe which we have not used until now. First you make a duxelles. Becky … Continue reading →

Posted in Baking, Family, Food, Photography | Tagged Bake Off, Baking, family, food, photography, vegetarian, wellington | 4 Comments