Category Archives: Food

Summer Soup

Posted on July 31, 2017 by

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 →

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Slow and Steady 

Posted on July 26, 2017 by

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 →

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Breakfast Burrito 

Posted on July 23, 2017 by

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 →

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Canada 150

Posted on July 1, 2017 by

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 →

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Spicy Roasted Cauliflower 

Posted on June 29, 2017 by

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 →

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Ramen Soup

Posted on June 25, 2017 by

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 →

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Becky’s Bread

Posted on June 13, 2017 by

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 →

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