We are officially residents of the south side. Moved in, moved on and in the new house. I find “in” such a relative word. We are most certainly “in” the house. All our possessions are definitely “in” the house. And “under” my feet..and all “over”…wait, I am getting into preposition territory now. I am assuredly [...]
There’s a lot of internal screaming with excitement going on right about now. Let it stand for the record that I am so incredibly lucky, blessed and grateful for the fact that we were able to build this new house. I also thought we never would because I hate moving. I vowed we would never [...]
Oh, there will be mushroom recipes a’ coming on this site! Thanks to the Wild Mushroom course that I just took at NAIT the past weekend, there are several new recipes that I have learned and can’t wait to share. The course was the most fun I have had in ages and of course a [...]
I thought I would start out this post with a picture of my handsome hunny, Mr Magpie. I liked it. He’s rather cute. I am also rather fond of him most times, he’s fun to be around, happens to be the father of my children and generally not a bad guy at all. Oh, the [...]
Nothing inspires me like the first few days of cold, chilly weather that start to arrive near fall. I would like to point out to the weather gods that they completely ripped us off this summer for nice weather once again – though it wasn’t as bad as last year!- and I would like a [...]
True confessions time for this mom: I hate mini muffins tins. Here’s some tricks to make your baking life easier!
We live on these. That statement is not in any way, shape or form an exaggeration, I have boxes of these stored away to help us get through this busy summer while still eating healthy. I just have no time! She weeps. Holy Moses, these have saved my sanity. My life. My marriage. Ok, perhaps [...]
Oh, cherry season, how I love thee. And while everyone I know is indulging in the bounty of sour cherries that we have in Edmonton at the moment, I found myself surround by Bing and Ranier cherries from my travels to British Columbia. Not being one to ignore a single orchard, I loaded up on [...]
Also known as The Walk-through That Mr Magpie Made It To. What a slacker, leaves the wife to do all the hard work. Well, as I always say : what you don’t see the wife spend..you won’t know ’till the end! Ok, I lied. I don’t always say that. But I sure am from now [...]
Lately I have been on a “use everything in the refrigerator before you grocery shop” kick, whether it’s from the urge to purge, pack or otherwise feel like I am moving forward in a purposeful manner regarding the house selling/moving process. It also helps me be creative when I might otherwise go for the same [...]
I whipped this up to beautify my Carrot Cake scones, because how can one possibly have carrot cake anything without cream cheese icing or glaze? It’s almost a sacrilege not to grace the top of a sweetly spiced creation with a tangy cream cheese glaze. This is easy as pie, whip up the following ingredients [...]
There’s nothing like catching your very first fish ever. Unless it’s eating your very first fish ever. Please, let my children start eating seafood….
This is my favorite way to eat shrimp, bar none and it’s so easy it’s almost painful. All you need is shrimp and your favorite sweet chili sauce. It can’t get easier unless you don’t cook the shrimp and drink the sauce and hey, each to their own. Who am I to judge? Whether it’s [...]
Eclairs. Profiteroles. Cream puffs. Those delicious bites of creamy heaven, whichever shape you prefer, are all made from a choux pastry base. Now stop right there and don’t leave me. Don’t let a French word combined with pastry make you turn tail and head for the hills. These are so easy to make it’s not [...]
Once my darling husband had secured tickets for the musical Wicked on our anniversary, I knew that I wanted to go and have a lovely dinner beforehand, to round out the evening completely. To be honest the past couple of years we haven’t really done anything on our anniversary and I do believe last [...]
This recipe comes from the Chiquita Banana’s website, I was looking around for a more interesting banana bread recipe, googled “buttermilk banana bread” and up this came. I was really intrigued because it uses applesauce, mixed sugars and buttermilk. There are always over ripe bananas in this house, if I don’t have time to use [...]
Ah summer in Edmonton. Festivals galore, the sunshine that won’t stay longer than 10 minutes and a river valley that is a bounty of food to be found. We have been picking the Saskatoons in the River Valley almost as long as we have been living here. I wasn’t sure how long, so I went [...]
There’s that whole giddy excitement mixed with sheer, unadulterated terror feeling again, I am almost used to it now. Almost. Not quite. Lynn, my lovely friend from work announced that she was off to the beach this morning and asked if anyone wanted to join her. I, of course, jumped on the invitation like a [...]
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