The Kitchen Magpie

Sparkling Bourbon Lemonade

Mmm. Bourbon. Bourbon is definitely one of my favourite spirits and Karlynn is a huge fan so when asked to make a cocktail to enjoy on our desk over the summer, I chose a Sparkling Bourbon Lemonade.

We’re recently started growing our own “cocktail garden” and filled it with fresh mint, basil and other herbs that we use frequently so coming up with a cocktail that made use of our abundance of mint was key. I also like to keep fresh lemons, limes and oranges in the house given how often I am whipping up cocktails for my Instagram feed so making use of those seemed like a good idea as well.
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Last Week At The Magpie Farm: Greener Pastures & New Layers!

What an exciting two weeks we have had at the farm! Both of our barred rock hens have started to lay about one egg every day. They have seemed a bit bored lately and one or two eggs have gotten pecked I think because of this. So I have been very fast at building an extension onto their outdoor run. The whole two days I was setting this up they would follow me back and forth along the fence waiting to get out. This new area is 14 feet wide by 30 feet long and I’ve used portable dog kennel panels as the sides. [Read More…]

The Famous Chocolate Wafer Icebox Cake

I might have lost a few of you when I titled this The Famous Chocolate Wafer Icebox Cake, however I am sure that once you saw the photo, 99% of you knew exactly what this recipe is.

It’s that whipped cream and Nabisco Famous chocolate wafer cookie roll, log or cake that ALL of our moms and Grandma’s made. Everyone has their own name for this cake. We called it the whipped cream log. Mike’s family called it a Yule Log and only ate it at Christmas. [Read More…]