if there is one healthy ingredient in a recipe, does that make it a health food? if your answer to that is yes, make this pie and celebrate sticking to your New Year's resolutions... also, if you are lactose intolerant, this might send you for a loop... my daughter was able to eat two bites... Continue Reading →
Summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. For those few months, you’re not required to be who everyone thinks you are, and that cut-grass smell in the air and the chance to dive into the deep end of a pool give you courage you don’t have the rest... Continue Reading →
once or twice a year I make potato salad... salads in general can take a long time to make and potato salad is up there for wrecking most of your afternoon... this summer though I discovered THE best way to cook potatoes from the garden... 12 minutes on manual in the Instant Pot with about... Continue Reading →
summer is over and harvest begins... recently a friend asked me 'what makes you happy?' my answer 'money... and the things money can buy... but other than that I love cooking and running' so here we go!!! the time of year I get to throw away my vegetarian/healthy meals and bake cakes, put mayonnaise in... Continue Reading →
have you ever been bored or lonely and thought to yourself, 'I should have a baby'... and then you get pregnant and you are like 'oh my word, what have I done'... similar to getting a puppy... you are having an 'off' day and decide a puppy will fix it... then you spend most of... Continue Reading →
the kitchen island… breakfast, after school snack, homework and supper all revolve around it and it has been privy to many a good discussion… the latest involved some deep insights from a 15 year old teenage boy… he was telling his mother how he saw her… and it was hard for the kitchen island to... Continue Reading →
the farmer has been coaching high school football for officially 15 years now... he was recalling last night the first play book he wrote up... it was early August, I was pregnant and driving home from a visit to my brother in Lethbridge... he took a pen out and started dreaming up offensive schemes... he... Continue Reading →
if you are looking for gourmet Instant Pot recipes - do not look here... I mainly requested the Instant Pot for mother's day in order to cook frozen meat quickly and to use as a crockpot... I have many things to learn about it and quite frankly, the YouTube videos I have been watching are poor... Continue Reading →
May long... for my neighbours in Saskatoon last night it means midnight fireworks on the golf course... for many farmer's wives it means taking your boy to spring hockey tournaments... for farmers it means seeding (the odd year we are done by May long but not lately... and the odd year there are combines out)...... Continue Reading →
i feed a farmer 