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Travel: Tofino Snapshot
Tofino snapshot – we spent a glorious long weekend in Tofino at the end of April. Beautiful hiking, delicious food, and the best company I could ask for! Check out a few photos and I’ll be sure to share more soon. Tofino Snapshot You might know we’ve been to Vancouver Island before – hiking the West Coast Trail was an epic experience – but we’ve never been to the northern part of the Pacific Rim National Park. Tofino has a laidback vibe, full of easy…
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Project: Easter Brunch 2022
Easter brunch 2022 – it’s full of good eats, wonderful family, and some much needed down time. Let’s dive into some of these fresh, delicious, and Mexican inspired brunch dishes. Time to cook up! Easter Brunch 2022 Mexican Street Corn Tostadas Old Fashioned Cornbread Mexican Watermelon Salad Gluten Free No Bake Cheesecake These four dishes above will give you a nice balance of hearty, fresh, and light dishes (oh, and of course, dessert!) for your Easter celebrations. My favourite, the no bake cheesecake. Yes, it…
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Recipe: Mexican Watermelon Salad
Mexican watermelon salad – this bright and fresh dish is sure to spice up any table! Eat it for breakfast, for dinner, or even for lunch the next day. You won’t be disapointed with this refreshing salad. Okay, let’s get cooking! Also, one thing to note, I haven’t leared how to pick out the perfect jicama yet, so please share your tips below. Cooking Light has some great tips and tricks on how to cook with jicama – check them out if you like this…
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Recipe: Old Fashioned Cornbread
Old fashioned cornbread – and it’s gluten free! This fluffy cornbread uses mediumed ground cornmeal and it’s so moist, hearty, yet not dense. Okay, let’s get the oven turned up and get our baking on! Ingredients First, set the oven to 400 degrees and grab your favourite baking dish. I’ve made this cornbread twice and next time my plan is to make it in our cast iron skillet. Either way, make sure you grease your pan. Once the oven is set, whisk all the dry…
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Recipe: No Bake Cheesecake
No bake cheesecake – it’s light, fluffy, and the perfect dessert for bringing family together. You can add skor, peanut butter cups, or keep it classic. In this case, with Easter just around the corner, it’s Cadbury eggs! Okay, let’s not bake up! Ingredients Crust 1 box of Kinnikinnick’s smoreables graham style crackers a stick of salted butter, melted Filling 300g of cream cheese 50g of icing sugar 1 tablespoon of vanilla 150ml of whipping cream 1 cup of crushed Cadbury eggs (and 1/2 a…
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Recipe: Mexican Street Corn Tostadas
Mexican streen corn tostadas are the perfect way to combine bean dip and the savoy goodness of street corn. Have them for brunch, lunch, or even dinner – let’s get cooking! Ingredients Black Bean Dip (full recipe) Mexican Street Corn (2/3 of a recipe) 8 tostatds First, make the full recipe of the black bean dip. I’m a huge fan of this dip, it’s great with veggies, on tacos, or even in the morning with an egg wrapped burrito. It’s got a bit more zip…
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Photos: Woof Wednesday 6.0
Woof Wednesday 6.0 – time to celebrate Daphne the Afghan Hound. Nothing special other than the fact that we love this four pawed pup. One thing we used to say when we had Bella and Lily, is ‘did the hound eat’ or ‘does the hound need a foot bath’. You get the idea, we used hound instead of dog. Well, oddly Bryce and I started laughing back in December 2019 when we fell into this habit again – why, because Daphne is indeed a hound…
