Monday, 4th of April, 2016 I was not joking the other day when I said I had been using Truthpaste. Truthpaste is a real thing, and while I was talking about it in a metaphorical sense, to imply complete and utter honesty, it is a product that you can actually use to clean your teeth […]
I dashed into the kitchen where Cam was in the midst of making coffee. We hugged quickly and then I started jabbering with creative exuberance, “I am going to make a peace pie! Do you get it, a PEACE pie?” I said spelling out the letters. Cam turned and looked at me, and it is […]
Homemade Water Kefir By Kaity Farrell of Fare Isle I started making water kefir for my family last February and we have since become hooked. This refreshing drink is made by the process of culturing sweetened water with water kefir grains, live bacteria and yeast that eat the sugar and in turn impart a slightly […]
Honey Toast Recipe By Ramblin Rose Cafe A nutritious way to start the day or as a light meal any time you feel like something sweet, our honey toast recipe is full of vitality and goodness. Local raw honey has been used through the ages for it’s healing properties and consuming honey from your local […]
Text By Lily Panyacosit Shields Photograph By Skye McAlpine “I don’t feel very much like Pooh today,” said Pooh. “There there,” said Piglet. “I’ll bring you tea and honey until you do.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh Honey, in it’s raw, unprocessed, unfiltered, unpasteurized and straight-from-the-hive form, is a beautifully complex food. It is naturally composed […]
Oh yes please, give me pizza, we love pizza! We seem to be making pizza a lot, when I say a lot, I mean about three times a month. So I am going to share our dough recipe with you. Pizza equals happy. The smell of the yeast, the feel of the dough, and of […]
This is one of the yummiest breads ever. I love the rich texture and dark color. Made with nutritious black strap molasses and whole wheat or bran, it is a hearty bread, that keeps well and is soft enough to eat days after… if there is any left! Makes great sandwiches and toast, and so […]
Less than a month has passed since we gave Maya the popsicle mold for her birthday, and during that time I discovered a hidden skill, yes, I seem to be an avid Popsicle maker! Who would have guessed? I am only ‘bragging’ about this talent because my family have become a little obsessed with the […]
Our annual strawberry picking outing was this past week, and like we have done the past few years we went to Donaldson Farms in Hackettstown, New Jersey. It is a beautiful clean, neat and tidy farm with a few animals and a variety of crops, but we especially like to visit for the huge strawberry patch. […]
Maya received a traditional popsicle mold for her birthday. I tried to find one that was not plastic or at least recycled plastic, but sadly was not able to find something that was the shape I was looking for. None the less, the one I decided on (is at least BPA free) is a great […]
We received a beautiful care package from Kaity Farrell of Fare Isle on Friday. So much goodness we just have to share. With a focus on sustainably hand crafted organic and wild foraged foods, this is where pure, beautiful and delicious meet. You are going to wish you could eat Kaity’s products all the time. Fare […]
Oh my goodness our house smells good, don’t you just love how gingerbread makes the house smell deliciously like Christmas! We have been busy baking gingerbread around here, and just as busy eating it. On the week leading up to Christmas the Girls eat a lot of gingerbread. We have made gingerbread ornaments for the […]
We are having a consistent conversation in our home at the moment, and any parent can relate to this. It is the “When it is my birthday” conversation. Now this conversation can actually happen all year long depending on your child, and then become particularly heightened the month and weeks leading up to the birthday. […]
Hot Cross Buns are a tradition my husband and I grew up with in Australia. The buns are sold by the dozen in Australian supermarkets leading up to Easter, and eating them at Easter was a part of our childhood culture. Hot cross buns are delicious and I wanted them to be a part of […]
My Grandmother spent almost a week at our house after our trip to Canada. As I have mentioned a few times, Grandma came all the way to New York from Australia, then up to Canada, and then back to New Jersey, with a broken foot, and so her week spent with us was not about […]
Please Porridge Please porridge hot, please porridge cold, Please Porrige in the pot, nine days old; Some like it hot, some like it cold, Some like it in the pot, nine days old. One of our favorite things to eat in Winter (besides soup) is porridge. Maya has eaten porridge for breakfast 43 days straight, […]
The sweet aromatic warmth from our kitchen this week means one thing: freshly baked batches of Christmas cookies! Snowballs (aka Mexican wedding cakes) and gingerbread men were on my to do list for this festive season and so Tuesday and Wednesday we were busy baking. Elle and I went to work while Maya was at […]
Mmmmm….Yummy! Rich, creamy, tangy and hearty. This soup is a what comfort food is all about. Last week when the weather suddenly became cold (warm again now!) we enjoyed making Tomato and Red Lentil Bisque. I love soup and it is definitely a thing to look forward to with cold weather, and so along with […]
One of my favorite meals of late is eggplant pita. I had a craving for eggplant with hummus and so this is what I came up with to satisfy my taste buds. A yummy and nutritious meal – great for lunch or dinner. This is not so much a recipe, but just an idea for […]
What a day…just when I was feeling glum, the sun came out and shone, warming the day to a perfect 26˚C (78˚F) The oven was on to bake hot cross buns and our kitchen heated up enough to open all the doors and windows – something we have not done for months! White blossoms are […]