Late summer produces a lot of fruit, much of which falls on the ground and turns to mush, fodder for bugs and birds. Sometimes it breaks my heart to drive past a yard and see tons of apples or plums on the ground, completely going to waste. That food could be eaten by people who [...]
Childhood birthday parties were not complete without my mom’s homemade ice cream cake. On my 16th birthday I remember she decided to shake things up a bit and buy me a slab cake from Safeway like all my friends had. She thought I would have outgrown my need for ice cream cake. But a kid [...]
I LOVE picking blackberries! There’s something about the threat of prickles that drives me to pick them by the bucketfuls, weekend after weekend, until all that is left is the unsuccessfully red and maroon berries that just didn’t quite make the cut, and a few missed black ones that turned too mushy from the rains. Although I [...]
Continue reading about Foodie Fridays: Wild Blackberry Coffee Cake
Summertime and the simple pleasures of good food. Here are some of my and my kid’s favorite simple pleasures of summer…
The anticipation of ripening berries. The wild ones are especially fun to pick and eat. What a wonderful discovery to find trailing blackberries growing in our own backyard!
A mini harvest from the garden.
Nursing in the [...]
I said in yesterday’s post, Waste Not Want Not, that today I would post a recipe using breast milk. Now to be honest I have not tried the version I am about to give you but I have tried the original version. I made them for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I didn’t end up taking [...]
Continue reading about Foodie Fridays: Vanilla Breast Milk Cupcakes With Strawberry Frosting
This is Part 3 of my series in honouring Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month. Sweet strawberries are in abundance right now and this is a perfect way to enjoy them. If you want something different to do with strawberries this year, this no-bake pie rocks. This recipe has been modified from a cookbook called Yoga [...]
We all have our favorite banana loaf recipes and this one is mine. The extra vanilla in this loaf gives it a wonderful aroma. This is also a low-fat recipe and the chocolate chips are optional if you are being really good about watching your weight, but I always throw them in, because sometimes you [...]
