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Cranberry Orange Sauce made on a perfect day
I wrote this post Sunday afternoon… Another week to enjoy the anticipation of Christmas Day. I wish time would slow down. It has taken me years to allow myself to exhale and enjoy the beauty of the...
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as solid as rock
And so begins another summer of good old-fashioned quality ‘Hooton family time’. When the girls were little, Ralph and I thought that it was important that our daughters understood the meaning of ‘hard...
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rhubarb scones with strawberry butter
Rhubarb Scones with Strawberry Butter are a delicious way to jazz up your brunch menu. I love brunch. Actually, I love brunch food. I’m starving when I wake up, which is usually hours before any...
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blue sky bakery bran muffins – until he’s safely back
Blue Sky Bakery Bran Muffins; fuel for insane schedules. I’m on a ‘what-to-eat-for-breakfast kick lately. Its my schedule. I’m not whining. I love being busy but lately my busy has morphed into insane....
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cherry hand pies – bring on summer
Time to shed my city clothes. For the next few months, my kitchen whites and clogs will be replaced with overhauls and work boots. Time to repair fences, mow pastures, pull dandelions, edge perennial...
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raspberry lemon sorbet – pucker up
Raspberry Lemon Sorbet, from The River Cafe in London, England, is off the charts, both with respect to the recipe and the taste. Typically, when you’re working with lemons the instructions will advise...
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sour cherry chocolate chip muffins – bliss
Five years ago, I planted a Montmorency cherry tree outside my kitchen door. Today, I picked cherries from that tree and made these sour cherry muffins. Food bliss… Kaitie’s home. Mom, let’s go feed...
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cassis e framboise confiture
RIGHT TURN CLYDE! For those of you who remember my jubilation last summer when I’d discovered that my struggling teeny black current shrub had miraculously birthed an over-flowing pound of ripe juicy...
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blueberry betty and an exciting new project
Blueberries lend themselves to all manner of summertime treats with crazy names: blueberry buckle, blueberry cobbler, blueberry crumble, blueberry crisp, blueberry grunt and, my new-found favourite,...
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eggplant salad – confessions of a blogger
My kitchen looks like a bomb went off, when I cook. Summer’s winding down leaving us short on time to spend with friends here at the farm, so we doubled booked this weekend. Friends over-night Friday...
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banana bread – a slab, a smear and a plop
Banana Bread, again? you ask. Fair enough. I have written more posts about Banana Bread than anything else because I always have ripe bananas in my freezer. Once our bananas reach a certain brown...
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RHUBARB CREAM CHEESE CUPCAKES WITH LEMON DRIZZLE
It’s rhubarb season! Every year of my baking life, I’ve tried to imagine the joy people had before the age of fruit all year long, when rhubarb was ready to turn into saliva inducing treats. After a...
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strawberry rhubarb sorbet – tart and fresh
It was a great week. The vegetable garden is finished except for a few less hardy things like eggplant and an assortment of peppers; bell, jalapeno and cayenne that I’ll plant after the full moon in...
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cottage pudding – century old dessert
During our time at the farm, I’m inspired to experiment with century old recipes. I love playing around with combinations of ingredients that farm housewives would have used at the turn of the century....
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raspberry jelly – HAPPY CANADA DAY
If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know by this time of year any berries from last summer get turned into jams and jellies. I need to make room for this year’s harvest. Eek! you...
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strawberry mess and ralphie’s pond
So you remember four years ago, Ralph and I were sitting on the veranda cooking up our next farm project when he says, “I think we should build a pond.” “A what?” “A pond. We’ve been talking about a...
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strawberry salsa
In one week Meggie will be here with Coen, followed shortly after by Sara, Kaitie and Theo. To say that I’m excited doesn’t even come close. I’m vibrating! To have my kids home for a holiday, at the...
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plum and thyme bellini – rivals the classic
When the girls are home, we buy prosecco by the case. It’s our drink. Icy cold poured slowly into a tall frozen flute, prosecco is the perfect summer drink. For fun, we add different combinations of...
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plum upside down cake – he reigns supreme
The clothesline sagged daily with the weight of sopping bathing suits and beach towels. For the last three weeks, the sun blazed as my family played together; boating, beach days, picnics, lazing on...
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raspberry cream cheese muffins – try to eat just one
Every recipe box needs at least one muffin weapon! My Raspberry Cream Cheese Muffin recipe has been described as EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I think they’ve earned that reputation because once you take the...
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