i fell i love with my husband on our first date. i know its cliche but it is true. he made me a beautiful meal, wore faded blue jeans and bare feet while he cooked in the kitchen of his home. the food was amazing, as was the company, the conversation and every subsequent date....
Tag Archives: Victoria BC Food Photography
lemon cakelets
i think i made this recipe just so i could use the word “cakelet” it just made me laugh. and really, on a rainy february day who doesn’t need a laugh. a super simple recipe that came with the nordic ware cake pan. i couldn’t find the recipe on the website so here it is....
lean
lean… well at least that is the plan, i never make new years resolutions, so please understand that this is not one of them! but i have decided to cut a few things out of my life. i know it sounds sad, but really it isn’t. i need to fixate on something anyway and this...
more sugary treats
i know, i know, too many food posts! since cutting down on business almost a year ago today i pretty much only blog my dog, my kids or my baking. so i assume that if you are still following my blog, then thats okay. i am finding the darkness really hard to work with in...
cranberries
a very easy and delicious treat. just soak fresh cranberries in a simple syrup overnight. then drain and toss in sugar. i used an organic cane sugar. a wonderful snack on their own or perfect for a cheese plate at christmas. even the kids couldn’t resist them. the only mistake i made was putting a...
smelling like christmas
the smell of gingersnaps always makes me think of winter and of christmas. these turned out terrific. just an average recipe with the addition of fresh grated ginger and chopped candied ginger, along with silk road ginger spices. delicious and wonderful smelling. i am getting a bit smarter, by keeping the dough in the fridge...
delicata and red kuri
one of my fall projects is to try all of the local squashes i can. to roast and sample each one to compare flavours and to find my favorite. going into this experiment i would have to say that both tim and my favorite squash was the spaghetti. But with names like red kuri, delicata,...
hazel’s halloween
today was such a wonderful afternoon. we dropped the kids off at the fabulous aunt hazels house and left them to create their annual halloween masterpieces. each year we are so fortunate to send our kids to one of the most creative and talented people we know to have so much fun getting ready for...
poached pears
it started with the leaf. i was buying pears for the kids snacks and i noticed that almost every pear in the bin had a leaf on it. they were so beautiful, they inspired me to photograph them. after i took a few images, i was reminded of a recipe i had seen on sprouted...
apple harvest
our apple tree is very small, but it grows so many apples each year and it always surprises us how great they taste. today my pip and i climbed the tree and picked as many apples as we could reach. we filled our basket and we tried many. we shared them with lola too. today,...