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Category: Food and Wine

  • Summer Spaghettini Salad

    I don’t profess to be an expert in the kitchen.  I like to cook, I like to experiment, and I like to “jazz” things up.  Sometimes my experiments are tasty, sometimes they are not.  I’ve been a Type 1 diabetic for nine years (aka juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes) and have to account for everything…

  • Quebec City – Part Three

    These are pictures from Lower Town in Old Quebec.  Like I’ve said previously, you can spend lots of time just wandering around Old Quebec.  You don’t really need a plan, just step out your hotel door and start walking (which is how most of my vacations end up – just a general plan and then…

  • Summers Are for Road Trips

    I love summer road trips.  My next one will be a camping trip to Jasper National Park in a couple of weeks.  Over the next week or so, my plan is to post pictures from a road trip to Ontario and Quebec in June, 2010. These are pictures from the Women are Persons! Monument in…

  • Summer Bites

    For today’s post I thought I’d share some appetizers I made for a Canada Day BBQ.  I wanted to make light, fresh tasting bites so I did a google search for summer appetizers and adapted these from various recipes I found. (You’ll notice I’m not very precise with my measurements!)  This is also my first…

  • gorgeous weekend

    Finally, a beautiful weekend!  The weather was just right – 25 and sunny. The dahlias are still my favourite this year. The tiger lilies are blooming. I’m not really a beer drinker, but this is a light, crisp beer that is refreshing in the middle of a bright summer day. My favourite Malbec.  About $13…

  • happy place

    I didn’t plan to post anything today.  My plan was to be at the Roughriders pre-season game enjoying this beautiful evening, but I woke up at 6am with a terrible headache that has managed to last all day.  I toughed it out at work just in case I felt well enough to go the game…

  • playing

    This is my week of work where I only have one day off.  I’m anticipating an interesting week, so I wanted to get all the usual errands done, but also have some down time.  I ended up taking a bunch of pictures around my place this afternoon with my iPhone and then went for a…

  • chocolate, banana, blueberry

    I worked this weekend, so I’m off for the next two days. The forecast for today was rainy and cool so I decided I was going to bake bread.  I love to cook, but I’m not a great baker, and I’ve never made a loaf of bread before from scratch. I used a basic whole…

  • Summer Wine

    This fruit wine from Sleeping Giant Winery near Summerland, BC is great for a summer wine. For a bit of fizziness, add club soda. Yum. Picture was taken at Ocean Village Resort just outside Tofino, BC. Accommodations are a bit rustic, but I would go back there in a heartbeat.