First, I have to give my apologies: I was having a lot of trouble with my camera, it must have really liked the potatoes because it just won’t give up the pictures. I can’t say I blame it. But the good news is that the recipe was tasty, so I’ll make it again this week [...]

Thanksgiving is over. Christmas madness is ready to begin. This week has been a little extra crazy in my household, because unfortunately, we had some flooding in our house last Monday. We aren’t in Hurricane zone or anything, Seattle just got more rain than we’re used to, and we discovered that the neighborhood we moved [...]

Sometimes, you’ve got to be flexible. Things have been really crazy around my house lately: first, we moved into our new house, then there was travelling, activities, and, of course, all the fixing and other chores that come with home ownership. Now we’re pretty settled, but to add a little extra chaos to life, I [...]

This month, as part of the Secret Recipe Club, we were assigned La Belle Aurore which is a blog written by a French-Canadian now living in Shenyang, China! The blog covers recipes, travelling, photography and tons more which makes it a really fascinating read as you don’t know what to expect with the next post! Being [...]

I came across this little gem in my internet wanderings, and thought it might be useful to our readers! It’s a kitchen cheat sheet, mostly for people in the UK (the UK has a complicated relationship with systems of measurement). But there’s plenty of other useful tips, tricks etc, and of course, if you’re not [...]

I’ve been a bad blogger. But a bad blogger with a good excuse! My husband and I bought a house! It was a long time coming, it was a short sale so it’s been a big hassle, but worth it! As a result, we’ve spent a long time with our kitchen in boxes, and then [...]

This month in the Secret Recipe Club we were assigned Jeannette’s Healthy Living which is a great blog run by Jeannette that focuses on healthy cooking and eating. I love that each blog entry has a description of a different food or ingredient and why it’s good for you. There were so many of her recipes [...]

This month in the Secret Recipe Club, we were assigned My Judy the Foodie. This is a really fun blog run by Shari and named after her Mom Judy who was an excellent cook and hostess. There a huge amount of recipes, some are Judy’s originals and others are ones that Shari has come up with [...]

Earlier this year, the hubby and I decided to buy a house. After a lot of trial & tribulation, we put an offer on a short sale in March. If you aren’t big into real estate, let me tell you: short sales are kind of a pain. Mostly in that it takes roughly foreeeeeeever to [...]

I hope you boys and girls like lamb. Yesterday we went to a cash and carry and bought a huge amount of minced lamb which is now sitting in my freezer waiting to be used in future meals. My mind started to run through all the lamb dishes I knew but I was looking for [...]