Made a few heaps of healthy muffins. Froze them. Now I have a freezer-full of tasty treats to-go. Do you have any favourite muffin recipes? Share the muffin love with me, please! I prefer low-fat (using applesauce or oil instead of butter), wheat-free (I like using spelt, brown rice flour, almond meal, buckwheat) or vegan muffins…
Tag: island life
Flowers in Winter
When days are dark and cold a few flowers go a long way in adding some bright. It doesn’t have to be fancy or expensive – a few simple stems or some locally grown Tulips (yes, tulips are here)! Amidst snow storms and sub-zero temperatures Vanco Farms’ Tulips have been growing and now they’ve burst…
Learn to Salsa
Learn to make salsa. It’s so easy and delicious! I’m not sure why I ever bought the pre-made stuff. Tomatoes are ripe and plentiful – it is the perfect time of year to make salsa. So round up all those local tomatoes bursting with juicy flavour. I got a pint of the last harvest of golden blush tomatoes…
A Tobogganing We Will Go
One of the best ways of rolling along through long winters is to find a fun outdoor activity. If you’ve got snow and you’ve got hills where you live, you’ve got yourselves an awesome afternoon. Climb to the top of a big hill, sit on a toboggan (sled, saucer, tube), get your friend to give…
It’s a Marshmallow World
“Oh, the world is a snowball see how it grows…” Dean Martin’s crooning couldn’t be more à propos to the Island’s Winter this year. It does appear that the Island is one ginormous snowball. “The world is your snowball, just for a song, get out and roll it along.” The most important message from “A Marshmallow…
An Island Christmas
Like the song, I do always dream of a white Christmas. Christmas 2013 on the Island was the snowiest in a long, long time. Last year there was just a sprinkling. This year over 60cm had fallen by Christmastime. Dreaming, was not necessary. Islanders were living the Christmas dream. If you can forget about the…
Home is where the Islands are
I was born and raised on an island. Being from an island is an integral part of my identity. If you’re from an island you know what I mean. As much as I love my island, or sometimes, as much as I love to hate it, I love to leave it. I love catching the…
Island Hearth 