One winter’s day in Cavendish, National Park. I rarely go to Cavendish Beach in the summer due to the crowds. I can count the number of times on one hand. In the winter, however, it is a beautiful, ghost-of-a-place to be. There was not another soul around except for a wild, white hare that sprinted…
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Thanksgiving Treats
Happy Thanksgiving! I’m currently working on thanksgiving dinner #2. Yesterday I made 2 pumpkin pies and a pumpkin pudding to send off to a big family dinner I could not attend. All desserts were gluten free and the 2 pumpkin pies were vegan. 1 pie I made with canned pumpkin and the other I made…
Winter in Argyle Shore
Sometimes it’s just too cold to do anything outside (like last week’s -35 degrees celsius) but I still want to be outside. In warmer weather, I would feel a tad guilty if I just went for a drive and didn’t get out for a walk but I feel no such thing in wintertime. Look (below)…
Happiness is a Hot Handpie
Yesterday was the first day of Spring (yay!) and International Happiness Day! I spent the day going on a walk in the sunshine and a food-venture to Borden-Carelton, Prince Edward Island. As it happens, it was the most appropriate thing to do on such a day, because the taste of a hot, handmade handpie is pure happiness….
Champ
While visiting my grandfather’s hometown in County Down, our relative took us out to a fancy luncheon. When the waitress asked our choice of side for the meal a unanimous “Champ” could be heard. Champ is quite simply the best mashed potatoes you will ever have, but I might be biased. They are also very spring-like…
Heritage Kitchen
St Patrick’s Day, the holiday that has everyone wishing they were Irish, is fast approaching. It is with that good-natured green envy that I will be sharing Irish morsels of family, food, and travel with you this week. But first, a few words on Heritage in my Kitchen: I love learning about heritage in the kitchen (my own…
Wholesome Island Oats
The pretty packaging of Heatherdale Wholesome Goods’ Organic, Cold-pressed OATS caught my eye. I picked up a 1kg bag of these Prince Edward Island grown oats at the newly opened (and much welcomed) Murphy’s health centre and food-mart on Queen St. (Islander directions: “where the old Co-op was”). At $6.99/bag they were worth every penny….
Corn Fritters
I had the recent revelation that one of my favourite easy, breezy meals of summer could be made in the winter (albeit with the help of out-of-season frozen or canned vegetables)! Enter: a bag or can of frozen, organic, non-GMO sweet corn. Why didn’t I think of this before?! It’s affordable and even quicker and easier…
Crunchy Craving
This time of year, after a couple months of soft and soothing comfort food (soups, stews, pastas, potatoes), the palette craves a good crisp, crunchy bowl. Rather than instant comfort, it provides energy necessary to get us through the rest of the cold Canadian winter – a thought that perhaps is the most comforting of…
Island Hearth 