I'm a notorious granola snacker. When we have some made, it doesn't last too long.This defies why I wanted some made in the first place. I'd like to get a bit trimmer for the summer season, so I thought I'd start eating a

I've reached that time of the year when I'm longing for fresh produce.It's that "in the dumps January/February slumps". You know, the post-Christmas hoopla of socializing and eating, now left with a bit of boredom and getting tired of "comfort foods".I want spring

I'm not a collector of many things but I have to admit, I have a mad obsession with anything made out of wood. Mad.If you step into my home, you will likely notice. My floors are hardwood, my cabinets are solid wood and

When I think of comfort foods, I often think of foods with cinnamon. I absolutely love cinnamon and there was one winter where I was adding cinnamon to something everyday. My cereal, oatmeal, coffee, toast, you name it. The aroma of it makes

I received an email asking if I wanted an advance copy to review the The Mayo Clinic Diet Book and Journal. I often visit the Mayo Clinic website for medical information so I thought the book would be worth the look.It's a visually-beautiful

The weather this week has been really wonderful. There were a couple of days that I felt that I should start spring cleaning. The sun was shining, the snow was melting and the drip, drip, drip from the icicles were indicating a change

When I was in University, I spent 4 years working part-time at a Baskin Robbins. With time, I learned to decorate cakes and this wonderful tip when filling the icing bag.I make up the icing in a bowl and then pull out a

I find that one can never get tired of banana bread. It's right up there with zucchini bread in terms of comfort.(Does anyone else get thrown having to spell "zucchini" out? I have to look it up EVERY time! One "c" or two,

(Winter Wonderland)...Though I'm not one to make new years resolutions, this year I thought I'd give them a try. One of them was to challenge myself with photos.There are many folks and bloggers out there that do Project 365 or something similar. Basically,

I didn't mention anything about Christmas gifts I received!It was definitely a food themed Christmas this year! My hubby bought me the complete year of Fine Cooking magazines in the hardbound book. I got three years worth: 2006, 2007 and 2008. So exciting

I have been sick as can be around here. My hubby mentioned that I'm not blogging enough in general but in this instance I'm bed-ridden, not going to happen. I was sick in bed on Boxing day and slowly starting recuperating to only