Family Eats – Hot Summer-Time Treats to Keep Cool

It has been hectic around here with the winding down of school, sports and all this incredible weather. In the chaos and heat my ladies, like most kids I suspect, have been having trouble wanting to eat.
I don’t blame them really.
But I know that when my kids play outside all day, melting away in this [...]

Best Family Food of 2008

I love to eat great food. My mother, brother and father all duked it out over time in the kitchen when I was a kid. So, I enjoyed being out of the mix, eating rather than creating.
(there’s a pattern surfacing here. My parents suspected I came out of the womb a career girl)
But, as usual, [...]

Coconut Cocoa Date Balls

Ken is a chocolate junkie.
From goo to gourmet, if it looks like chocolate and smells like chocolate, the rest of us aren’t going to be getting much of it.
That would be just fine for me. In the sweets universe, chocolate rates well below sour candies and rides at the back of the bus when in [...]

Raspberry Yogurt Ice Pops

Everyone keeps telling me it’s still only spring- that summer hasn’t truly arrived yet, and that we may see many more weeks of inconsistent weather yet.
The boots may come out of the closet again.
The SPF 45 might sit on the shelf for a week or more.
The barbeque cover might be put back on.
I’ve had no [...]

Kid-Friendly Power Balls

In our house, forgetting to pack sufficient snacks for a day away from home constitutes a moderate role of the dice where our little person’s diet is concerned.
My son has a small-ish repertoire of healthy foods he deigns acceptable for consumption. It’s definitely enough to meet his basic dietary needs – the boy baffles me [...]

Pear with Honey & Pecans

Today’s comment challenge: What are your favourite snack foods to take on a day trip. Recipes welcome but not required:)

Daylight savings has really put a spring in my step this week. All of a sudden, summer feels within arm’s reach.
I bought Capri pants.
I rolled the car windows down once or twice.
I realized the Farmer’s [...]

Creamy Vegetable Spread

Every so often there comes along an easy, healthy, delicious recipe that becomes an instant household classic. A few weeks ago, I sampled a recipe for Creamy Vegetable Spread from the November 2007 issue of Everyday Food Magazine from Martha Stewart that I had that gut feeling about.
“We will make this forever!” I declared.
We’ve long [...]

Find it! – Ice Cream in the Comox Valley

So, even in the land of dairy intolerance over here at our house, an occasional ice cream is a complete must.
Yeah, you can go buy a tin at the grocery store. But, the treat of frozen goodness on a cone is the best kind of treat when you can watch the smiling face behind the [...]