Sweet and sour cabbage is in my earliest of memories of living on the island. As new friends and neighbours invited us to dinner, it seemed that all seemed to make it, most likely because cabbage is one of the easiest vegetables to store and is inexpensive. It didn’t matter whose house dinner was at, there…
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Cranberry Doodle Bars
October has been a very wet month, many days with dark skies and rain slashing the windows. Even though we still need to work outside on the farm for a part of each and every day, these days also give us the enjoyment of cocooning in our home. Getting caught up on all the inside…
Pumpkin Loaf with Cranberries & Ginger
It’s the first weekend in October, raining outside, and I’ve set the thermostat for the upcoming colder weather. There’s something great about turning off the furnace in April, and equally great about turning it back on in the fall. October on Thetis usually gives us an evenly mixed bag of warm & sunny days and…
Orange & Cranberry Scones
This is one of my favourite scone recipes, super easy to make, a little bit of good-for-you in every bite. I’ve always enjoyed the flavour combination of orange & cranberry, with the nuttiness of spelt flour added it seems even more sublime.
Cranberry Oatmeal Muffins
When our dear neighbour died many years ago, his daughters asked us to have a look and see if there was anything in the barn that we would be able to use. They’d rather us have it to use on our adjacent property, than selling it in bits and pieces to others. Our cows had…
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