We’ve picked all our apples, and have them stored in twelve large bins in the barn. Getting them in by mid-October seems to be the right time. The late ripening Jonathans’ pips have turned brown, and their flesh is beautifully tinged with pink. From the three Gala, Bramley’s Seedling & Jonathan trees we probably have…
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Basic Freezer Cookies (Blueberry & Pumpkin Seed Version)
These are excellent cookies to have on hand in your freezer. They are easy to make, and quick to bake. We used to make them every Christmas with nuts and cherries, and there is something so wonderful about their simplicity. So often during the holidays we work to create little masterpieces, so it is lovely…
Moroccan Salad with Quinoa
We used to have a flat-weave picnic basket. It was lined in green tartan, and had a place for everything that a family might need for a great lunch. Today we tend to pack lunches into coolers or backpacks, with lots of ice or freezer paks. Somehow our unchilled lunches of yesteryear never made us…
Roasted Yam & Apple Salad
When we were first married, the farm was 50 acres of open grazing land mixed with woodlands. The driveway was built and we had a 40’ trailer to live in. Our property was the larger half of old farmlands that had been divided in two. We shared in a small herd of cattle ranging over…
Cranberry Orange Loaf
Funny how one thing reminds you of another? We grew up in a big rambling house in the west side of Vancouver. It was a time of parents putting work-horses across the road so the kids could play hockey, Hallowe’en would be the scent of smoky piles of raked up maple leaves, and all the…
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