Homemade apple crisp, homemade vanilla bourbon ice cream. In handmade bowls. Oh. Baby. #homemadeeverything #ivebeenwaitingforthis
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i’ve always wanted to do this.
I made my own vanilla ice cream by hand with a bowl and wooden spoon, without an ice cream maker - !!! My forearms feel very powerful. I’ve wanted to make ice cream at home for ages, and always that it would be unachievable without an ice cream maker – but in the spirit of seizing …
bites of summer.
Only two Ontario peaches left. Sigh. Will have to wait another year to bite into their golden glory.
w is for watermelon, and weekend.
Weekend plans: to eat a whole watermelon all by ma’self!
All in the family
Most nights we have a frugal dinner, and the other night was no different: I braised some carrots in water and butter, and then a few minutes before they were done, I stirred in some rice along with turmeric, fennel and cumin seeds. After the rice had cooked, I opened the lid of the pot …
mmm.
Summer = farmers’ market = good.
We’ve been away
For the better part of the summer we’ve been traveling, driving and camping and hiking and drinking from waterfalls and freaking out about the black bear that climbed on top of our car and being blown away by how beautiful and varied our planet is. Amongst all that, food sometimes came secondary, taking on a …
A new year
I collect recipes like some women collect shoes. There are cookbooks everywhere in our home: standing in rows on the shelves, piled on side tables, wedged wherever there is room. Mostly they are mine, but there are always a few on loan from the library. There are binders and folders of recipes printed from blogs, …
Raison d’etre
My mother used to buy nice clothes and hardly wear them because she wanted to keep them in good condition. Then they’d go out of style, and when we would be cleaning the closet trying to purge it of unnecessary and unworn items, we’d keep them, just in case they came back in style (and …
tip 33b.
Tip #33(b) from The Muffin Lady: “When you’ve had a rough day, nothing perks up the spirit better than stuffing potato chips into a sandwich of roast beef on pumpernickel.” Indeed, indeed.