Oh, Great Pumpkin, where are you?~Linus (from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown) Pumpkin, it seems to me, is an overlooked fruit (or vegetable, if you aren't too fussy about botanical classifications). Sure, you can't help tripping over it for a few weeks in October and … [Read more...]
Simple Smile Gingersnaps
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. ~Mother Teresa It's easy to forget in the constant whirr of this, that, here, there. Heads down, moving forward, counting... Great love is built in those small, countless, inconsequential moments when we stop. … [Read more...]
Very Vanilla Mini Cupcakes
Coffee makes it possible to get out of bed. Cupcakes make it worthwhile. ~ Unknown I only make mini cupcakes. They are perfect size for kids and adults. Kids will eat one without leaving any leftovers, and adults will eat several without feeling guilty. It's easy to make them … [Read more...]
Banana Coconut Bread
"You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone..." ~Joni Mitchell I've always loved banana bread, but coconut - until recently - was not something I was fond of . Once, when my father returned from work-related trip, I asked him (as we did when we were kids) what he had gotten … [Read more...]
Peach & Almond Oat Bars
There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering about yet. ~Roald Dahl from James and the Giant Peach Where I live - in the province of New Brunswick, on the east coast of Canada - you cannot grow peaches. Oh sure, there may be the occasional … [Read more...]