Pork Recipes
Azaleas & Rhododendrons As Cut Flowers
Do you have Azaleas and Rhododendrons in your garden? Do you ever think of cutting them for displaying inside of your home? My husband and I have both Azaleas and Rhododendrons on our property - at least nine of them. A few Azaleas and the rest are Rhodos. All but two...
How To Keep Cut Tulips Standing Tall
I love tulips! I haven't always, but over the years I've learned to love them, even though they tend to droop over not long after being cut. At least they did until last week! Don't Forget To Prick Them With A Pin One of my neighbours dropped off a thank you bouquet...
Thai Basil Garlic Chicken
This simple and tasty recipe was inspired by Holy Basil Chicken. A seasoning package, found at the Pad Thai Restaurant in Pitt Meadows, BC. Serve over plain rice or stir fried rice. Ingredients for Thai Basil Garlic Chicken Basil Cooking Sauce - 2 tbsp (30 ml)...
Easy Pesto Recipe
This is an easy Pesto recipe! Simply toss all of the ingredients in a food processor and process on low speed. A bit of pulsing the contents can help the basil work it's way throughout the mixture a bit more easily too. Easy Pesto Recipe Ingredients: 2 cups (500 ml)...
Pesto Chicken Quesadillas
This Pesto Chicken Quesadilla recipe is inspired by the Cactus Club restaurant. A friend took me there for lunch a few weeks back and we shared a salad and their Pesto Chicken Quesadilla with yam fries. YUM!! Afterwards, I was determined to recreate Quesadilla recipe...
Cajun Chicken Pesto Pasta
This is delicious and easy to prepare cajun chicken and pesto pasta recipe! Flavourful and pretty straightforward to prepare - who would have thought cajun and pesto would go together!! A great dish to make the night after you’ve had a Cajun Caesar Salad --- or the...
Slow Cooker Cabbage No-Rolls
If you like cabbage rolls you'll love these. An alternative to 'wrapping' cabbage roles and so easy!! Slow Cooker Cabbage No-Roll Ingredients 3 garlic cloves, crushed 1 onion, diced 1/2 lb (225 g) extra lean ground beef 1/2 lb (225 g) extra lean ground pork 1 cup (250...
Ginger Garlic Thai Chicken
A delicious Thai style recipe that is easy to prepare and flavourful. The idea for this dish is from the Pad Thai restaurant in Pitt Meadows BC. Ingredients - 2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, thinly sliced 2 tbsp (30 ml) grapeseed or vegetable oil 3 cloves...
Simple Pad Thai
An easy to prepare and tasty Pad Thai recipe. The sauce was inspired by a Pad Thai sauce recipe from the Best of Bridge. It's not the same sauce but it was the inspiration for the sauce used here. Ingredients - 3 carrots, cut into thin strips 6 green onions, cut into...
Oatmeal & Date Cookies (Heart Healthy?)
These are what I call 'Heart Healthy Cookies' ... inspired by a recipe of the same name that my mother-in-law used to make. They are quite flexible and also often work for me as a light breakfast. No, I don't usually eat cookies for breakfast. But these have enough...
Easy Chicken Enchiladas
This recipe is EASY and tasty! I was looking for a way to use up leftover meat from frozen rotisserie chickens that I had thawed. I made a big batch of chicken soup for the freezer ... 15 containers! And still had more chicken left over. (I had leftovers from roughly...
It’s the …
It’s the cancelled surgeries. It’s the family and friends we haven’t been allowed to see. The elderly parents passing away alone. It’s the funerals of loved ones we haven’t been allowed to attend, and the limit to how many can celebrate their death or even attend...
Easy Sourdough Bread (With A Touch Of Yeast)
For a little more than a year I've been making sourdough bread. I've loved it but getting the extra rise that makes it a nice sandwich bread has been difficult. So, I decided to test out adding a bit of yeast to my sourdough recipes and the difference is night and...
Red Curry Chicken, Thai Style
This Red Curry Chicken recipe was inspired by the Thai Red Curry Chicken recipe by Jennifer Segal of Once Upon A Chef. I didn't have all the ingredients on hand so tinkered to make it my own. We loved it! Ingredients for Red Curry Chicken, Thai Style 15 ml (1 Tbsp)...
Ivermectin – Why are governments letting people die unnecessarily?
This interview is a year old and as relevant today as then. At the 3 minute mark the conversation turns to Ivermectin. (Note: If you're interested in this type of information check back in a few days as I'll be sharing more.)
9 Reasons Why Joe Rogan Should Be CANCELLED! (Not!)
This is excellent and funny. (It's a spoof on Joe's use of human grade Ivermectin.) (Joe Rogan SHOULD NOT be cancelled.)
FDA Approves the Shot! Take It or be BANNED From Society!!
Funny ... but not. Truthful though.
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies With Hemp Seeds & Nutracleanse, Using Einkorn or Spelt Flour
This is a modificiation ... a delicious one, in my opinion ... of my Oatmeal & Date (Heart Healthy?) cookies. No, I don't usually eat cookies for breakfast. But these have enough good things in them that it isn't uncommon for me to have three of these (without...
COVID, Vaccinating Children & Trusting Big Pharma
Vaccinating children is insanity. The risk to children from a vaccination that is being used under an emergency use authorization and will not be finished with trials until 2023 is crazy. Even that is early. This vaccine bypassed many of the early stages normally...
This Could Never Happen In Canada, Right?
This could never happen in Canada, right? A 6 month prison sentence if the unvaccinated are caught inside any restaurant, bar, coffee shop, sporting event, theater, cinema, museum, for starters. A 12 month prison sentence and a 45,000 euro fine for any business if...
NIH Research Matters: Lasting immunity found after recovery from COVID-19 (January 26, 2021)
This information is from the NIH website article available below and written by Sharon Reynolds dated January 26.2021. After people recover from infection with a virus, the immune system retains a memory of it. Immune cells and proteins that circulate in the body can...
Delicious Brownies Made With Chickpeas
A while back a friend introduced me to chocolate chip cookies made with chickpeas. They were so good I decided to try whipping up some brownies made with chickpeas. This recipe is the result! (Modified and improved in July 2021 from original 2015 version.) They are...
Sourdough Starter From Scratch
Making sourdough starter from scratch is so much easier than I ever thought it was! I've bought sourdough starter in the past, although I have only recently really begun to make sourdough bread. Until recently, I hadn't had a lot of success. I think this was largely...
Nanaimo Bars
My mother-in-law's recipe for Nanaimo Bars. Easy to pull together and delicious. A Christmas favourite! Ingredients for Nanaimo Bars Nanaimo Bars Base - 1/2 cup (125 ml) butter 1/4 cup (60 ml) white sugar 5 Tbsp (75 ml) cocoa 1 egg 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla 1 3/4 cups (425...
Swedish Loop Cookies
I've had this recipe for Swedish Loop Cookies for years - and for the life of me can't remember where it came from. A good Christmas Cookie recipe that is super easy to make with lots of options. Very similar to a shortbread cookies, but not. Sprinkle or roll cookies...
Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Easy, melt in your mouth Chocolate Shortbread Cookies. A twist on the usual shortbread for those who like chocolate - and they will LOVE these! Ingredients for Chocolate Shortbread Cookies 2 cups (500 ml) butter 1 cup (250 ml) sugar 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla 3 cups (750...
Mom’s Oatmeal Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
This recipe comes from my mom. She passed away in 2011 and this is still my favourite cookie recipe. It's been a few years since I've made them so making them tonight brought back fond memories. Mix the wet ingredients. The butter and sugar together well first. Then...
Date-Rhubarb Squares
A healthy snack or quick breakfast! A great way to use up rhubarb from your garden without adding any extra sugar. The dates add all the sweetening needed. Full of good stuff and very little added sugar! Easy to prepare and will last several days in the fridge. You...
Oven Baked Pork Chops, Seasoned With Garlic & Brown Sugar, & Garlic Roast Potatoes
The essentials of this delicious recipe come from DinnerThenDessert.com. This recipe is a favourite in our household ... oven-baked pork chops seasoned with brown sugar, garlic, salt and pepper, teamed with garlic roast potatoes!! Here are a few of the modifications...
Ginger Cookies
Ginger Cookies have only recently become a favorite of mine. Over Christmas, I tried one at Anita’s Organic in Chilliwack. They were so delicious and for weeks I’d been thinking of making Ginger Cookies … and finally did yesterday! After doing some Ginger Cookie...
Easy, Delicious Baby Back Pork Ribs
(I remembered to take a photo before I popped the ribs in the oven, but forgot afterwords. Our friends, Jenny and Steve, introduced us to this easy way of cooking delicious pork baby back ribs. My husband and I love ribs, but while we'd eat them out they seemed like...
Flo’s Homemade Salsa
My mother-in-law, Florence, has made jars of salsa for me each year for closer to twenty years, until last year. Last year I decided it was time for me to start making my own, using her recipe. The main difference between Mom's recipe and mine is that I don't peel the...
Rhubarb Zucchini Muffins With Spelt & Wheat Germ
Healthy, light weight and delicious muffins made with sprouted spelt flour and wheat germ, plus lots of other good stuff. Here are the ingredients and steps for making. Dry Ingredients 1.5 cups (375 ml) sprouted spelt flour 1.5 cups (375 ml) old-fashioned rolled oats...
Natural Facial Mask Made With Coffee & Honey
Looking for a homemade facial that uses natural ingredients to exfoliate, tighten and firm your skin? Here's one that uses ground coffee and honey. It provides a gentle facial scrub, lightly exfoliating your skin, and it leaves your face and neck feeling soft and...
Santa Fe Salad with Cajun Chicken
My favourite salad at Earl's Restaurant is their Santa Fe Chicken Salad. This recipe is delicious, and my best attempt to copy their version. This recipe was gleaned from looking at other recipes on the Internet, enjoying the Santa Fe Chicken Salad at Earl's, and...
Salmon Fish Cakes with Sweet Potatoes
These are the best salmon fish cakes (or any other kind of fish cakes) I've ever made! My sister raves about fish cakes and I've always been a "I can take them or leave them" kind of gal. I don't make them often and when I do I find I'm tweaking the recipe to make...
Caesar Salad
A variation of Garlic Lover’s Caesar Salad ... and my new favourite Caesar. An easy to prepare and tasty Caesar Salad recipe. Ingredients - 2 - 3 anchovie fillets 6 to 8 garlic cloves 2 egg yolks 1/2 - 3/4 cup (125 - 185 ml) olive oil 1 tbsp (15 ml) Dijon 2 tsp red...