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Coconut Cranberry Scrolls
Wednesday. Already the middle of the week again. I know that I am already thinking of the downward spiral that leads from the weekly peak of Wednesday to the under-the-covers-snuggle-pit that is the...
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Monday Night Dinner Date: Summer vegetable, herb, and cheese fritters (gluten...
A Monday night. A quiet house. Just Chris and I and a beautiful summer night to spend in each other’s company. We lazed the afternoon away lost in books: food for me; sci-fi for him. There is great...
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An Unexpected Breakfast: The Lesson
‘In the morning when the moon is at it’s rest, You will find me at the time I love the best Watching rainbows play on sunlight; Pools of water iced from cold night, in the morning. Tis the morning...
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Promise Me This: Gluten-free Coconut Banana Bread
In two weeks she will be gone. Out of the home we have shared for nearly twenty-three years and into her own nest. As I watched them erect the floor, the walls, the roof, and then fill the inside with...
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A Little Piece of Calm and Zucchini, Hazelnut, and Cranberry Bread (Gluten free)
There is much to be done. The freight train of the year is gathering speed and the scenery is flashing by. Why, it’s already the middle of March don’t you know. My little desk is gathering stacks of...
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Bookends of Love and Pancakes
Sometimes Chris will drive over from his house to mine in the middle of the night – what a gift it is to have someone leave their cosy bed to join you just because they sleep better when they are...
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Weekend Breakfast: Honey, Apple, and Spice Loaf
Could we still call this breakfast? Perhaps brunch might be a more apt title. It was well after eleven this morning when I slid this loaf into the oven, and just before twelve when I sat down to a...
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Lunchbox Love: Sweet Potato and Broccoli Frittata
My lunch box has come back to life! After my post last week I gave serious consideration to what I felt like for lunch this week. I knew that it would have to be filling enough to keep me away from the...
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The Best Buckwheat Pancakes Ever (My Dad Said So!)
My Dad is the kind of man whose presence fills a room. He isn’t a very big man, but his spirit is large and all-encompassing. He has that slightly old-fashioned thing called charisma. People are drawn...
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Okonomiyaki for One and Road Trip Excitement!
This weekend Chris and I are heading up the coast for the long weekend, and I for one am looking forward to doing these three things: one – a walk on the beach; two – drinking a glass of white wine at...
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Healthy Pumpkin Pancakes for One (gluten free)
Halloween is less than a week away, so let’s talk about what scares us… I’ll go first. I am scared of birds – all birds: chickens, magpies, budgies, anything with wings has me ducking (no pun intended)...
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Chocolate and Spice Pancakes (gluten free)
We might be a strange crew spending our Sunday morning watching old Christmas films and eating pancakes among stacks of black and white photos and Danish storybooks, but that’s the way we roll. And...
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Peach and Banana Smoothie
There are exciting things happening in my offline life at the moment. Well, maybe, hopefully, exciting things happening, and I can’t wait to share them with you when things are a little more official....
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Chocolate Raspberry Protein Smoothie
When I was a primary school kid every day would start with a glass of chocolate milk. During the week I would make it for myself, measure out two teaspoons into my 101 Dalmatians mug, add milk, and...
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New Old Fashioned Banana Smoothie
My sister and I have a tradition that we like to call ‘Fat Saturday’. It’s kind of like Fat Tuesday, but it happens every week rather than once a year. The premise is this: after eating nearly...
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Chocolate Chip Orange Muffins
It’s Friday. Let me share some true things with you. These things are true: I love taking walks outside the office in the middle of the day just to stare at the sky. When I reach the end of the street...
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Oat and Apple Pancakes with Stewed Apple
Sunday was one of those quietly blessed days. The sky was a bright blue glass dome and the sunshine was a water-colour stripe across our sunroom floor. We slept easily and well as the sun crept into...
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Blueberry and Oat Smoothies
Mondays are like a blank slate. When my alarm clock goes off on Monday morning I feel like the starting gun has fired and I am off and racing through the week. Monday means everything starts again in a...
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Breakfast Bread
Now that I live out of home (yes, I am a late bloomer) I look forward to sleepovers at my parent’s house (still home in my mind) all the more. I look forward to snuggling in my bed, which is...
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Lemon Blueberry Loaf (gluten free)
How do you communicate best? I know I come across best in writing. When I have time to modulate my words and really think about the tone of the message that I am sending, time to pick and choose words...
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