Friday Specials

This has been a great, whirlwind week. We started with Canadian Thanksgiving Monday, which kicked off the week with a lot of food. I continued with a little extra food on my birthday and I have a couple of shoots planned this coming weekend – which means extra things to eat around the house. But …

Pumpkinferno

Even though Pumpkinferno is only in its second year, the event is definitely considered a huge success for Upper Canada Village. With 35,000 visitors in their first year, they were looking for ways to improve the festival, making the family-friendly event an even better way to get into the Halloween spirit. This was the first …

Friday Specials

I’ve been under the weather the last couple of days, so I hope to have a relaxed weekend with great weather. It’s been very sunny and quite warm and we’re enjoying a lot of time spent outdoors. I hope it’s nice where you are and that you get a bit of time to relax and …

Pasta with Baked Tomato Sauce

Yes, we are still working on our supply of tomatoes and this baked tomato sauce is a yummy addition to our rotation. The first time I made it was three years ago when my friend Suzy gave me the link to The Wednesday Chef blog. I’ve made the recipe many times since and Luisa’s blog …

Friday Specials

Happy Friday! After coming back from Toronto and presenting at Blogpodium (it was great!) we went apple picking and had such a great time. If you get a chance you should go as well, it’s a really nice fall activity. Now I’m looking for apple recipes so we can use the 20lbs of apples we …

Friday Specials

Last weekend we went camping and overall we had a great time, despite me being cold and not being able to sleep. I’m not a big fan of camping, but the kids have so much fun that I succumb once or twice a year and head on out to the woods. I actually enjoy all …