Turkey Day Approaching
Posted on October 5, 2008 - Filed Under Food, Holidays | Leave a Comment
Thanksgiving was never much of a big deal in my family. We’d have a big meal though of course, usually with turkey but sometimes just ham or chicken. I don’t really see what all the fuss is about with turkey though anyway, it tends to be quite dry compared to chicken and we [...]
Read More..>>Win a Scooter from Stouffers
Posted on August 20, 2008 - Filed Under Contests, Food | Leave a Comment
My favorite frozen food producer, Stouffers, is having a little contest. It’s open to Canadian residents only and the grand prize is one of several Vespa scooters. Runner up prizes of tasty morsels are also available to be won, but I’d rather have the scooter. With today’s gas prices one of those [...]
Read More..>>Jello and other Easy Stuff
Posted on July 28, 2008 - Filed Under Food | Leave a Comment
In the early days after the wifes surgery she had to eat a lot of soft foods, like Jello, so for a while I was making a batch every couple of days. I’ve been digging online for recipes for other easy to make things like cookies and puddings. Not that I’ve had time [...]
Read More..>>Fish Food
Posted on June 12, 2008 - Filed Under Food, shopping | 1 Comment
Chloe’s getting to the age where she really wants a pet. A doggy, a hamster, a fish, it doesn’t really matter to her. She knows cats are out of the question, and when told that if we get a doggy she’ll have to pick up the poop from the lawn she changed her [...]
Read More..>>Coffee
Posted on June 1, 2008 - Filed Under Amused, Food | Leave a Comment
I should confess up front that I’m not a coffee drinker, I do however love the smell and other things which are coffee flavored, ice cream being at the top of that little list. There’s some.. uhmm.. interesting? little videos at Friends4Coffee.ca, a website that appears to be made for or sponsored by McDonald’s. [...]
Read More..>>Wholesale Coffee
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under Business, Food | Leave a Comment
No office would be complete without a coffee machine, and several flavors of coffee to go along with it, to keep ye olde employees feeling happy and awake. SanMarcoCoffee.com is an online coffee wholesaler which carries nearly 300 flavors and offers free shipping on orders of $150 or more. They’ll even grind those [...]
Read More..>>Foodconnect, a network for Food Lovers
Posted on February 17, 2008 - Filed Under Food, Life, review | Leave a Comment
We’ve all heard of the big social networking sites such as Facebook and the abomination that is MySpace, now there’s a new one gaining steam that’s dedicated to food. Users can gather to share the recipes they love or look for something new and interesting to try. Whether you fancy some simple [...]
Read More..>>Happy B-day Lil’ Monster
Posted on December 17, 2007 - Filed Under Food, Life | 2 Comments
It hardly seems like it, but the lil monster is turning 4 years old in just a couple of days. Since Sunday is our only day off we decided to have a little party for her at home on Sunday (today) but since the weather was so horrible, most people canceled. A couple [...]
Read More..>>Outdoor Kitchens
Posted on November 18, 2007 - Filed Under Food, Life, shopping | Leave a Comment
When I first heard of outdoor kitchens I couldn’t imagine why anyone would want one. But I quickly realized that not everyone lives in a place where it’s cold outside for 6 months of the year, and those lucky people in warmer climates probably spend a lot more time outside than we do [...]
Read More..>>Pumpkins for Sale
Posted on September 27, 2007 - Filed Under Food, sale | Leave a Comment
Halloween is coming and since my father grows pumpkins, and has lots more than he can sell to his usual stores, he asked if I’d try selling some for him. Since summer is over and it’s time to put away the fans, I had some extra space in the front display window. They range in [...]
Read More..>>Cupcakes
Posted on September 23, 2007 - Filed Under Food, Internet | Leave a Comment
It’s not often that I get a chance to bake these days, but I do love cupcakes, loaded with icing. I found some good cupcake recipes online that I hope to try out soon. You can get 30 recipes in an E-book for just $7 and the best part is that you don’t [...]
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