Hummus is a fantastic summer staple as you can take it camping or somewhere with limited refrigeration and it won’t go off. It is full of vitamins and protein, and vegan to boot. It tastes great accompanied by Pemberton-grown carrots, …
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Are the Pemberton Strawberries Ripe Yet?
This is the time of the year when I am desperately waiting for strawberries. My freezer is now empty of any decent fruit – except some unhappy looking green gage plums that really don’t work for much of anything except …
Dirty Apron – Cooking School
For Christmas my OH surprised with an experience of a 4-hour hands on cooking class at the Dirty Apron in Vancouver. Not, he hastily added, because there is anything wrong with my cooking, but that it may give me tips …
Professional-Quality Ham and Pea Soup
I have experimented for quite a few years with ham and pea soup – switching out the green peas for yellow peas. The yellow peas never softened enough for a good soup and they varied a lot from brand to …
Dinner made easy – Chicken Divan
So my OH has been away, galavanting off to the UK and Spain, leaving me with the dog, and the chores, for just over a week on my own. (Don't get me wrong - it's been great catching up with …
Ginger Chew cookies – Healthified!
These cookies are adapted from the Silver Palate Cookbook – a staple cookbook in the kitchens of my mother, aunt and gran in the 1980s. I have always loved their “molasses cookies” but in the past few years I have …
Banana Bread – another variation, with cream cheese frosting!
I'd seen this recipe months ago while, undoubtedly, searching for something entirely different on Pinterest. However, it caught my eye and was one of those cakes I could imagine baking up for team-mates at work or for a large get-together …
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