Recipes Archives

Cooking With Clayton – Basic Blueberry Muffins

Blueberries are a favourite in our house. I often purchase 2 large boxes each summer in berry season. These wild berries in this recipe were frozen from last summer’s berries. The wild harvested berries are smaller than the ones you purchase in stores throughout the winter. You will find the larger berries will break open when stirring into the batter, creating a blue muffin…which will taste fine, but will not look identical to the ones pictured.

This is another basic muffin recipe, you could use the base recipe with other berries, or evenchocolate chips in place of the blueberries.

Strawberry Muffins – Baking with Kids

by Ruth Ann

Strawberries, they are one of those berries that I love just as they are, or in a dish with a little cream and maple syrup (yes, that is a real treat!). I remember, as a child, waiting for strawberry season every summer so we could enjoy strawberry shortcake. When we would visit my grandmother or aunt & uncle in Cape Breton, there were usually a few churches around the Cabot Trail hosting a Strawberry Tea, and we would go to more than one!

Today Clayton asked if we could bake some muffins. He is my picky eater, so I asked him what he wanted to try. He said Strawberry, at the beginning of March…so we are going to give them a shot! I cannot guarantee he will eat them, but perhaps by letting him make them, he will be more interested in eating them as well.

3 Freezer Meals – In The Kitchen: Episode 26

by Ruth Ann

This week on Sunday Night Live with Ruth Ann, over on my Facebook Page, we prepared 3 freezer meals.

Orange Chicken
Sweet & Sour Chicken
Sweet & Sour Steak

Check out the Live Prep of these meals. I will be adding more photos of the prepared meals as we eat these meals.

Tuna Casserole (Freezer Friendly)

by Ruth Ann

Don’t you just love good comfort food? Pasta casseroles are one of my fave comfort foods.

Tuna Casserole is quick to make and includes ingredients you likely already have on hand.

This casserole can be mixed up and baked for tonight’s supper, or frozen in a freezer bag to prepare another evening.

Honey Garlic Sauce for Meatballs or Chicken

by Ruth Ann

This Honey Garlic Sauce is fabulous on meatballs or chicken. When we make anything with garlic, we tend to add a little more than the average person may. So, for a milder garlic flavour, simply add 3 cloves instead of the 4 listed in the recipe.

Top 10 of 2017 – Blog In Review

by Ruth Ann

As 2017 comes to an end this weekend, I was curious to see what blog posts were the most popular this year. It is interesting to look at the numbers and results each year to see what it is that YOU, my readers, are looking at the most. It also helps me in planning content for the future.

Thank you for follolwing our journey and visiting and share the blog over this past year. It is obvious from the stats that you like the travel and family content we have been adding, along with the meal planning and recipes. There will me much more content in these categories this year as we streamline the blog and offer you more content.

Here are the top 10 posts of 2017!

Cook With Me- Prepping 3 Meatless Freezer Meals

by Ruth Ann

This week on Sunday Night Live with Ruth Ann, over on my Facebook Page, we are prepping 3 vegetarian freezer meals.

Lentil soup, Twice Baked Potatoes, and Easy Mac N Cheese are on the prep menu for Sunday night!

Cook With Me – Preparing 4 Freezer Meals

by Ruth Ann

Tomorrow night on my Facebook Page, I will be prepping the four freezer meals below. I invite you to prep these meals with me. (The Facebook Video, from Oct 2017, is at the bottom of this post)

Below you will find the ingredients for each recipe. They are all to feed 4 to 6 people (if you have young children you will get 6 servings). I will be prepping 2 meals for each recipe. It is more efficient to prep more than one of the same meal.

17 Awesome Zucchini Recipes

by Ruth Ann

Harvest Time – What to do with all the Zucchini?

It’s that time of year! Harvest season is upon us and our gardens are overflowing with various veggies and fruit. My in-laws gifted me some zucchini, really big zucchini. I have made zucchini noodles (zoodles) before, and bread, muffins, and cake, but I was wondering what else I could make and freeze, or preserve. So, I went to my blogging friends and my Facebook page and asked what others are doing. Below is a long and varied list of how you can use this vegetable to bake, pickle, freeze and more.

Simple Pasta Goulash

by Ruth Ann

This Simple Pasta Goulash is the North American version of goulash.

Let’s talk comfort food. It just is…it is one of those meals I can prep quickly and have left overs for lunches. It is simple, yet delicious, affordable yet not loaded with preservatives. It is perfection in a skillet! (At least I feel this way 🙂 )