A big hit at Christmas for the whole family and also at the poker game last night......

Trying out a new chart module

The name – shortbread – refers to its tender, crumbly texture, achieved with a high ratio of fat that coats the protein in the flour, keeping gluten strands short.

Tour guide Kevin here, with a continuously updated list of places to visit in Dublin and Ireland

You can keep your stinkin' croutons.

A side dish, a salad, an appetizer, a dip, you decide. Multiply the ingredients depending on the group size.

Sweet potatoe and chicken chili

Turkey Meatballs in a creamy red curry sauce

Beef Moussaka

Elgin County special, get those Roma tomatoes

Bought a big bag of apples last week, and needed something to do with them

The search is over, the lot is bought, the plans are afoot

Pickled beets. Big bag of beets and pickled in hot brine - the jars popped just like marmalade!

Pick a bean, any bean. OK, now pick another, and another! You can't go wrong with this on a wintry day.

Healthy apple rhubarb crumble from the Mayo Clinic

The Vancouver to Nanaimo to Quadra to Comox to Powell River to Sechelt to Vancouver loop

Keeping track of some books we've read, or want to read, or have heard about somewhere

Our intrepid heroes get set for the trip home, which just involves a little bit of going back in time

Tread water for 10 minutes and swim 200m or go home!