Neighbourhood Highlight: Katimavik

When we first moved to Ottawa from Saint John, NB, on the Mitel express,  my dream was a huge upgrade from our lovely 3 bedroom bungalow on a 2 acre lot overlooking the St John River. Instead we bought a semi-detached home on Castlefrank Rd. in Glen Cairn! We loved it there, despite the decrease […]

Gluten Free Bread Pudding

Well that sounds like a bit of an oxymoron doesn’t it! Well as it turns out the BEST bread pudding is made with gluten-free brioche bread. I discovered this through trial and error. The original recipe came from my dear friend Lucie. She would make it for our house concerts as it makes such a […]

New Find: National Art Gallery…for Kids!

March 3, 2023 Update: Click here for the March Family Calendar! When my sons were little boys, an art gallery, wherever we were, was always a definite must to visit. I made up games to play in the gallery that turned the gallery into a place of discovery! We had a fewbasic rules: no running no […]

New Find: Cobs Bread

Well if you haven’t already discovered it…you must….COBS Bakery. I LOVE a whole grain bread that doesn’t resemble sawdust and is not full of additives and preservatives. COBBS Cape Seed bread is my favourite with an abundance of flavour and ideal for both sandwich and just plain toast! COBS Bread is the Canadian branch of […]

Sheet Pan Chicken with Apple, Fennel and Onion

Did you get a fondue set as a wedding present? If you did I will guess that you were married somewhere in the 70s or 80s. There were fondue restaurants…fondue parties even! I desperately tried to fondue everything from hot dogs to chicken livers. (WHY Harry ever stayed married to me after those early-marriage cooking […]

New Find: The Light Keeper Pro

I have the most marvellous collection of Christmas lights….that do not work. Miniatures. Soft white. Assorted colours. I despise our “western way” of tossing something when it doesn’t work the way that we want it to. So when these little gems stopped doing their jobs they went into the magic box of  “someday they will […]