Easy Cranberry and Apple Cake

Easy Cranberry and Apple Cake

Happy Thanksgiving! I am very thankful for and very blessed to have an amazing family with both parents and in laws still living, great friends, good health, an amazing partner who is my everything, our simple lifestyle, fresh fish, salty ocean air, gardening, sunsets, chocolate, wine 🙂 and amazing recipes that have been passed down through [...]

Old Fashioned Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting

Old Fashioned Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting

It's Thanksgiving in Canada this weekend.  Unlike the American Thanksgiving, the Canadian Thanksgiving is always held on the second Monday in October. So my Canadian readers....Do you have your menu ready? How about your desserts?  If your friends and family are not fans of pumpkin desserts then try this apple cake!  This apple cake would be [...]

Bean and Vegetable Soup

Bean and Vegetable Soup

I love soups.....vegetable, sausage,tortellini, chicken, turkey, any kind of soup and I am salivating!!! Maybe that is why I love the fall so much! I can have soup everyday and I always have a pot in the refrigerator ready to reheat.  This soup is super nutritious. Full of vegetables. Beans for fiber. Kale. Spinach. Tomatoes! Let's go [...]

3 Quick and Healthy Side Dishes

3 Quick and Healthy Side Dishes

Happy Saturday!!! It's a cool and crisp day and fall has definitely arrived!  Yay! Time to haul out my favorite sweaters, scarves and boots. This time of year, I'm always heading out to craft or farmer's markets and I don't want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen.  So throw something on the bbq [...]