Snacks

I have this copied onto my phone and check it often at the grocery store.  Finding healthy satisfying snacks used to be hard, just hand me a list of what to eat and I'm all good. 


Greek yogurt and homemade granola has become my everyday breakfast, so tasty.

Lucy our pug

This is Lucy, she's 2 1/2 and just about the best dog you could ask for.  Except when she won't come when called, or get in the car when we want her to, or leave unknown things alone when she finds them in the bush, or pulls hard on her leash when we walk her, or bark at every horse, person, bird, or cloud that goes past the house, or chews on my sandals and runners when I'm at work.

We love her,

and wouldn't want her any different, well... :)

Curry Pork Burgers, you must try!

I found this recipe a couple years ago in Canadian Living magazine and I've made them so many times!  They're simple to make and so yummy fresh but you can freeze them too just wrap them well.

1 lb lean ground pork

1/2 cup chopped scallions (green and white parts)

1/3 cup feta cheese

2 Tbsp curry paste (I use red)

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 tsp minced ginger

1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced

1 tsp ground cumin

little salt and pepper

**the recipe called for coriander which I do not like all that much so I use scallions.

Mix everything together well and shape into patties, you'll get 4 patties.  Oh, and they'll smell sooo good by this point!  I cover them and put them in the fridge for about 10 minutes you can make these the night before but I wouldn't leave them sitting in the fridge any longer than a day. 

BBQ the patties until a meat thermometer reads 160 F

Serve with nice crispy lettuce and soft buns.



Grilled Red Onion

Simple enough to do but I'm often pleasently surprised how grilling brings out a different flavor in something I've eaten for years. 

Peel onion and cut into 1/2" thick slices.  I use a skewer to keep the rings in place.  Brush them with some olive oil, sprinkle with s & p and grill until softened about 10 minutes. 

Enjoy!

I love summer!

First garden party of 2012

Wow, it took long enough but we finally got in our 1st bbq of the year.  Damn weather :o 

We had a Roller Derby weekend with Camp Pivotstar coaches Luludemon and 8meanWheeler from Team Canada coming to coach us for the weekend!  It was a great weekend!  So cool and I learned so much, I am even more motivated to get my ass in gear and get my derby skills up. 

My derby sister Rachel Snyder took some great pictures of the bbq!

Check out her website, http://rsimaginganddesign.com

After the May long weekend.

The plan for the weekend was to get all the garden beds fertilized and planted as well as the fence built.  Once the fence posts were in we decided the pickets would look better if they were made out of driftwood also, so we've left it as is and will continue our driftwood hunting :)

I did manage to get all but one of the garden boxes weeded, fertilized and I added perilite to my clay soil.  I've now planted almost all of my seeds, I just need to build another trellis for more peas (you can never have enough peas!) We're going to build another garden box for corn too, I've never planted corn so I'm excited to see how it turns out.  The last garden box to be weeded will have my pumpkins and squash in it.  It's been pretty rainy and cold here so I don't feel as behind in my planting as I thought.  My tomatoes and hot peppers are all planted in the greenhouse and I'm thinking about planting a peach tree in the greenhouse too. 

This weekend we took a day to go on the garden tour around town.  So worth the $10 ticket to see other gardens and get some great ideas! 

I now want all my garden boxes to be like this...

Can you imagine how much easier it would be to weed and plant in these boxes?!  No more aching back.  I also found out my Mountain Ash tree I was given for free last year is in fact a Laburnum tree.  We have now moved it out of the veggie garden and into the yard as I was told the pods will drop and I'll have little volunteer trees starting in the veggies :o  Certainly glad I was told that before it got too big to move.  I did question why my Mountain Ash was getting little yellow flowers on it!

Oh, and just because she is so damn cute, here's a picture of my neice who was in town for the long weekend...

Planning stage almost done!

Boyfriend and I went to the beach down the road and dragged up 11 beautiful driftwood logs to use as fence posts.  Ok, he did the dragging I did the watching!  The fence posts are in and now I need to decide how I want the fence to look, spacing and height.  I'll post some pictures after this weekend.  What a lovely way to spend the May long weekend, fence building and planting more veggies!