South Shore Farmers’ Markets- Bridgewater Farmers Market

There’s just something about a Farmers Market held on the Main Street of a town. Community gathering and chatting over coffee and breakfast, enjoying live music and picking up their locally produced produce and goods.  Welcome to the Bridgewater Farmers Market, which operates every Saturday from June to October on King Street in Bridgewater, at …

Plant to Plate- Flower Blossom Vinegar

Wouldn’t it be lovely to be able to go out and cut fresh flowers for your own arrangements, attract butterflies and bees to your garden and have some beautiful, edible flowers to add to your dishes? This is all possible, with the right plants and a cutting garden. Cosmos, zinnias, gladioli, sweet peas, sunflowers are …

Sunday Morning Coffee

Sunday morning I usually grab a coffee and take time to catch-up on some stories I may not have had time to read throughout the week…I thought you might enjoy them with your Sunday morning coffee. $2.5M lotto win will help couple find mother in refugee camp Wow…now if this isn’t the best idea yet …

Rhubarb Coffee Cake

Rhubarb Coffee Cake is a recipe that I always make this time of year, when you can get fresh rhubarb from the garden.  But it’s also good to make with rhubarb that has been cut up and frozen. Either way, every time I have made it I’ve been asked for the recipe.  Hope you enjoy the …

South Shore Farmers Markets- Lunenburg Farmers Market

There is just something about a farmers market. The chance to chat and connect with the people who are growing your food or preparing your goods. The community feeling of greeting your friends and neighbours, sharing a coffee, or having a chance to catch up and share. There are a pretty special place. We are …

My Nova Scotia Cookbook-Illustrated Recipes by Chanelle Jefferson

If you would have told Chanelle Jefferson a few years ago that her first book was going to be a cookbook, she may have laughed, still this Concordia student is set to launch her first book, My Nova Scotia Cookbook, later this week. From the time she was young, Chanelle Jefferson had always enjoyed painting, …

Sunday Morning Coffee

Sunday morning I usually grab a coffee and take time to catch-up on some stories I may not have had time to read throughout the week…I thought you might enjoy them with your Sunday morning coffee. Far from Amazon, LaHave River Books floats on traditional charm The story of this little book store and how …

Lemony Grilled Asparagus Spears

Asparagus is one of the first seasonal plants to arrive each spring, in your garden and also at the market.  If you have asparagus planted in your garden, they are a perennial and will produce year after year, but it does take 2-3 years for the plants to start producing. Asparagus, like most of our …

Meal Plan Monday

Things are ramping up around here. I’m spending more time outside working in the garden and just enjoying the spring weather…so lovely! This also leads to me dreading to have to come in and get supper ready or scrambling at the last-minute. Then there are the activities. My daughter has had a busy sports schedule this …

Sunday Morning Coffee

Sunday morning I usually grab a coffee and take time to catch-up on some stories I may not have had time to read throughout the week…I thought you might enjoy them with your Sunday morning coffee. Between Two Worlds OK…this is a little bit of a read, but an incredible story. The photos from her …