Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Have you ever met a cookie you didn’t LOVE? I know I haven’t! Growing up, we always had fresh cookies and Mom stored them in a monkey-shaped cookie jar. We tried to sneak cookies and the challenge was to get the monkey’s head off without Mom hearing us! I was never...
Buttermilk Biscuits

Buttermilk Biscuits

Hello Chickens! Today we’re baking some good ‘ol comfort food …biscuits! I know there are a million biscuit recipes out there and every one of them is easy and delicious. I love comfort food … who doesn’t?! We all have our favorite go-to recipes that bring us back to...
Hot Fudge Dessert

Hot Fudge Dessert

Today we’re going off script to enjoy another wonderful recipe from my favorite home cook, my Mom. I loved the smell of our kitchen on Sundays. This was the day Mom baked bread or buns (or both!) and she prepared a big dinner, complete with a special dessert. Mom...
Chinese Almond Cookies

Chinese Almond Cookies

My day job is one I’ve had for almost 30 years! I was 21 when I started as the front desk receptionist and over the last 30 years, I’ve had the opportunity and privilege to visit 14 countries in Asia, Africa and Central America. But, the first stop I made was in China...
Bananas ‘n Cream Bundt Cake

Bananas ‘n Cream Bundt Cake

This week has been … well, interesting! And hard! Living so close to the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, we can have snow every month of the year! But this week, we had cold. And I mean REALLY cold … -38C through the night! Norma was moving and had to stay in a short-term...