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A spring menu ready for spring showers
‘M’ is for May Showers. This means mothers-to-be, not to mention brides-to-be, will have a celebration in their honour during the month of May. As the hostess, you want to make sure the guest of honour feels like a queen for the day. A festive afternoon tea meets with huge approval. It requires a prettily [...]
Full Story»Healthy eating for swimsuit season
The days of hiding are coming to an end. Warmer, sunnier days mean fewer and fewer pieces of clothing. Yes, it’s that time of year when our minds turn to summer living, and that means swimsuits. If your bulges are betraying you, then just as the days are lightening up we need to lighten up [...]
First crops of the Ontario season are in
You are in luck. April brings the first crops of the season. Now when you go grocery shopping you can look for Ontario produce and actually find freshly picked tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, sweet potatoes and lettuce fresh from our own greenhouses, not to mention mushrooms, maple syrup and farmed fish all grown locally. Buying local [...]
Some ideas for nights of ‘Hamelot’
If a ham is the centrepiece of your Easter celebrations, then these recipes are for you. There is nothing like a cured bone-in ham, glazed and decorated then baked in the oven. Its spicy smokiness is a welcome taste at the dinner table but the leftovers are amazing! Save that bone! Split pea soup is [...]
