Another week, another Distant Kitchens post! This week we have tackled Cherie Bevan and Tass Tauroa's Baked Lemon and Rhubarb Tart from their book The Cook and Baker. Erin is lucky enough to have this lovely book, which pays homage to her homeland, New Zealand! As we flipped . . .
Tex-Mex Potato Salad
I admit, I'm not good with the salad thing. I've been trying to make up some large salads at the beginning of the week that would last a dinner and a couple lunches, but I fail most of the time. It seems that there is never any food in the fridge when we are hungry and not feeling like . . .
Watermelon Rice Krispies
It rained this week! Like all-out-poured-down-rain the entire day... Cats, dogs, hippos, and unicorns. It rained it all down on my front lawn, and you can be sure that I was dancing in it. We have been in drought conditions all summer long. The leaves are changing and falling already. Our grass . . .
Creamy Chicken Pot Pie
The weekend has seemed to fly by. Doesn't it always when you have an event looming in the distance? It is hard to believe that my baby boy will be ONE on Friday. Thinking back one year ago this time, I was filled with nerves as I began to remember the impending doom that is childbirth. This year . . .
Mint Basil Ice Cream
It is effing hot out there. I mean, run around naked, through ice cold sprinkler water, effing hot! Every year this 30+ weather hits me out of no where. I just want to hibernate inside by the air conditioner that we really don't have! I found myself, a few days ago, staring at my . . .
Margherita – Not a pizza-lovers pizza!
Is it 40C degrees where you are? Golly! Us Canadians do not know how to deal with this heat! In short, you can guess that we are hibernating. The only people walking around the streets of our small town are the tourists who are soaking up this heat. No thank you! I'll just shut my bedroom door and . . .
