Tag Archives: cooking

Saturday Garden Inspiration – June 6, 2015

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Yanic A.

Sharing a little glimpse of my garden that makes me happy. Wishing you a very peaceful day. Once again this year, I’ll be sharing little glimpses of our gardens. Although so much is growing all the time, there is always a little moment … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Saturday garden inspiration | Tagged cooking, gardening, growing food, homesteading, radishes, Saturday Garden Inspiration | 31 Comments

Banana-Coconut pancakes – Gluten-Free & Vegan

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Yanic A.

In our home, pancakes are their own food group. We make them healthy, we make them decadent, we make them sweet, we make them savory… Anything works in form of a pancake! So when you have little ones that are … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Recipes | Tagged cooking, gluten-free, healthy, pancakes, recipe, vegan | 43 Comments

Mid-holidays hellos

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Yanic A.

Time seems to have slowed down to a crawling pace and we are reveling in it. Although my poor husband has to make an appearance at work for a few days, we still enjoyed several days with him and will … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Family Life, Holidays, Homesteading, Knitting, Life | Tagged baking, Christmas, connection, cooking, Family, holidays, home, homemade gifts, homemade toys, homesteading, knitting, life, mindfulness, nature, outdoors, quiet, slowing down, staying at home | 22 Comments

Warm and slow Sunday

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Yanic A.

We were on the road much of the day yesterday. A round trip to Montreal for a little bit of Christmas shopping and some time with my sister and our niece. We are so lucky to have little people that … Continue reading →

Posted in Family Life, Food, Gardening, Homesteading, Life, Nature, Outdoors, Reading, Sensory play, Simplicity | Tagged baking, children, cooking, Family, Farmer's market, gardening, home, life, nature, outdoors, playing, quiet, reading, slowing down, walking, winter | 12 Comments

Lime-ginger vinaigrette – Onion and Garlic Free

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Yanic A.

Good evening all. I hope you had a wonderful week-end. I love Asian food. I don’t know if I ever mentioned. But with not eating anything from the Allium family, going out for Asian is completely out of the question. … Continue reading →

Posted in Garlic and Onion free cooking, Recipes | Tagged cooking, garlic-free, healthy, onion-free, recipe, vegetarian | 16 Comments

14615 days…

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Yanic A.

That is how many days will have gone by since my birth when I wake up tomorrow morning. Strange to think about it in days instead of years. You easily loose track of a year, how quickly it goes by. … Continue reading →

Posted in canning, Crafting, Family Life, Food, Homesteading, Life | Tagged baking, birthday, canning, children, connection, cooking, crafts, Family, gratitude, home, life, me time | 22 Comments

Crafty Q & A Blog Hop

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Yanic A.

So last week, the wonderful Kim from Mothering with Mindfulness tagged me in a Blog Hop Q & A that I’ve been itching to respond to. If you don’t know her blog, you really should! Took me a few days to … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Hop, Crafting | Tagged Blog Hop, cooking, crafts, creating, gardening, home, knitting, quilting, sewing | 11 Comments

First round of colds

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Yanic A.

It was just a few degrees above freezing when we all woke up from a harsh night sleep this morning : 3 out of 4 of us seem to have caught our first seasonal bug. Poor super dad, my angel, … Continue reading →

Posted in canning, Family Life, Food, Food preservation, Nature | Tagged canning, colors, cooking, fall, Family, healing, life, outdoors, walking | 8 Comments

Big purchases – Big steps towards a more self-sufficient life!

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Yanic A.

In preparation to building our new homestead, I’ve been reading Jill Winger’s E-book “Your Custom Homestead“. I had already been enjoying her blog, The Prairie Homestead, so much that I figured her book might be just what we needed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Homesteading | Tagged canning, cooking, Food preservation, freezing, healthy food, homesteading, self-sufficiency | 14 Comments

Portobello mushroom gravy – Vegan (Onion and Garlic Free)

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Yanic A.

I don’t know how many of you are familiar with a dish called “Poutine”. For many french Canadians, poutine is considered a national dish of some sort. In its best form, we are talking homemade thick cut french fries, gravy … Continue reading →

Posted in Garlic and Onion free cooking, Recipes | Tagged cooking, garlic-free, onion-free, poutine, recipe, vegan, vegetarian | 17 Comments