Rich coffee mingling with creamy vanilla and caramel. This simple vanilla caramel latte is the perfect dessert after a meal or savoured over the table with a good friend. It’s also perfect paired with a pumpkin scone. I love how simple a it is to make many “fancy” coffee drinks in our own homes. It…
Creamy Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce with Bacon and Rosemary
Happy first day of fall! Just seeing the number change on my calendar made me want to pull on a pair of jeans, fuzzy socks, a and warm sweater. Then I checked the weather, yup, it’s supposed to be 90 today… Oh, life in the Central Valley of California- it’s a bit bittersweet. Thankfully I…
Baby Steps to Healthy Living
It’s never a good idea to go all in when it comes to leading a healthy life. You will end up burned out and feeling more unhealthy than when you started. That’s why baby steps are such an important thing. Diving in head first may work for a bit but talking everything at once is…
Old-Fashioned Dill Pickles
I love a good dill pickle! There is something tantalizing about the salty crispness that comes from a delicious pickle that just draws me in. I think I have always been a bit of a foodie, even when I was little. I ate pickles of every kind but my favourites were always crunchy dill refrigerator…
13 Tips for Hiking with Kids
I love hiking! It must be in my blood since my dad spent a summer backpacking before he met my mom. I am nowhere near that hard-core but I do enjoying camping or a good day hike. Growing up we went camping and hiking a lot. While I was living in Mexico my girls and…