Christmas Pudding in a jar is such a treat! Top that delicious pudding with a sweet run sauce and it is divine! Steamed puddings were popular in my house as a child and this recipe is a throw back to those days. Although this recipe itself, is a variation from my mother-in-law, Marjorie to make […]

Fig and Date Xmas cake with a drop of whiskey. This is a Christmas cake without citrus peel … because we don’t like it and it is full of dried fruit that you could change to your preferred taste. The night before, or even a day before making this cake. Prepare 2 cups of raisins […]

It is December 1st and here in British Columbia we are just using the last of our tomatoes out of the garden. This year before we had a heavy frost, we brought the green tomatoes inside the house and put them in a cool dark room to ripen. It worked well, so we decided to […]

At our house we grow our own vegetables. This year because of all the fires in the province of BC, we have decided to make smoky tomato soup. Because we can’t get enough smoke these days…haha. For the recipe 7 pounds of tomatoes 1 tbsp of sugar 1 tbsp of salt 3 onions 3 stalks […]