Adapted from the Oatmeal Drop recipe, p. 165 Food That Really Schmecks!). Mine are stuffed with dates, walnuts, flaked coconut, quinona flakes, cinamon, buttermilk, the usual cookie ingredients and a big fat carrot!

You can see bits of carrot, grain, nuts in this closeup, eh?
Not only do they satisfy my craving for grains (this [...]

Every year my husband draws me a valentine around what he is thinking at the time. He is a philosopher so that varies. This one was propped up beside my computer, the place I head to, first thing in the morning. Additionally, he had brought me a nice cup of tea. This sort [...]

This is a large piece of the glorious gluten-free pizza I made today with an actually decent crust. Toss that rice flour cardboard in the trash. This is one of those Red Mill Uncle somebody’s. (yes, I tossed the packaging in the trash) I will update soon. At any rate, the crust is [...]

Turns out the best solution for frozen pipes is not heaters nor blow dryers but wrapping them in rags soaked in boiling water, then pouring boiling water on to the RAGS (not the pipes directly) and when the hot water finally comes on, leaving it dripping just slightly till the cold weather goes [...]

Beginning to blow quite badly along with an icy snow that steals visibility everywhere you look. The fuzziness in the shot isn’t the camera. It’s the weather.

This is neighbour catty-corner & dog. I told her our city’s winter carnival starts tomorrow right across from where I work & she says, [...]