Farm girl. Farm wife. Farmer's daughter. Agriculture advocate. Ag marketer. Ag volunteer.
By now children will have made their Christmas lists for Santa (some of the eager ones may have even completed their lists months ago!). My two oldest nephews had their lists ready awhile ago. The oldest one even took the time to type up the list and include large colour photos of each item -... Continue Reading →
As part of my Christmas baking series, today I'm sharing a recipe for Cinnamon Rollups. These have a nice subtle cinnamon taste, are not too sweet, and are easy and quick to make. Cinnamon Rollups 2 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 cup margarine or butter 1/2 cup milk 1 egg, beaten 1/2... Continue Reading →
Today I'm sharing a recipe for Marshmallow Balls as part of my Christmas Baking series. Despite the caramel and marshmallow, these treats are not overly sweet. They're one of my dad's favourites. Enjoy! Marshmallow Balls 1/2 cup margarine or butter 1/3 cup cream 1 - 170 gram package of caramels app. 3 cups Rice Krispies... Continue Reading →
Kia Ora Mates! A year ago today I was on a plane headed around the world to the amazing countries of New Zealand and Australia. After 21 hours in the air, I arrived in Auckland, New Zealand on Dec. 3. I stayed for a month, first touring both islands of New Zealand with a tour company called... Continue Reading →
Last weekend my mom and I hauled the Christmas decorations up from the basement and started decorating for the holidays. As we unpacked the various items, my mom pulled out a special Christmas gift that I received many years ago from my Aunty Lois. It's a strawberry shortcake doll (I loved Strawberry Shortcake!) standing beside a Christmas tree... Continue Reading →
This past Saturday my mom and I had our annual Christmas baking spree at the farm. We made five different things including caramelitas, mini chocolate cream cheese cupcakes, sugar cookies, marshmallow balls and cinnamon rollups. I've already shared the caramelitas and chocolate cream cheese cupcakes recipes on this blog. Click on the links to check them... Continue Reading →
Today on Thankful Thursday and American Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for the new American friends I've made this past year through various social media such as blogging, Twitter and Facebook. I share a love of agriculture, rural life and/or food with many of these friends. I won't begin to name names as I don't want to... Continue Reading →
While many families go out for lunch after church on Sundays, my family often goes home and makes a delicious lunch of Belgian waffles. This is a nice change from the sandwiches, meat and potatoes etc. that we've been eating all week. But what makes these waffles even tastier is the white sauce that is served with them. Basically it's... Continue Reading →
As I've mentioned before on this blog, my family farms just north of the Canada-United States border in southern Manitoba. We have some land on the border. To give you an idea I thought I'd share a few photos of the borderline in this Wordless Wednesday blog post. I spent this past weekend at the farm... Continue Reading →
... and only had access to one kind of food and one kind of drink, what would they be? Of course my answer would be Ritz crackers and Good Host iced tea! (I guess I would also need clean drinking water to make the iced tea). I grew up on Good Host iced tea and... Continue Reading →
Rural Route Ramblings 