Sunday, February 23, 2014

Mackies in Port Stanley and Walking ON Lake Erie, 2014

So we are trying to give Spring the hint to hurry up and get here by rushing our first spring ritual of the year at Mackies in Port Stanley.  They were open on Family Day so off we went . . .




The only thing better than Mackies fries with ketchup is . . . 


. . . orangeade and . . .


. . . Mackies fries with their special sauce . . . sooooooo goooooood!!





 Big Beach




Little Beach

 

Friday, February 21, 2014

Oven Roasted Vegetables

A recipe has been passed around the internet today for Oven Roasted Vegetables.  The photo looked good.  The recipe sounded good.  So I decided to make it for supper tonight.

I changed a few things . . . surprise . . . !!!  And it was delicious!!  This recipe makes enough for at least six hearty diners.  I served it with roast beef and apple crisp for dessert.

Here goes . . .



1 bundle of asparagus, cut in half
1 small package of snow peas
2 medium yellow squash (which I couldn't find), cut in large chunks
1 zucchini (so I added a second zucchini), cut in large chunks
1 small package of baby carrots
1 package of grape or cherry tomatoes
1 small bag of baby red potatoes, cut into wedges
about 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp of rosemary
1-1/2 tbsp of basil
steak seasoning (I used Mrs. Dash)
salt and pepper
1-1/2 tbsp garlic salt (I used a couple of garlic cloves well chopped)

Prepare the vegetables and place in a large bowl.  Drizzle olive oil over and then add seasonings.  Toss the vegetables so they are well coated with oil and seasonings.  Pour into a deep baking dish and cover with foil.  Bake for 1/2 hour at 450F.  Remove foil and cook for 15 minutes or until veggies are tender.

The original recipe is at http://foodnservice.com/oven-roasted-vegetables/.

My favourites were the asparagus and tomatoes.  Hal loved the potatoes best.  Austin ate everything but the tomatoes.  Taylor particularly enjoyed the carrots and asparagus.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Oddball Square: Aussie Map . . . sort of


This square was supposed to be of a map of Australia but I chose to do a maple leaf instead to represent Canada.

Here is the link to the pattern ->
http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/patterns/afghans/aussiemap.htm

Only 12 more squares to go before I start putting this huge blanket together.


Afternoon Tea Party to benefit the Pink Scrappers Relay for Life Team

One of our ways of raising funds this year is that we are hosting a bunch of mini events.  Last Thursday was Deb's turn and she decided to host an afternoon tea party.  Everyone showed up all beautiful and dressy and Deb did a beautiful job decorating the house.  She had hoped to have 6-8 people attend and was totally overwhelmed when 20+ people wanted to attend . . . LOL . . . but she made it work and we had a marvellous time.


You may, or may not, have heard this about me but I am mechanically challenged.  In other words, I'm a klutz.  Deb was in hysterics watching me trying to rip of sheets of wrap to cover the sandwiches.  The funny look on Annie's face (to my right) is that she is trying to untangle the last sheet I cut.  So sad.
  





And the lady in the enormous pink hat is our host.