I am a small town girl at heart who loves cooking and baking with "real food and ingredients" as much as I can. I have a wonderful hubby who is willing to try any of my latest recipes and experiments. We have recently expanded our family and now have a wonderful son named Dane and a beautiful daughter named Maddie. We also have one dog (who loves when I cook so she can scoop up all the crumbs off the floor) and two adorable cats. My favourite days of the week are the weekends when I get to make a huge breakfast and enjoy it over a few cups of coffee with my hubby. I am also looking forward to having a hand in being a cook/baker as a mom! Breakfast!!! Scones, muffins, pancakes, waffles, quiches, egg scrambles and french toast. I enjoying making absolutely everything from scratch - including bread, dinners with homemade pasta and sauces, slow roasts... Big hearty breakfast, good coffee, homemade bread and cinnamon buns, fresh squeezed orange juice. I prepared a cannelloni dish with pasta handmade from scratch. It took me 3 hours to prepare the pasta, the filling, the sauce and then put it all together. It was the most fabulous valentines gift I made for my sweet hubby! I one time tried a "healthy" approach to a sugar cookie recipe. I tried using mostly whole wheat flour (instead of white). They sort of tasted like dog biscuits. (Good thing I have a dog!) I realized that "healthy" and "sugar cookies" just can't be used in the same sentence.