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Coconut Banana Bread with Lime Glaze

June 7, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 4 Comments

GET RECIPE! I was first introduced to the recipe for Coconut Banana Bread with Lime Glaze from Cooking Light Magazine by the lovely AwtemNymf, The Faerie Whisperer. A long time ago in another blog she asked me to try making it and I finally did but halfway through the recipe I realized I only had […]

Stepping into the unknown: Kidneys

June 6, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 9 Comments

Mom and I had never tried porcini mushrooms before so I bought some for this recipe and also used to broth they created for making the sauce Mom told me that when she was sad, Grandma used to make her one of her favourite foods in the world: kidneys. My mom and I are very […]

Wreck This Journal Begins!

June 5, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 29 Comments

This is the first blog post for Jamie‘s The Next Chapter: Wreck This Journal book blogging experience. I have been really looking forward to letting out my destructive tendencies! My Mom and I have been sitting out on my deck a lot and I did some of the exercises with pen but this morning I […]

Celebrating my Mom’s Latvian Name Day

June 4, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 9 Comments

June 3 is my Mom’s Latvian Name Day. In Latvia you have a special day to celebrate your particular name. My Mom and I were going to go to The Five Fisherman for a lobster dinner but her back has been hurting too much to do go anywhere (thank you all so much for your […]

Wishcasting: What do you wish for June?

June 3, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 26 Comments

This week’s wish on Wishcasting is What do you with for June? My Mom has had a hard time with physical stuff since she got here and even though we had those great road tours we are staying close to home because of some health issues. I wish with all my heart that she feels […]

Banana Pancakes

June 2, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 6 Comments

While my Mom has been here the weather has been warming up and all of the bananas I bought for her visit are rapidly ripening. When my Mom saw them she said, “Banana pancakes are my favourite.” As an adult, I have never had banana pancakes and apparently she did make them when I was […]

Hitting the Road one more time

June 1, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 6 Comments

My mom, husband and I did one last drive this weekend. The sun finally came out and it got all nice and warm so we drove down the South Shore. This was our first stop, Chester Basin. Talk about beautiful and serene. I made sure to get a picture of us too and guess what? […]

Hitting the Road

May 31, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 7 Comments

Me and Mom in the car, taking off for a little day trip. I think a lot of my adventurous spirit has come from my Mom. She loves going places so she can photograph them and that is what I live for too. Even though the weather was crappy it did make for some interest […]

Suzie’s Kitchen: The Vent

May 30, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 6 Comments

The morning my Mom came to visit I also had a visit with a venting company to finally put a vent in my kitchen hood. It was the one thing our contractor told us was an issue with the house when we bought it and I had no idea what a big deal it was […]

Food and Family

May 29, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 6 Comments

I was a little quick to take the picture but there is my Mom coming down the escalator at the Halifax Airport. I am so excited that she is visiting, I really can’t believe she is here. Having my Mom here means I can finally make seafood for someone other than myself, which I do […]