An older mommy, a former OR nurse, now stays home and is quickly becoming addicted to blogging and social media! Blogs about ~ Life ~ Recipes ~ Staying Healthy ~ Living Green.
A colleague of mine gave me this recipe years ago, we love it so much we have never bought a jar of pasta sauce since. We make in several times a year and almost always have a jar or two in the freezer, perfect for a quick, no fuss dinner! {This recipe is slightly modified from the original} {Taken after approximately 4 hours of simmering, did it ever smell good!} … [Read more...]
In our home, come Friday we are all getting a bit tired of the work-week and looking forward to the week-end. We always try to have Friday evening dinners be a bit more relaxed and we all usually pitch in to help. We'll barbecue burgers, have tacos or quite often make home made pizza; we like something laid back but yummy, a celebration of a busy weeks completion and the anticipation of the week-end ahead. As yummy as those food items are, I find we're sometimes stuck in the rut of always … [Read more...]
As some of you may recall, I am a muffinaholic!! I am totally addicted to making muffins and will often make them several times a week! {I'm also addicted to coffee...so I'm guessing these are companion addictions..lol} As it is the Canadian Thanksgiving week-end I thought I would share this delicious recipe with you. I made them earlier in the week...I'm going to call that a trial run as I'm also going to make them tomorrow morning, they are that good!! I hope you enjoy these muffins … [Read more...]
Lady Ashburnham Pickles ~ We haven't made these, or any pickles for that matter, in quite a few years. No reason for the pickle drought, except maybe laziness. Well, this year we turned our kitchen into "Pickle Central" and made dill, sweet Bread and Butter and this delicious, all time favourite of ours and many other Maritimers, Lady Ashburnham. Our favourite way to eat these is with a creamy mound of mashed potatoes, but they have an almost relish like consistency so they would also be … [Read more...]
If you have a large family you had better double the recipe for this Layered Mexican Dip because it's going to disappear very quickly, it is delicious! It's great made the night before, and while dinner is being prepared and the kids are doing homework, you can pop some Beanitos chips into a basket and grab this delicious dip from the fridge, I guarantee there will be no cries of "I'm hungry, when's dinner"?? … [Read more...]
This is the time of year when every garden, roadside stand, farmer's market or even your local supermarket is positively bursting at the seams with an abundance of fresh vegetables. … [Read more...]
I'm very excited to introduce you to Jennifer, she is writing todays guest post for Older Mommy Still Yummy. While she is new to the publishing world, Jennifer has been baking and cooking ever since she was a little girl and she is currently working on a series of food-related articles, all featuring 3-5 delicious, easy-to-make recipes. While not working part-time as a bank teller, Jennifer fills her days with hiking, writing, time with her kids, and - of course - cooking. She … [Read more...]
In our house, we are all dill pickle fanatics and have often talked about the possibility of making a batch ourselves. Our son, who lives in Ontario, is home for a couple weeks vacation, he also wants to learn, so we thought it would be a great time to attempt the making of the dill pickles. On Saturday we all went to a local Farmer's Market and along with lots of other great produce and fish we picked up a basket of pickling cucumbers. We now felt committed, and yesterday the process … [Read more...]
I have only one word...YUMMY!! {If you would like this yummy recipe you can find it here.} Mister Linky's Magical Widgets -- Thumb-Linky widget will appear right here!This preview will disappear when the widget is displayed on your site.For best results, use HTML mode to edit this section of the post. … [Read more...]
Where I live, in southern New Brunswick, the first week of July usually means its strawberry season. Well for me, strawberry season means it's time for Strawberry Shortcake! I know there are many variations on this tasty treat...first there's the bottom layer; there's biscuits, white cake, sponge or angel food cake and marianne shells to name a few. Then the berries themselves; whole, sliced, mashed, lots of juice, a little juice or maybe even frozen. Finally the cream; freshly whipped, … [Read more...]
Veggie Burger ~ I am not technically a vegetarian, I really don't eat much beef or pork at all, but I do eat fish, poultry and the odd piece of bacon. The rest of my family loves a nicely barbecued burger, but, they are definitely not my thing! I always felt a bit "left out" when I just had salad or whatever other side dish we happened to be having. So, I decided to do a bit of research and came up with this recipe. … [Read more...]
Hi and welcome! My name is Monica, I live in Atlantic Canada and I hope you will join me as I embark upon yet another fun adventure! Just click on the image to learn more about this Older Mommy & how my blog got it's name!
