My secret ingredient this summer

I’ll let you in on a little secret.

Dip is not only good as dip for veggies but it’s also great with sweet potato fries, mixed in with chicken salad, used as a spread on a wrap and used as the main dressing in pasta salad. YUM!!! You can dress it up with just about anything.

My favourite dip to use…

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Hot summer days are soon upon us…cold salads are PERFECT for dinner!

Daddy

I love my Daddy and I love my Father-in-Law. I am so blessed to have these two wonderful men in my life that have been such  wonderful examples for my husband. My husband…I love him so much, He is an amazing Father who does so much for all our children.

Today is the day to celebrate these special men!

Me & my Daddy ( & Abby of course)
Me & my Daddy ( & Abby of course)
Me & My Father-in-Law
Me & My Father-in-Law

And my Amazing Husband

Father's Day

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Happy Father’s Day!

Beautiful Saturday…finally!!

What a beauty of a day along the South Shore! We had to get out and enjoy it. It helped that we had friends visiting from New Brunswick that used to live here 27 years ago!

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IMG_8007 IMG_8012 IMG_8015 IMG_8017 IMG_8019 Our friends had a great day seeing some familiar spots and we had fun being tour guides.IMG_8023

First Taste

The middle of June and that means the early berries are ready!

The first taste of strawberry season is here.

So I had to whip up a batch of biscuits.

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For a taste of Strawberry Shortcake! Delicious!!

IMG_7952 IMG_7953And good news…the Sun is back!!! After what seems forever of cool, windy, cloudy, rainy days, the Sun is back and it’s the weekend! Have a good one 😀

There’s a NEW truck in town!

Food truck that is! The Best Little Oarhouse in Nova Scotia.

This is opening week for this new place and we’ve been wanting to check it out!

On a nice evening it’s just a nice little walk to get there, but it’s been so cool and windy that James & I decided that we were just gonna drive down and bring our food home.

There was little bit of a wait, after all it’s opening week. BUT, it was so worth it. The food is delicious! James had the Dude Burger and of course I had to try the fish & chips.  Delicious home cut fries and a light batter…so good!

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James enjoying his Rugged Dude Burger lol

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They have a good selection

IMG_7943Check it out if you get chance! We will definitely be trying out more items on the menu this summer!

PLEASE warm up!!!

BRRR!!!! I have been freezing for days! This is certainly not June weather and with the “official day” of summer around the corner temperatures have been at least 10 degrees below normal. June evenings are usually wonderful for being outside BUT all I feel like doing is curling up with a blanket.

David and I did go to the beach yesterday afternoon, BUT it is far from beach weather. Gee, I remember “skipping “school and heading to the beach to swim and tan “back in the day” …. Where is our summer weather? Please warm up soon!!!

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The beach was beautiful as usual…it ALWAYS is…BUT it’s not SUMMER TIME beach weather!

Beach in June

Just add water

I totally forgot I had this little package in my cupboard when I was looking for something to make for dinner last night.

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YUM!!!! Black Fungus! James’ favorite…NOT! But I love it and since he was away for dinner…I knew it would be the perfect addition to my simple stir fry, especially since I didn’t have regular mushrooms.

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And is ready to use in your favourite dish. I love it in stir fry. I really like the texture.IMG_7884Delicious! Simple and easy.