Staycation & Oddments Frittata

My hubby and I went on a staycation to Brier Island. Even though I've lived most of my life in Nova Scotia, I had never been there before. It's beautiful and I highly recommend it. We stopped for lunch and a hike through the old growth hemlock forest in Kejimkujik National Park. That was magical.
Of course when we got home there was little to eat so I created an oddments frittata. Sorry, no photos of Hubbards Cove today.

Keji forest walk

beach on Brier Island

potatoes, scallions, tomatoes, red pepper, spinach, pesto, eggs & cheese

Breakfast, lunch & dinner, plus sunset.

I promise I won't do this often but today was a winner on all counts. I started the day with my favourite waffles, topped with fresh peaches & berries. Then I hit the beach with a good friend I haven't seen in over a year. That was followed by a late lunch of curried tofu salad on the brown bread I made the other day and dinner was summer soba noodles. Yum! I just had to post all three meals.

The waffle and soba noodle recipes are from Rip Esselstyn's, My Beef With Meat. I can't recommend that book enough. Every recipe I've tried is excellent. Thanks to Loriann for sharing it with me.

vegan waffles with fruit

curried tofu on brown bread with tomatoes and fresh basil

soba noodles with cucumber, mango, avocado & red pepper

sunset

Today's Sunset, Yesterday's Food

Still cove, cloudy sunset

my current favourite salad creation

oatmeal brown bread, my grandmother's recipe

I appreciate where I live all year long but I especially appreciate it during the month of August. The weather has been spectacular with lots of good beach days. Vegetables and berries are fresh and plentiful. Life is good!

Yesterday

Sunday, August 18

my gardening helper with only a few garlics left to dig up

this year's crop of garlic

It was another beautiful day in Hubbards yesterday. My grand daughter and I harvested my garlic for this season. Now it has to dry so that I can replant some for next season. The rest we get to eat! This is only my second crop but I try to make it a little bigger each year.
From the kitchen: Today I'm making brown bread.

Thinking about a change

So I've been thinking about expanding my blog to include posts about food. I really enjoy eating healthy, seasonal meals and I have more time to cook during the summer.
On the other hand, I'm really frustrated with Blogger  because I can't seem to fix the comments section on my blog. Very few people seem to be able to comment and I can't even respond to those comments. I tried changing the comments box from "embedded" to "pop up" and when I tested it I, at least, got an email alert that I had a comment.
Below are some pics from today.

Hubbard's Cove

pasta with pesto from homegrown basil + spinach & roasted beet salad

Ginger hoping for some leftovers. Sorry Ginger!

one of the humming birds that keeps me company on the deck

Early August Morning

Hubbards Cove early morning August 1, 2013