Irene Plett, Writer
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Community
  • About
  • Finding your roots
  • Contact

Canada Day Muffins

7/9/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
Bake your own delicious orange berry muffins with local berries or cranberries. For a fun family experience, take the kids out to pick berries! 

Read More
0 Comments

Peppermint Brownies

4/6/2020

0 Comments

 
Picture
For a delicious comfort food, try these brownies made with applesauce. To make your own easy applesauce, click here. 

Read More
0 Comments

Groceries To Your Door

11/7/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
Some groceries kindly delivered

When I was short on groceries after a foot injury left me temporarily unable to drive, I had my first experience of ordering groceries online! The two suppliers I used are rated below.

Read More
0 Comments

Heavenly Plum Cake

9/20/2018

2 Comments

 
Picture
Cake is always better with fine china
​

When I was a teenager, I asked my mother to help me record some of her delicious recipes. It slowed her down to measure ingredients that she portioned out naturally, but I'm glad to have her legacy of recipes. But it wasn’t until this week that I tried the full recipe for one of our favourite desserts, shared below.

Read More
2 Comments

Easiest Applesauce

9/4/2018

0 Comments

 

In an earlier blog post, I mentioned an easy way to make applesauce using a cool colander that our family used in my childhood. All the recipes I found mentioned the tedious way. Here’s how to make it without peeling or coring the apples.

Read More
0 Comments

Food Preserving To Remember

8/21/2018

0 Comments

 
Fig jam-making was fun!
​

My latest obsession is experimenting with food preservation. Drying food, canning fruit and making jam brings back happy memories and family stories.
​


Read More
0 Comments

Gentle Oatmeal

2/8/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
Breakfast this morning with fresh pineapple from Hawaii
​

My recipe for oatmeal comes with a story. When my parents arrived in Canada as refugees in 1949, they ate a lot of oatmeal, sometimes three times a day when there was nothing else. They had to repay their travel costs and there was no government support, so what money my father earned went to paying back the loan and supporting my mother and the children.
​
​

Read More
0 Comments

Warm fuzzies for a Cold Canadian Climate

12/18/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Anne’s preserves raise money for the Surrey Community Cat Coalition
​
Having lived for a few years where the temperature can drop to 35 or 40 below zero (-31 to -40 F) for a month at a time, I appreciate some of the challenges of working in remote northern locations.

Read More
0 Comments

no more meat to eat

9/23/2017

2 Comments

 
Picture

This week I had one of those defining moments: I decided to be vegetarian.

Read More
2 Comments

a bistro to make your mouth water

9/14/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture

In the Windsor Square medical building at 152nd Street and 19th Avenue in Surrey, B.C., in a tiny space that extends into the ground floor hallway, Danica’s Bistro offers delectable goodies. Everything is prepared by hand by two hard-working women with charming Eastern European accents.

Read More
0 Comments

    Writer

    Irene Plett is a writer, poet and animal lover living in South Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. 

    Categories

    All
    Animals
    Bios/Obituaries
    Book Reviews
    Deutsche Sprache
    Filmmaking
    Food
    Genealogy
    Inspiration
    People
    Poetry
    Writing

    RSS Feed

      Stay Updated!

    Subscribe to Newsletter
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Community
  • About
  • Finding your roots
  • Contact