UtHC Bulletin: Cookies, Conditions, & Cupcakes
on Nov 19, 2009 in UtHC Gets Personal UtHC Bulletin If you're looking for a recipe, I'm over at Simple Mom giving a recipe on How to Host a Memorable Holiday Cookie Swap! We're no stranger to the cookie swap here at Under the High Chair and today I'm dishing my ideas and tips in a simple step-by-step...

The Beef Chronicles: Shepherd's Pie with Cauliflower Purée
on Nov 17, 2009 in The Beef Chronicles If you've been reading for a while, by now you know that my boys are picky eaters. Yep, they rank up there right alongside the most turned-up of noses. Getting them to eat their greens can be a challenge and so when a vegetable dish makes it past the...

The Beef Chronicles: Shepherd's Pie with Cauliflower Pureé
on Nov 13, 2009 in The Beef Chronicles If you've been reading for a while, by now you know that my boys are picky eaters. Yep, they rank up there right alongside the most turned-up of noses. Getting them to eat their greens can be a challenge and so when a vegetable dish makes it past the...

Wordless Wednesday: Carrot Harvest
on Nov 11, 2009 in How does your garden grow? Wordless Wednesdays ...

UtHC Virtual Jam Swap '09 Round-up!
on Nov 5, 2009 in Preserving Summer Jam Swap Photo by Cheri of Kitchen SimplicityIt is here! The round-up from Under the High Chair's very first Virtual Jam Swap!Exactly five months ago I put out the call for you to send me your jam for a friendly virtual jam swap. Not knowing how you would re...

Quebec Pear & Rhubarb Butter with Green Cardamom & Honey
on Nov 3, 2009 in Preserving Summer Jam Swap Rhubarb Obviously I’m getting addicted to this home preserving business.Case in point, this Pear-Rhubarb Butter. Flashback to last week. It's a chilly afternoon and I’ve got a million things to do. Both boys are napping and so after a few Tweets, I get...

Cranberry - Vanilla Pavlova
on Oct 29, 2009 in Holiday Sugar Rush It seems a bit out of character for me to not have complained about the weather yet, so I thought it fitting to say Sheesh! It's cold! We've already had our first snow (not that it lasted) and I have to remember that a corduroy jacket and summery sca...

Wordless Wednesday: Self-Sufficient At Last
on Oct 28, 2009 in Wordless Wednesdays Kids ...

Foodie Facebook: Sue
on Oct 24, 2009 in Foodie Facebook Sue is hardly in need of an introduction; however, if you don't know her from her smart and unpretentious blog Foodie Suz, you may remember her from our tasty food tour of Montreal last August.I think she's swell.Name: SuePlace: Edmonton, AlbertaOcc...

The Beef Chronicles: Classic Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding
on Oct 19, 2009 in The Beef Chronicles As much as my dad encouraged my sister and I with our ethnic cooking experiments while we were growing up, I think he always secretly held a special place in his heart for all things British. Born in England to middle-class city folk, he grew up munc...