I don't do well...

I don't do well at taking criticism. I made rabbit stew in the slow cooker with baking powder bisquits today for dinner. This was my first time ever making stew. Needless to say, I have some work to do to create a good stew. (And biscuits for that matter.)

What went wrong? The veggies were not cooked, the meat did not fall off the bones as it was supposed to, and my bisquits were semi hockey pucks. Other than that, I thought it tasted good. It was flavourful and had the right amount of spice. Did I get any recognition for even cooking dinner? No. All I got was criticism. This was wrong, this was wrong, this was wrong...

I'm sorry my 1st attempt at stew was not up to your standards. Mistakes will be made while trying to traverse in the realm of wild meats. Wild meats have to be prepared differently. I was trying to go an easier route for my first stew attempt, rather than royally screwing something up trying to make it on our extremely finicky stove that doesn't like working half the time. At this rate I don't want to attempt stew again. Either in the slow cooker or on the stove. But you know what? I will try it again. And if I get the same results again, I will find a different way to cook rabbit. Although that may be the end of my stew making, as I'm not that huge a fan of beef stew. I'll eat it, but it isn't my favourite.

As for the bisquits. That was the result of bad baking powder. That powder has now been dumped out and has been added to the grocery list. They will be made again. It is a tried and true recipe that my mom has been using for years. I just have bad luck with baking powder. That recipe will eventually be posted, as I want a permanent pin for it on Pinterest. Then I don't have to keep taking a photo of it every time I want to make them.

Blueberry Cobbler

Hello Everyone!
Long time, no post again. Hopefully I can eventually try to get at least one post a month. Then maybe two, followed by one a week....Yeah that is wishful thinking.

So right now, as I type this on my phone, I am sitting on the steps to our basement suite bbqing in the front entrance on our camping bbq. Downside to basement suite?  Lack of space for a real size bbq. Wish we could fit one here, as I would really enjoy being able to control the temperature on our bbq. I currently cook everything on the lowest setting and it still burns. Or maybe it just might be time for a bbq that isn't a 'hand me down'.
Anyways, that was a long segway. So what exactly am I cooking on my bbq this beautiful June evening?  Well I'm not cooking. I am actually baking. I am making a blueberry cobbler. Found the recipe on Pinterest and have been trying to make it for two nights now. Finally got around to it tonight. It is just in the final bisquit baking stage at the moment. It'll be eaten by the time I post this though, as I have to finish on my computer to post so you can have photos.

 The blueberries cooked and ready to be topped with the bisquits.

 All cooked and ready to enjoyed.

 Topped with vanilla ice cream. This is one recipe I will have to make again. It was gone the next day.

Here is a link to the original recipe. BBQ Blueberry Cobbler

It will not be in a tomb

So I have acquired my mom's canning supplies and I have started a new hobby. I have started canning. I have only done two things so far, but I definitely want to continue.

I have made some Cherry Jam and Habanero Cherry Jam. And am currently canning some plums. There will be incoming posts on both of those. Unfortunately no pictures od of the process of the jam. Next time...I'll try to remember.  I can't guarantee anything. 

On the list items to be canned in the future is plum jam, plum salsa, and maybe plum chutney. I also want to try my hand at a mango habanero salsa. After that we'll see what happens. 

So look for those posts in the future.

New Toy

I sometimes wish I had some friends that enjoyed cooking. That way I could gush about my new frying pan to someone I know instead of posting it on my blog.

On Sunday while making breakfast, I realized that I needed a new large frying pan. The pans I currently have were given to me by my mom when Justin and I started living together (so according to him it has been forever). Anyways, I was cooking hash browns and even though I added oil to the pan, they continuously stuck. So annoying for a non stick pan. After breakfast I announced to Justin that I needed a new pan. He told me to make a list of the best ones and we'll go looking. After researching for a couple hours (my laptop is stupidly slow) I discovered that Canadian Tire has the Heritage The Rock pan on sale for $29.99. This is huge! Not only is it sn awesome pan, but regular price is $100! That's a savings of $70. Yay!

I have used it twice so far and in love with it. I will slowly replace the other sizes of pans that I have. Just have to wait for them to be on sale again. They will be well worth the wait.

Shout Outs To Other Blogs That I Read

I'm writing another post at work, as it is slower today and my boss isn't going to be in today so I figured I'd quickly make a post. Which will have to be even quicker as one of my salesmen is going to be giving me items to bag and tag.

I have mentioned in my first blog that I am an avid reader of other blogs. So I thought I would share with you the list of blogs that I read regularily (when they update, as some of them haven't been updating lately). And as checking the addresses for all the blogs, I noticed that one of them has updated. Now I'm excited :-)

So I'm going to start with the cooking blogs. These are the four blogs that I print off recipes the most. Once I start doing more recipe posts, I will link back to these pages if I used one of their recipes. The blogs are not listed in any particular order, just how I got them off my blog list.

Cooking Blogs

Curry And Comfort

Eat Yourself Skinny
And here is her button:















The Farm Girl Recipes
And her button:


Skinny Taste


Travel/Overlander Blogs

Home On The Highway I came across this blog while lerking through a 4x4ing website.

Drive Nacho Drive I got linked to this blog from Home On The Highway. I now read both of them religiously.



Life / Everything Else

Barnes Daily Circus I started reading this blog after seeing her address in a comment on this blog.

Filing Jointly...Finally I can't remember how I came across Lauren's blog, but I read it from the beginning over the course of a month.
And Lauren's button:

Happy Endingz: Confessions of An Erotic Masseuse This is the first blog that I ever started reading. I don't remember how I got to it, all I know is that I love reading CJ's stories.

Naptime Is For Drinking This is one of the ladies who I have "met" through a forum that I frequent quite often. The potty training stories are the best.

Don't Encourage Me This is one of my Uncles. That's all the introduction that this one needs.

So those are the blogs that I read. I want a button now. But I have no idea how to go about making one. Maybe once I get more readers, I will create myself a button. I hope you check out these other blogs and maybe you'll find a new favorite within them.