On Blursday (who is keeping track of what day it is what these days?) last week the kids and I decided to go for a short urban-hike and have a picnic lunch. The kids wanted to have a barbecue on the beach – and I was not prepared to pack my Ugly Drum Smoker along […]
Funny that on the last week of the Coquitlam Farmer’s Market I rediscovered the delicacy of cheese stuffed zucchini blossoms. I say that I “rediscovered” zucchini blossoms because once I tasted these tender morsels, I was transported back to my childhood when we often ate stuffed zucchini blossoms. I was inspired to try preparing zucchini […]
Disclosure – this blog post is about the 5DadsGoWild camping trip to Manning Park that I took with four other dad bloggers. Our trip was supported with products from a group of brands including House of Knives and Casus Grills Canada. As always, editorial control of everything I share on my blog remains with me […]
I was surfing around the YouTube the other day watching videos about grilling and smoking meat when I stumbled across the Barbecue Pit Boys making a Bacon and Egg Pie. What a riot. My favourite line from their video – after they have added 18 eggs to the two and a half pounds of bacon, […]
The other day after cruising through Pinterest and seeing all the beautiful foods that people have made with the help of their kids, I decided to get my kids to help me with grilling a blooming onion. We started out by mixing up a bowl of dry ingredients – breadcrumbs, a shake or three of […]
I started my weekend of eating and foodie explorations with my usual Saturday morning attempt at baking biscuits. I have to say, I had a reasonably successfully experience. The biscuits were light enough but the texture still is not as soft inside as I remember the ones my mother used to make. Or were the […]
We did it again – we did burgers on the grill. I have to admit that once again, I made them too thick. You’d think I would’ve learned after doing this once already! Another thing I would probably do differently next time is get actual hamburger buns because the ciabatta buns I got were too […]
As you hopefully remember, it was Mother’s Day on the weekend just gone. To be precise, it was on Sunday. I had made reservations at one of our favourite local eateries (not A&W this time!) but, seeing as the weather was hot and sunny and we had just got our backyard pool set up, we […]
I don’t know why I stopped grilling last fall. It doesn’t really get that cold out here on the west coast so there really is no reason to stop. So when I saw my blogger/podcaster friend Tony Conrad (teller of Bad Dad Jokes) grilling, that got me thinking – why not get grilling again? Funny […]
I’m a little late to join the grilling season this year but what the hey, I’m doing it now. The fact that I’m eating more of a plant-based diet isn’t going to keep me from grilling this summer. So last night, I flattened out some peppers and sliced up a couple onions. I put the […]
Two of my favourite things. @bluemoosehope coffee and my @kochleatherco coffee cup sleeve.
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#coffee #kochleatherco #bluemoosecoffeehouse #bluemoose #travelthecanyon #embracehopebc #ɢᴇᴛᴠᴀᴄᴄɪɴᴀᴛᴇᴅ #favoritethings
Our first time having our vaccination record checked and it was quick and painless! So happy to do our part to help our community get through the pandemic.
Early lunch for me @bluemoosehope My favourite sandwich, the Banh Mi with an oat milk latte. Lunch is served.
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#lunch #banhmi #latte #oatmilk #sandwich #embracehopebc #travelthecanyon
At some point in the not too distant future our house and our neighbour’s houses will probably be bought by a developer and torn down to make way for a higher density housing. Probably.
Just to mess with the entire process I’m thinking of buying this Halloween skeleton decoration and burying it in the garden bed in front of our house.
Imagine what would happen when they are digging up the yard and dig up a skeleton!
Probably shut the job down for a day or two while they investigate.
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#halloween #prank
Thinking back very fondly to the first #5DadsGoWild expedition into the great north woods. @filson1897 was kind enough to supply me with a very warm and comfortable wool shirt.
Seeing as this year’s trip will be in mid-October, it’s safe to assume it will be even colder than any other year we’ve ventured out to @manningpark.
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I wonder if Filson will send me a new, warmer shirt or jacket to wear when I’m out hiking and camping? What do you say @filson1897 ?
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#FilsonLife #filson #camping #getoutside #explorebc #manningpark
Getting out to exercise my franchise this morning. Proud to vote for @bonitazarrillo who is a strong community advocate for Coquitlam.
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#voting #votingday #advancepolls
You know your colleague @stacyleebrine knows you well when you return from summer vacation and they bring you a gift of a t-shirt from the best little coffee shop! @bluemoosehope .
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#bluemoosehope #bluemoose #tshirt #embracehopebc #travelthecanyon #bestcolleagues
Brisket is done. Rested it overnight wrapped in foil and towels sitting in a cooler. It was still warm this morning and tastes wonderful.
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#brisket #traegergrills #traeger #beef #smokedmeat #nomnom
Got up early and started my 13lb brisket on the @traegergrills First two hours on the “Super Smoke” setting. Now set at 225°.
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Perfect day for relaxing in the bbq pit.
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#brisket #beef #traegerhood #traegergrills #smoker #smokedmeat #food #foodporn
Sunday morning doughnut run @doughnutlove.ca .
No line up this morning!
Although in the video the doughnuts look small, they are actually really big.
The fritters are easily the size of the palm of my hand.
The salted caramel was delicious but still my favourite – the apple fritter. Classic good looks and taste.
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#doughnuts #doughnut #doughnutlove #eatlocal #coquitlam #fritters #food #foodporn