http://www.catcancook.com Simple Recipes for Busy Living Fri, 09 May 2008 01:16:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check out the new logo for the Guelph Swap Shop!  Designed by my husband Stuart, I think it looks great! The Guelph Swap Shop continues to thrive and grow! Despite some minor set-backs this week, with our daughter in the hospital (again) this time for a nasty GI virus, things are ... http://www.catcancook.com/2008/05/08/new-logo-for-guelph-swap-shop/ I started a new Facebook group last week, and I am overjoyed at it's popularity! We now have 170 members in the GuelphSwapShop group on Facebook...YAHOO!!! I am just so thrilled with the positive and giving people who have become a part of this on-line community. It ... http://www.catcancook.com/2008/05/03/proud-to-be-a-swapper/ A new Facebook group promises to change people's lives. It will promote sharing, caring and giving to fellow community members. These values are ones I believe very strongly in, and I recently felt a nudge to start a local group which would promote all of these values, and ... http://www.catcancook.com/2008/04/29/guelph-swap-shop/ We had a fabulous day working outside in the garden today.  I feel like I accomplished more in one day than I usually do in an entire week!  Now, I am tired, but with a great sense of accomplishment! We got our daughter's "Big Girl Bed" painted, and moved into her ... http://www.catcancook.com/2008/04/27/gettin-er-done/ Okay, once again I find myself apologizing for a lengthy absence from the blog scene..sorry people!  We've had sick kids, hospital stays and although we are feeling much better now, we've just been crazy busy...Whew!  But thank goodness the illness seems to be on its way out.  What a greuling ... http://www.catcancook.com/2008/04/25/im-back-no-really/ Well, the new design is finally up and running, and although it's still missing some of the *key* elements it will eventually have, these things do take time!  I need to photograph my newest jewelry creations, get some amazing new recipes added, finish posting the recent photos I have taken ... http://www.catcancook.com/2008/04/03/its-ready-sort-of/ The new site is almost ready...prepare yourselves folks...it looks great (and I can say this because I didn't design it - I left that in the capable hands of my husband Stuart)  It has a sort of a vintage artistic feel to it, and new snazzy colours and fun design ... http://www.catcancook.com/2008/03/26/new-design-is-almost-finished/ "Listen said the pussy willow, can you hear a brook? Spring is coming, spring is coming. Let's go out and look." Saw our first robin of 2008 on our backyard fence today!  Wahoo!  Spring *is* on it's way! We're kicking it off with the launch of the all new CatCanCook site this ... http://www.catcancook.com/2008/03/16/spring-is-coming/   On Saturday, a good friend and I got together and enjoyed some girl time cooking in the kitchen! We came up with this wonderful quiche recipe, just by adding and playing with it, til it was just right. Feel free to change is up to suit your tastes, ... http://www.catcancook.com/2008/03/05/spinach-bacon-and-turkey-quiche-recipe/ Did you ever wonder what to do with all of the huge zucchinis you grow in your garden each summer? Hmm, given the snowy weather, and cold February winds, summer gardens are a distant memory in Canada right now. But, even if you don't have zucchinis coming out your ... http://www.catcancook.com/2008/02/28/chocolate-zucchini-cake-recipe/