easy moroccan chicken

This recipe (from the Best of Bridge cookbook series) is really easy and magically delicious. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 1/2 lbs. ( 750 g) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 garlic clove, minced
2 cups salsa 
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup currants
2 Tbsp. liquid honey
1 1/2 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup toasted slivered almonds

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 325 F. Heat oil in a large frying pan and brown chicken. Place chicken in a baking dish. Lightly saute onion and garlic. Spoon over chicken. Combine salsa, water, currants, honey, cumin and cinnamon. Pour over chicken. Cover and bake 1 hour. Sprinkle with almonds. Serves 4. Cous cous makes a great accompaniment. 

look around, leaves are brown

Hi lovely people! I hope you are doing great! Last week one of my friends found a list that had blown into her yard from the neighbouring high school, containing someone's wish list of what they wanted to do in the fall. It had things like "eat more candy", "go to starbucks more" "buy uggs" and "bake cookies drunk." I decided to do my own little list to get into the spirit of fall. What would be on your list?

for scotty

You still visit me from time to time
in my dreams
with a smile
and a little conversation
of reassurance
When I wake up
I can never remember
what we spoke about
but I am grateful
for that fleeting moment
I get to see your face
and hear your laughter
frozen in time
you live in my heart
which has to be enough
because I can't call you up anymore
Five years gone
but never forgotten

Happy Weekend!

Happy Friday lovely people! What's on your line-up this weekend? We're going on a date tonight, which I am so excited about because the weeks can fly by before we get some time to ourselves. Tomorrow is the first day of Fall, my favourite season. I love the colours of the leaves, the fresh air, the clothes, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin pie, pumpkin scones.............

Here's a few little tidbits I saw in cyberspace this week.......

Have you seen the site From Me to You? I love their cinemagraphs like this one  here or here
How amazing does this porch swing look?
check out this brilliant photograph
the traveller in me yearns to go here and here
I am excited to check out this restaurant
It looks like burgundy is THE colour this fall,  as seen here, here and here
I'm swooning over the cast in this film
this is the last song I bought - I love the dreamy melody

Enjoy!

white rooms

I want to update our bedroom's look and am leaning towards painting it a fresh crisp white. I know, so daring right? I love how airy and fresh white walls can make a room look. White walls let the furniture, artwork and decor stand out. What do you think? Do you find white rooms cheery or do you find white walls too boring? 

wait for it.....

a walk in the park

These photos were taken at Darts Hill Garden park,  7.5 acres donated to the City of Surrey by Edwin and Francisca Darts to work with horticulture institutions and develop native gardens. The park is only open a few times per year to the public. We took a stroll through the gorgeous property trails on Saturday. I said to my hubby, "could you imagine if this was our land, waking up and sitting on one of these benches with our morning coffee, looking out over this beautiful piece of property?" And he said, "No, but I could imagine selling it to buy a beach house in Maui." Made me giggle.