Testimonials

Those cookies – a love, hate relationship

I made those Krispie Krackles and took them to a work do. Now, whenever I turn up at a work social event, people ask me for those cookies! They love them, which is great if I brought them but not when I slaved over making Tia Gelato and everyone was… Read more “Those cookies – a love, hate relationship”

Ann Stewart

She really is a black belt

I thought there must be an easier way to clean the smell out and she told me just what to do. And it worked, thank goodness, because I was making them keep their sports bags in the… Read more “She really is a black belt”

Sheila Murgatroyd

It was the baked beans what done it

She was a sweet young thing – all energy and light. And she loved her beans – your recipe. Aye, they made her toot somethin’ fierce but she loved ’em. So I made them for her and she always gave me a… Read more “It was the baked beans what done it”

Beryl James

This is sooo groovy baby.

This is sooo groovy baby. My roller derby togs are clean and smell-free and I didn’t wreck any of them, well at least not in the laundry. Thanks, you’re a laundry… Read more “This is sooo groovy baby.”

Starr

So why are you always being nice to people?

There’s a whole lot of nasty out there. My neighbor is one of ’em yet when she wrote to you to ask about putting up canned pears you just answered her all polite and quick like and she can’t help but blab it to all the neighbours. I’m tired of… Read more “So why are you always being nice to people?”

Monica Harms

Just the best

I just want to thank you for the stuffing recipe. No dried cranberries or quinoa, just the normal stuff like my Grandma used to make. But she didn’t have a recipe and I was too much of a fool to ever ask her for it, so it died with her…Until… Read more “Just the best”

Marnie Wilkes Hanson

Just a short note

I love you! If you close your eyes and breathe and be still, you’ll know I… Read more “Just a short note”

Janie

What a great tip

I took to heart what you said and I’ve made a lot of changes to the way I do business. I wasted a lot of time when cleaning because most of my clients aren’t very tidy even though I ask them to tidy before we come because clutter slows us… Read more “What a great tip”

Heaven Diotte

Peace of Clean

Thanks for the Yeast tip!

Thanks for the tip with yeast. Since I started keeping it in the deep freeze, I haven’t had any flat yeast and no emergency trips to the supermarket to get more. Turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks.… Read more “Thanks for the Yeast tip!”

Nina Armstrong

I’m my own woman now

I’ve always been afraid to not follow the rules. I’d follow recipes to the letter, even if I’d made it and didn’t like it, I’d make it the same way again. So I tried your insane suggestion. I’d ask each dish, “What small thing could I do to make you… Read more “I’m my own woman now”

Fawn

Always good

It’s good to find someone who doesn’t talk when they have nothing to say. I value your suggestions because you don’t just talk for the sake of it. I guess you don’t work under… Read more “Always good”

Lois Morgan

Burn

When my grandchildren come over

I’ve been cooking for over 50 years so when I find something new and good, I celebrate. It’s so wonderful to make something new. Although my grandchildren always welcome lunch when they come over, they weren’t big on soup. But I made them you’re borscht and they’re all crazy about… Read more “When my grandchildren come over”

Baba Wiess

I just want to give her a hug

My little sister’s growing hostility in very poor soil. Her kitchen has always been a bit of a mess because she doesn’t pay attention to it on a regular basis, that’s all. But it wears on her. Anyway, I made your chili and cornbread when they came over last weekend… Read more “I just want to give her a hug”

Sharmin Adams

Finally, good Chili

I have to admit I was miffed when you said not to rely on any big recipe site or even you to make good chili. I just kept trying different recipes hoping one would taste like the chili from youth group when I was a kid, but they never did.… Read more “Finally, good Chili”

Jenny Israel Lundquist

Read don’t ruminate

I read sometimes you wake up early and can’t get back to sleep just like me. You ever hear it called the Witching Hour, that time around 4:00 am? My husband’s Grandma said the Witching Hour is bad enough by itself without adding to it. It’s too early to be… Read more “Read don’t ruminate”

Beth Ann Childs

Right in the Mouth over and over again

It was my husband’s birthday and I made him his favourite chocolate cake. We were supposed to have a little dinner together on Saturday night, that’s what the cake was for. But someone tried to break into his truck and wrecked the lock. He had to get it fixed and… Read more “Right in the Mouth over and over again”

Desiree Nathaniel

Don’t you think I know that?

Don’t pretend it’s so easy to clean up. It’s not and I ought to know. No, you haven’t heard MY story before. You see, I feel I wasn’t meant to live in a clean house. And anyway, if I clean it up, it’ll just get messy again and then I’ll… Read more “Don’t you think I know that?”

Dorothea Goggins

I don’t usually read this stuff, but…

That one you wrote that started with what Dr. Harris said, “Over the years, I’ve worked with literally thousands of people who have put their hopes, dreams and ambitions on hold because they ‘don’t have enough confidence’. And the sad thing is, this lack of confidence is not due to… Read more “I don’t usually read this stuff, but…”

Greg House

Lying is very powerful

Lying is very powerful because you can manipulate the world with your language. And you can get what you want lots of times; or escape from things you don’t want. So, why not lie all the time? One is that you can’t trust yourself if you lie. And there will… Read more “Lying is very powerful”

Jordan