The Leaf in a Page

 If I could hire a Town Crier to announce these squares to the world, I would. If you cannot afford to do that or there is no Town Crier in your community, feed some to the Mayor of your town. The word will get out! These are delicious and will be the hit of any gathering. We need say no more, except I want to say one more thing about these squares. I saw a similar square on Pinterest made with a packaged oatmeal mix.  I made these with the same recipe I use for date squares but changed the filling. So easy!  This recipe makes two 9x9?  pans. They are just yum! Make the jam part first.  3 cups hulled strawberries 3 cups chopped rhubarb 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup cornstarch stirred in 1/4 cup cold water 1/4 cup fresh squeezed (seeded) lemon juice. Mix all in a pot on medium heat and cook until you have a moderately think filling. You will need to use something like a potato masher or pastry cutter to mush up your fruit once it softens. You ca...

We had a little get together 2nd of July, 2018 to celebrate my retirement from nursing. My daughter Julia, dropped in with salads and treats. Hubby, David, barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs. My youngest son Aaron and his girlfriend Rae-Ann brought several boxes of strawberries from The Valley. In Nova Scotia the Annapolis Valley Region includes Annapolis County, Hants County and Kings County. Rae-Ann has family in Kentville which is included in the region where the strawberries are from. Strawberries are big business in The Valley. Another time we could review wineries in The Valley, but will stick to the strawberries for now. We ended up making strawberry shortcake with store bought biscuits and whipping cream but there were plenty of berries left over. The next day my grand daughter, Taylor and I made strawberry freezer jam with a package of Club House Freezer Jam gelling powder which was suggested by Rae-Ann. I had never used this before. It was always another common gelling bran...