Double Berry Cake

This cake is easy to make and not too sweet.
You can use fresh or frozen berries.
From an old issue of Canadian Living

3 cups blueberries
2 cups cranberries, coarsely chopped
1 tbsp flour
1 cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs
3 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
2/3 cup milk

Toss together berries and 1 tbsp flour.
Cream butter and sugar.  Add vanilla and eggs.
Mix flour, baking powder and salt.
Stir in dry ingredients into butter one third at a time alternating with milk.
Stir in berries.  Pour batter into greased 9" x 13" pan.
Sprinkle top with some extra granulated sugar.
Bake at 350F for 50-60 minutes till done.
Cool and enjoy.

Iyengar Yoga Quote

“It is through your body that you realize you are a spark of divinity.”
 ~B.K.S.Iyengar

Fish Pose - Uttana Padasana

Back bends are not my favourite but I am getting use to them.  My major
difficulty is I carry my weight on my belly so laying face down can be
uncomfortable.  One of the first back bends I relied on was Fish Pose
because it is done from laying on your back.

So, from reclined Mountain Pose (lay on your back but pretend you are
standing), place your hands palm down by your hips.  Press you hands
into the floor and lift your torso up propping yourself on your elbows.
Lift your chest up. Curve your back and let the top of your head touch
the floor.

Hold 30 seconds and release.  Repeat again.

Delicious Tomato Bread

A favourite recipe of my cousin-in-law, Dianne.
I've have made this recipe by substituting the biscuit mix with a from scratch biscuit recipe.

1 cup buttermilk biscuit mix
1/3 cup milk
2 large tomatoes, sliced
1 tbsp. butter
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1/3 cup sour cream
3 tbsp. mayonnaise
1/2 cup shredded aged cheddar cheese
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. ground oregano
dash each of ground sage, paprika, pepper


Combine biscuit mix and milk.  Mix to form dough.
Pat into an 8" or 9" square pan pressing dough up the sides to form
a shallow rim.  Place tomato slices onto of dough.

Melt butter in fry pan and add onion and garlic.  Saute until translucent.
Add remaining ingredients and spoon over tomato slices.  Sprinkle with
a little extra paprika if you like.

Bake at 400F for 20-25 minutes.  Let stand 10-20 minutes so it will cut easier.

Touch Wood

Forget this is a commercial and just enjoy the creativity of this little musical interlude.

Cool Blue Waters

I guess we are into mid-summer now.  It's too hot for my liking.
I wish I were at the beach. Normandy, Northumberland,
Mediterranean coast of Turkey, Aegean coast of Turkey.

Iyengar Yoga Quote

"Yoga recognizes that the way our bodies and minds work has changed very little over the millennia. The way we function inside our skin is not susceptible to differ either in time or from place to place. In the functioning of our minds, in our way of relating to each other, there are inherent stresses, like geological fault lines that, left unaddressed, will always cause things to go wrong, whether individually or collectively. The whole thrust of yogic philosophical and scientific inquiry has therefore been to examine the nature of being, with a view to learning to respond to the stresses of life without so many tremors and troubles."
~B.K.S.Iyengar -Light on Life, p. xv.