Breakfast!

Breakfast -
The First Meal of the Day.
Why does it taste so great
when someone else makes it?

At The Guest House - You may wish to sit down and have a hearty breakfast!

Buttermilk Biscuits with honey - Yummy

Pancakes or Waffles with Fresh Fruit

Real Canadian Maple Syrup - Nothing Else Matches the Taste!

Eating on the run? Grab a shake to go

Sit down, start your morning right, enjoy your breakfast.
At The Guest House there are many items you can choose to have for your breakfast, whether you prefer just tea & toast or Coffee & a muffin or eggs & bacon. There is always a bowl of cereal available or for those cold mornings a bowl of warm oatmeal! Mix it up and have a waffle and fresh fruit today and eggs & bacon tomorrow. Don't leave the house hungry.

If you are running late or have a ferry or bus to catch - have your breakfast to go. We do have travel mugs (bring them back for a refill and wash!) and brown bags to pack for on the go!

There is no excuse to not eat a hearty meal before you start your day.

The Guest House will ensure you sit down and start your day right!

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Our Gingerbread House!

The Guest House - Gingerbread House!

I love making & decorating the Christmas Gingerbread House. This year I only had to put one together & decorate it. It was already baked and cut ready to go. How convenient is that??? Wow - in 1 hour I had this gorgeous little Gingerbread house put together & decorated.

The Guests will enjoy looking at it - and eating it in the new year!

Enjoy your Christmas Baking. I love baking and have made many scrumptious things this year. I have tried baking outside the box and have made mini Christmas fruit cakes and Butter Tarts as well as 2 different kinds of chocolate bark. I do enjoy baking and this year has been busier than usual.

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Light Christmas Fruit Cake

LIGHT CHRISTMAS CAKES DONE & READY FOR PACKAGING

FRUIT AND NUTS SOAKING IN BRANDY!

This year was my first attempt at making a traditional Christmas Fruit Cake. I knew that I wanted a light one and I knew it would need lots of fruit and nuts. I spent days looking at lots of recipes from many different sources. I finally found one I really liked. It was more of an outline than defined recipe which gave me the choice of what I wanted to put in it.
I used mostly the innards of a DUNDEE cake for the fruit and then for nuts I used Pecans and slivered Almonds. I soaked the fruit in Orange flavored Brandy for 2 days (so busy could not get back to it the next day). I bought small muffin tins from the Dollar store. They are about the size of a pound of butter and came in a batch of 5 for $1. I bought 2 sets and used 8 of them.
I did cook the cakes for about 1 & 1/2 hours.
Then I brushed straight brandy on top when done.
They have been sitting for a couple of days. I will wrap them tonight in plastic wrap and then put them in special Christmas bags with name tags as part of the formal table setting for Christmas dinner.
I enclose the link to the Recipe. Just Click on either Picture above....
Enjoy.

-The Guest House

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Winter Has Arrived in British Columbia

If You Ski - Grouse Mountain is Local.
They are open for Business and just a short ride away.
You can see them from The Guest House.

There are lots of places to go to enjoy the SNOW

WINTER HAS ARRIVED IN VANCOUVER

We officially had our first taste of winter today at The Guest House. The snow fell and the wind blew from the North. It was cold outside and even the birds stayed close to home!

Even though winter has arrived - there are so many wonderful things to do locally that the time passes quickly & enjoyably. Dress for it and then there are no surprises or anything to fear!

I enclose the link for Grouse Mountain so you can see what it has to offer. To get there, just click on the picture and take a look at what you could be doing this winter while staying at The Guest House!

Don't forget to enjoy your cup of Hot Chocolate sitting next to the roaring fire at The Guest House!

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The Guest House Agreement & Registration Forms can now be downloaded directly from our BLOG

THE GUEST HOUSE REGISTRATION FORM

THE GUEST HOUSE AGREEMENT FORM

The Guest House is proud to advise that the Registration Form & the Agreement Form can now both be downloaded directly off of our Site.

Once you have decided that The Guest House is the place for you - save time and download the forms right away. Complete the forms and send them immediately to The Guest House at the same time as you are placing your deposit.

You can either email the forms immediately to:
guesthousehomestay@gmail.com
or
Fax your completed forms to:
604-598-0972

If you have any questions at all - PLEASE do not hesitate to contact us.
We welcome your phone calls - PLEASE remember the time difference. I may be able to help you more if it is not in the middle of the night! Remember We are in the Pacific Time Zone - The Clocks on our site may help you decide whether or not to call us immediately or wait an hour or two!

Vanessa
The Guest House

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Christmas Baking at The Guest House

Whipped Shortbread:

This is one of the most favorite Christmas Baking recipes at The Guest House. I thought I would share it with all so for those who cannot join us this year - they can make them at their home. Enjoy and remember we are thinking of you and hope you are enjoying the Holiday Season.

I always do 2 batches

3 Cups Flour

2 Cups Butter

1 Cup Icing Sugar

You will need a stand mixer as you need to whip the ingredients for at least 10 minutes.

1) Add SOFT butter and mix for a minute or two

2) Add Flour & Icing Sugar - Mix start mixer slowly

3) Stop the mixer a couple of times during the mixing process to scrape down the dough from the sides of the bowl

4) The Mixture will be White & Fluffy when done

Drop by teaspoons onto cookie sheet lined with Parchment Paper

Top with either:

1/4 or 1/2 a Maraschino Cherry or

1/2 a Pecan

Sprinkled color sugar

or a combination of two

Bake @ 350' for 17-20 minutes. Make sure you watch them. The cookies should be light brown in color. They can burn fairly quickly. Bake on middle oven rack.

They freeze very well - Lay flat and cover completely to keep out freezer odor.

Enjoy

Seasons Greetings

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Christmas at The Guest House

The Formal Living Room At The Guest House has been decorated for Christmas

Enjoy sitting in the formal Living Room and taking in all things Christmas

The Fire Place Harth is also ready for Christmas

Tis' the season ......

Enjoy sitting in the formal living room and taking in the Christmas decorations. Hot Chocolate or Eggnog are always great drinks to enjoy in front of a roaring fire.

Whether you stay for a night or a week or a month enjoy what The Guest House has to offer.

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