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Synthesis of experts: optimal healthy eating
It’s not only important for me to eat the best foods for my rheumatoid arthritis, but that the girls get good nutrition to grow, and that we eat in a way that is light on the planet. We all know that...
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Favourite things: Anita’s Organic Mill Flour
Hmmm… Who doesn’t love pancakes? I’ve tried many many pancakes mixes, and have even been know to make pancakes from scratch. But this is my favourite pancake mix of all that I have tried! It’s smooth...
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Wine Wednesday: Vascosassetti Brunello di Montalcino
For our second wine Wednesday I chose a selection from the enigmatic wine country: Italy. When I was taking my last level of WSET training, I was hoping and hoping Italy wouldn’t be a major part of...
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Food and Friends on Palm Sunday
It seems like I have a ton of pictures of food from this trip… Maybe because I’m enjoying it so much! I usually don’t drink coffee, but when in Rome… Well, I certainly am having a couple of cups of...
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Dinner with a real African Princess
The exotic life I lead! In just a couple of weeks I will be back to the African continent again, except this time to the sun and spices of Morocco. I applied to speak up the World Environmental...
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Preparing a “Dist”– an Ethiopia casserole
Many people return from Ethiopia with various pottery casseroles and coffee pots, and then have no idea how to get them ready for use. Or worse, they just throw some food in them and wonder why the...
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Hello from Marrakech
Warm greetings to all from Morocco! Warm is right… It’s roasting outside! But I’ve been running around town with cotton from head to toe. Today I was walking back from the congres past the mosque...
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Our Marrakech Neighbourhood: Mosquée and Maison Arabe
Our great riad, Dar Vedra, was about a fifteen minute walk from Place Jmaa El Fna, up the road near the Bab Doukala Mosque. It was actually nice staying a little ways away from the nightly craziness...
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Flashback: Dinner with the Princess of Morocco
It’s been a month since I had dinner with the Princess Lalla Hasna of Morocco (and 250 other people,) but the details of the evening will forever be emblazoned in my mind. It was one of those...
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Face paints ‘n’ Cupcakes: Weekend with Uncle M and Ena
My sister is famous for at least two things: amazing face painting, and out-of-this-world cupcakes. For the first time in a long time, the girls and I had a chance to go visit Uncle M and Auntie Ena in...
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The Little Chef makes Super Steelhead Trout
My daughter “Sugar” loves to cook.. She’s wanted to be a chef since she was four years old. She slices, she dices! And now she has enough skill to be in charge of an expensive ingredient. In the...
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Party Pics: Happy Birthday to my amazing 7 year olds!
That’s right, today our daughters turn the big -seven!- this past weekend we had a big party to celebrate. My auntie and mom came to hang out (and help) for the weekend, and we had lots of friends over...
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It’s a miracle! An egg!
Finally, after an inordinate amount of squawking the last few days, success! At least one of our little ladies is producing! What shall we do with it? Boiled? Fried? In a cake? The possibilities are...
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The Little Chef: Bison Meatloaf
My daughter is back in the kitchen, and this time she’s cooking game! Sugar concocted up a wild bison meatloaf with seasonal herbs and tomatoes form the garden. She really does come up with these...
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Frugal Fridays: Granola Bars and Snack Exchange
A couple of years ago my sister gave me the best granola bar recipe. So when my friend L invited me to a healthy snack exchange at her house, I knew exactly what I would bring! As standard practice,...
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Oysters and Lace: my cousin’s fall wedding
Last weekend the girls and I drove to Calgary for my cousin’s wedding. We drove through the mountains, staying the night at Lake Louise and then in Invermere on the way back. (Jason, in the meanwhile,...
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A Home-Grown Thanksgiving
One of the great pleasures of having your own garden is eating the food you produce, and sharing it with others. I woke up Thanksgiving Day, thoughtful, and musing to my us and, “What exactly are we...
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Frugal Fridays: 5 Strategies for Holiday Hosting Without Going Broke
With the holidays coming, relatives descending, and parties to host, it’s very difficult not to go crazy on the food bill this month. But this little bit of advice may help you, and me, save some...
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The Little Chef Makes Blueberry Muffins
My daughter “Sugar” is back for her third episode of “the Little Chef.” This time, she’s making her version of Blueberry Muffins! If you haven’t seen Sugar’s cooking show before, be sure to check out...
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The Little Chef makes Super Steelhead Trout
My daughter “Sugar” loves to cook.. She’s wanted to be a chef since she was four years old. She slices, she dices! And now she has enough skill to be in charge of an expensive ingredient. In the...
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