Everyone likes to dip. Just ask my son. If I put something in front of him that he doesn’t like, all I need to do is put dip next to it. At least I know he will eat the dip, if not the mode of transport that brought it to his mouth. There are a […]
I had some left over buttermilk in the fridge this morning. That always happens to me. Most recipes call for 1 cup, but I can only ever find 500mL containers in our store. I hate to waste food (there’s that hippie talkin’ again), so I have to find useful ways of using it up. I
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AKA: Taboulé Who likes to cook when it’s 30 degrees outside (for all you ‘mericans, that’s 86 degrees Fahrenheit). I just want to sit in the backyard, watch the kid run around with the dog and drink fresh Mojitos. Mmmmmm… But the mint reminded me of something a friend made for me a while back.
We harvested our garden last night. Yeah…all of it. There you go folks! When you have a 4 x 10 garden, you too can live off it’s bountiful production! Go forth and sow your own! For so that you may eat a meal like this one day: One meal. A whole season worth of weeding,
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There’s nothing quite like having friends over for a BBQ. Because, stuff like this happens: It’s just plain, old fashioned good times. Girls really do just want to have fun. A little wine doesn’t hurt either. Well, last night was a great throwback to some Southern style BBQin’. We had a little meat, some Caesar
For a long time I bought my almond milk in the store in a Tetra Pak. Then I thought, “Wait a sec, this has, like, one ingredient, maybe two. I must be able to make this myself.” and off I went to Google it and find a recipe. Well, there are a lot of ways
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In summer I can’t think about anything but fresh vegetables and the myriad recipes attached to them. I love vegetables. I may have been a picky toddler (not unlike my own fruititarian son), but at some point in my life, vegetables became an obsession. So much you can do with them! So much in season!
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Ahhhh……Saturday. My favourite day of the week. Every week on this day, my husband, my son, me and anyone else who wants to joins us, heads out for some well deserved relaxing adventure. Well, they aren’t always relaxing. Sometimes we hit the trails for a monumental hike, as it’s good to earn those calories at
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