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HOMEMADE BEANS IN A TOMATO SAUCE

I finally got a day off – the first in ten days!  So I headed to the kitchen to make this tasty side dish for the BBQ we are having tonight.

I still do not know how much I will be on this blog this summer, but will give it the best I can given my [...]

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ASPARAGUS SEASON

We live for asparagus season in this household.  When it arrives – we have asparagus dishes pretty much every day.  Here is an interesting article on the health benefits of this power food.

This is not so much of a recipe, but more of a method – so easy, and so tasty.  I’ll also post some [...]

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PARSNIP SPINACH AND SAGE GRATIN

The other day we found fresh locally grown winter spinach and parsnips at our local market.  Although our weather during this time of year can be quite cold, we are still able to grow certain vegetables in different regions.

Parsnips seem to be such an underrated vegetable.  It seems that people either love them or hate [...]

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OLD FASHIONED SCALLOPED POTATOES

I love scalloped potatoes.  There are actually a couple of recipes on this blog for scalloped potatoes.  However, I was never 100 percent satisfied with them.  They were good, but not the good I remember from back in the day.

Lately, I have been using Sweet Rice Flour as a thickener.  It works like a charm.  [...]

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CHRISTMAS 2012

Happy Christmas everyone!  This year we will be having a quiet Christmas.

We will be having the traditional Turkey Dinner with all the fixin’s on Christmas Eve….or more commonly known in our household as “Danish Christmas”.  Family will arrive for the day and evening – one of my favorite times of the year.

I wanted to recap [...]

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CURRIED WILD RICE AND CRANBERRY PILAF

Mercy…when winter sets into my bones I want a little heat.  Now if you read my blog, you do know we are wimps when it comes to heat.  Despite that, the heat I crave is in the form of a good curry.  Through the years, we have had many a good curry dish.  In the [...]

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DELICIOUS SPROUTED RICE

Have you tried this new truRoots Sprouted Rice and Quinoa Blend?  It is heavenly!  It has:  organic sprouted brown rice, organic sprouted red rice, organic quinoa and organic wild rice.  There is really not a recipe to share today…just wanted to share some love.  Also, there is no paid advertisement here – I just get [...]

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DAIRY FREE CASHEW CREAM SAUCE

Mercy….I have a new discovery.  This was so so good.  The other day I posted the recipe review from Candace and her delicious Vegan Cashew Cream Cheese.

Yes it is Vegan, and it is also raw.  I love it!  We used it on sandwiches as a spread, as well as a dip with crackers and vegetables [...]

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A BEAUTIFUL SALMON DINNER WITH A SUMMER VEGETABLE SIDE DISH

Mercy…I am ruined…I will never want fresh store bought wild salmon ever again.  I must give a huge shout out, a huge THANK YOU to our neighbours.  They brought over this lovely salmon that was caught, fresh out of the ocean yesterday…

We had one fillet for dinner which was perfect for the two of us, [...]

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EASY ELEGANCE FROM FABULOUS FAIRHOLME - A COOK BOOK REVIEW

Recently, I received this gorgeous cook book – Easy Elegance from Fabulous Fairholm, written by Sylvia Main.  Sylvia has a most beautiful Inn – Fairholme Manor located in the “Rockland – Fairfield” district of Victoria B.C.  Not only is her Inn one of the best rated Inn Bed and Breakfast vacation destinations in our City, [...]