A very heartfelt “THANK YOU” to everyone who left birthday wishes on Facebook, twitter, and via email! I loved hearing from all of you, and your comments and good wishes made this birthday one of the best ever. So thanks, everyone, for making my day that much brighter! 😀 [Okay, so maybe mine look more […]
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Join Us for. . . A Gluten Free Holiday!
I’m so excited to be able to share a yummy, healthy, gluten-free holiday with you all this year! Anyone with food allergies or other dietary restrictions for health reasons (such as my lovely ACD, for instance) knows how important it is to serve holiday foods that are both safe and delicious. We want to help as many […]
SOS Kitchen Challenge for October
Anyone who has read my blog through all four seasons for at least a month regularly once knows that I really (really) hate the cold weather. And while autumn also heralds delicious root vegetables, warming spices, Thanksgiving and Halloween, to me it’s just the precursor to winter. Bah! To help mitigate the chill this October, Kim […]
Flash in the Pan: Chocolate Almond Mousse
[Looking for help with your anti-candida diet? Join us in The Sweet Life club!] [Sometimes, you just want to eat something now. I’ve decided to offer a mini-post every once in a while, for a dish that comes together incredibly quickly or else is so easy to make that no recipe is required. Here’s today’s […]
September SOS Kitchen Roundup: Apples
[image courtesy of Affairs of Living] September’s Sweet or Savory (SOS) Kitchen Challenge, featuring the apple, was an absolute hit! Kim from Affairs of Living (my challenge co-host) and I received almost 40 recipe submissions from readers all over the globe, a wide variety of sweet and savory dishes that tempted our tastebuds and got […]
SOS Apples: Greens with Roasted Beet, Apple and Almond Feta
After the excesses** of the recent long weekend here in Toronto, I felt the need for something more ascetic. I was craving something light, clean and (yes) green: a salad! And I knew that my salad had to contain apple. I got this recipe from a cookbook I’ve had for years–a decade, almost–and from which I have never […]
SOS Kitchen Challenge for September
Hi Everyone! Welcome back to school, work, autumn, spring or the new season of Oprah–whichever applies to you! September also brings us another SOS Kitchen Challenge, the monthly recipe event hosted by Kim of Affairs of Living and me. Kim is a big fan of autumn while I, as you may recall, think of it as one dreaded step […]
SOS Kitchen Challenge for August
[Mint Chip Ice Cream–smooth, creamy, minty–and no ice cream maker required!] How did it get to be August 4th already?? To coin a cliché, the summer has flown by. It’s three quarters over and I’ve only had about three days off. What the–?? Some days, I feel like I’m living in that old Calgon commerical. Well, […]
Crunchy Sunbutter-Carob Cups
[A sweet treat to celebrate the firsts: sunflower butter cups–recipe below] I hope everyone here in Canada had a great Victoria Day weekend! It seems as if this past week has been filled with a few exciting firsts for me (hmm, that sounds rather like a post-virginal confession, somehow, doesn’t it? True, I was what you’d […]
SOS Kitchen Challenge: Spinach Roundup
This month’s SOS (Sweet or Savory) Kitchen Challenge asked readers to whip up dishes with spinach, and wow, did you ever take on this challenge with gusto! We received a dozen fantastic, creative recipes to try that all highlight the super-healthy leafy green. And yes, a few desserts are included as well! Thanks to everyone […]