Strawberry & Pecan Yogurt Parfait

Strawberry & Pecan Yogurt Parfait

So, a recipe is a little overkill, but this idea is a great one, no? This is an absolutely divine… [more]

How to select, cut and serve papaya

How to select, cut and serve papaya

papaya milk fruit juice hot cereal main course including protein (egg or meat) And that, my… [more]

Setting Up Our Lifestyle Goals

Setting Up Our Lifestyle Goals

I saw the Miracle Worker yesterday and we had an absolutely fantastic conversation.  We discussed in… [more]

Real Gluten Free Bread Stuffing!

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So I’m a fan of turkey-eating occasions for a number of reasons. 1.  Mike cooks the turkey. 2.  Mike cooks the side dishes. 3. Mike cleans the kitchen. Follow? And now there’s another reason to adore the turkey-eating season, Gluten Free Bread stuffing – that actually doesn’t taste like soggy bread! This is the recipe [...]

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New Fangled Menu

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This is it. Where the rubber meets the road. The test of the future. The thing of the… oh never mind. Its a menu. Monday Brown beans and barbecue sauce wrap (vegetarian) Lasagne (vegetarian) Tuesday Egg salad wraps, sliced cucumber (vegetarian) Chicken Gumbo (soup) Wednesday Poached Herb Salmon Herbed Rice Pilaf Honey’d Carrots Thats all [...]

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Roasted Veggies Side Dish

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The absolute yummy-est way to use up the leftover veggies. Use anything you have on hand – just slice them thinner if they take longer to cook(carrots), and leave whole if they cook really quickly(asparagus). Ingredients: mushrooms, quartered asparagus, 3 inch sticks cherry tomatoes, whole bell peppers, assorted colors, cut into 2″ chunks Extra Virgin [...]

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Strawberry & Pecan Yogurt Parfait

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So, a recipe is a little overkill, but this idea is a great one, no? This is an absolutely divine evening time snack – whole raw pecans, homemade plain yogurt, with sliced strawberries and a drizzle of natural honey. Yummmmm.

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How to select, cut and serve papaya

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papaya milk fruit juice hot cereal main course including protein (egg or meat) And that, my friends, is a daily breakfast at Rethy Academy in Rethy, Zaire, West Africa.   And happens to be what I ate 5 days a week for 2 years.  I just so happened to stumble across some nice looking papaya [...]

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Setting Up Our Lifestyle Goals

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I saw the Miracle Worker yesterday and we had an absolutely fantastic conversation.  We discussed in detail my new propension to be granola-y.  Every time I see her, it is like pushing a reset button.  This time, I was able to talk myself out of my current consumed-by-work mindset and put my health back on [...]

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I’m Sick. I’m Tired. I’m *making* yogurt.

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This falls in the weird and quirky category.  no, not the yogurt making – I plan on subjecting you to my rambling first. Between the ages of 13 and 17 I lived in Zaire (Republic of Congo now) and Kenya, East Africa.  For a few years I went to a boarding school, but when we [...]

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Good News(Finally!) about Dairy Cattle in Canada

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cattle are treated well because the farms have some sort of production guarantee ticket.  It is a guarantee that a certain amount of milk will be purchased at a regulated price.  so they know they will be paid, and the price will always be fair. there is a slowly rotating milking machine, that the cows [...]

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