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Rhubarb-Strawberry Galette

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We needed a treat for race day. The rhubarb in my fridge has been calling to me lately, anyway. It’s been telling me that I should make Rhubarb Custard Bars, but I was feeling more pie-ish today. (Pies are my favourite dessert.) Also, I found a bag of 2010-picked strawberries in the back of my freezer (oo-oops!),
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Chicken Parmesan on a bed of Roasted Cauliflower (Gluten-Free)

chicken parm gluten free

For the last two months, my oldest son has been on what we jokingly refer to as the ‘no-ingredient diet’. In a quest to find the origin of his eczema, we have been avoiding all dairy, gluten, soy, corn, peanuts, eggs, refined sugar, refined oil… ad bore-eum… The good news: his eczema is gone. The
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Easter Treats for Small Hands: Monkey Bread and Bird’s Nest Cookies

Bird's Nest Cookies

I’ve finally recovered from my week in the kitchen with 37 kids over Spring Break. We had so much fun! I’m stopping now, because I had you at 37 kids, didn’t I? Yes, but they were spaced over two camps (younger kids in the mornings, older ones in the afternoon), not 37 kids all at
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Simple Moroccan Lentils

moroccan spiced local lentils

I am posting today so that I secretly have an excuse to share this super exciting food discovery:  a farm on Vancouver Island (in fact, right here on the Saanich peninsula) grows lentils!!! I know, right? WAY more exciting than all this local wheat taking up the headlines. Until now, there have been very limited
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An Update on Operation Use-It-Up

fall tomatoes

Last January, I posted about my New Year’s Resolution to stop pretending that food storage worked like a bank vault, and to start using up food from my freezer and pantry before I had to throw any of it out. I started with the bag of three-summers-old frozen blackberries that I found on New Year’s
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Chard with a Spanish-Moorish Twist (Catalan Chard)

rainbow chard

This is one of those recipes that I find myself making again and again. There is something so very comforting about the interplay of soft greens, sweet raisins and rich toasted nuts that has made this recipe a favourite vegetable dish for our family all winter. It’s getting to the point where I am making it
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Mint Chocolate Butter Crisps – Happy Holidays!

mint chip butter crisps

I have had many friends and clients ask me to post this recipe so that they can Pin It and “never lose track of it again“! I get it. This is the one cookie I make without fail. I almost got away without it this year, but this morning – Christmas Eve – I woke up
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And the Winner Is….

big 'hat' of names

Today is the day I announce the winner of the Rancho Vignola giveaway – a basket of new crop nuts and dried fruit valued at $150. A big thank you to everyone who commented and participated. Between the comments on the blog post, my facebook page, and my twitter account, I have over 160 individual
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Butter Pecan Cookies

butter pecan cookies

I made these the first time only because I wanted to use up some pecans. I made these the second and subsequent times because they Are. So. Good. These cookies are beyond good when made with baby native pecans from Rancho Vignola. Anyone who read my last post will know that I am a huge fan of  Rancho Vignola’s
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The Great Rancho Vignola Giveaway!

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This past week has been pretty nuts at my house. And I mean that literally. On Friday, I received a delivery 475 pounds of nuts and dried fruit, which some friends and I spent the evening sorting out and sharing amongst ourselves. It sounds pretty nutty (read: mentally unhinged), doesn’t it? Well, once you have tasted
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