Today’s post is by one of my very best friends, Diana Atkinson. Diana is a foodie-goddess-extraordinaire, writer and massage therapist. She has written the food column for Cottage Magazine, and contributed articles for Shambhala Sun, Chatelaine, Flare, Vancouver Magazine, and Western Living. On top of that she wrote a novel called Highways and Dancehalls, which was nominated for [...]
Continue reading about Foodie Fridays: Secret Vice Crackerjack
I LOVE picking blackberries! There’s something about the threat of prickles that drives me to pick them by the bucketfuls, weekend after weekend, until all that is left is the unsuccessfully red and maroon berries that just didn’t quite make the cut, and a few missed black ones that turned too mushy from the rains. Although I [...]
Continue reading about Foodie Fridays: Wild Blackberry Coffee Cake
I used to get my veggies fresh from my friend Dan’s farm and box program. He would include recipes on how to use some of the vegetables each week, along with a hand written newsletter about the farm. He did everything with love. I saved all his newletters and recipes, and this morning when I [...]
Continue reading about Foodie Fridays: Not Your Mama’s Green Beans
As summer peaks, tomatoes are ripening on their vines and anyone lucky enough to have a green house (or a really green thumb!) might be finding that their pepper plants are getting nice and juicy right about now. Combine the two in this rich red soup for optimal health benefits and a delicious summer flavour. [...]
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Summertime and the simple pleasures of good food. Here are some of my and my kid’s favorite simple pleasures of summer… The anticipation of ripening berries. The wild ones are especially fun to pick and eat. What a wonderful discovery to find trailing blackberries growing in our [...]
I said in yesterday’s post, Waste Not Want Not, that today I would post a recipe using breast milk. Now to be honest I have not tried the version I am about to give you but I have tried the original version. I made them for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I didn’t end up taking [...]
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We came to Vancouver on vacation swearing up and down that we wouldn’t go to Ikea, but what do we end up doing on our second day here? We go to Ikea of course, our excuse being it’s a good place to look for bunk beds for the girls, a dresser for me, one for [...]
Continue reading about Foodie Fridays: Cheap Food Makes It All Worthwhile (Sometimes)
