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Celebrating the seasonal

One thing that I love to revel in, getting those CSA baskets every week, is eating in season. The year started off with greens: kale, chard, spinach, mesclun, lettuces. Though green is most definitely the dominating color in the spring, there is the...
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The Goodness of Garlic

Growing and drying garlic is an art. The growing part takes a little bit of patience (and love) but how it is dried, I think that that's where its deliciousness lies. Flavor, intensity, clove size and shelf life vary from variety to variety and it...
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Filberg and A Tale of Tamanu

This was our first and most successful visit to the Filberg Festival. (Comox, Vancouver Island) Thank you Vancouver Islanders. We loved our booth in the woods and who could not love you? At this fabulous festival I heard a ‘first account’ tamanu...
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Dr. Oz 'pink' on Astaxanthin

I recently caught Dr. Mercola ( on Dr. OZ) talking about the miracle food, astaxanthin ( asta-ZAN-thin), Luckily, I ws able to salvage the last bottle from our local health food store. There was a ‘run on astaxanthin’, the young store clerk...
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How about 'Additive subtraction'?

A good friend of mine recently linked this article about food dyes on Facebook and it was so interesting that I wanted to talk about it's content here too. I feel really good about the food my kids and I eat. And why not. Our fridge contains more...
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Toss the Microwave!

I believe microwave ovens are dangerous. I tossed mine. You CAN live without your microwave. Close your eyes. Transport yourself back in time where microwaves DID NOT exist. Maybe you went camping and actually cooked over an open fire? Maybe a...
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De Stress Me!!

There are many ways to DE STRESS. Christmas is over and New Years is upon us. Now is the time to think about giving a gift to yourself. Here are the ‘ 8 fun Green Ways to Manage Stress’ put into one scenario. You need clutter, chocolate, a fondu pot...
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Futuristic 'Fasta Food Scenario'

This following scene takes place at StarMac FastaFood sometime In the future. Woman orders her lunch at counter. “A StarMac Stack O'Burger with Pounda Cheese, Basket O' Fries and a small King O' DietSoda please!” she asks. “Comin’ right up!" pipes...
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Fly With Silver

Vacation time? Travelling by air? Flying in an airplane is an immersion into germ warfare. I have never actually crawled inside a giant caterpillar, but boarding an airplane might be a fair comparison. Claustrophobia surfaces as I attempt to...
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Eating Ethically - Share with us The What, Where and Who

We want to know where and what you buy and who you buy it from. Share a favourite local store, co-operative (see blog 'Celebrating the Seasonal' ), organic farmer and even a national grocery chain that is making a difference. We have a new local...

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