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Recipes: Pumpkin Treats

Before I share a couple of pumpkin recipes, I thought I might give you some historical tidbits about pumpkins and Thanksgiving. In the US, pilgrims and Thanksgiving are synonymous with pumpkins.  However, many of us link pumpkins with the Halloween tradition of jack-o-lanterns.  It is noted that many early settlers to the Americas relied on pumpkins for survival — check […]


Potpourri of Culinary Fun

I have been spending quite a bit of time in my kitchen experimenting, creating, and adjusting recipes — new ones, old ones, never-tried before ones.  Conclusion, I LOVE cooking!!!! Over the last couple of weeks, I have been taking a variety of workshops from Meghan Telpner (author of Undiet).  This week I took the “Smoothie on Up, Juice It On […]


Plantiful Additions

From a health standpoint, vegetables are an unbeatable food which are naturally nutrient-rich, better tasting than a vitamin pill, low in calories and high in fibre and packed with disease-fighting phytonutrients. All types of vegetables can be nourishing and delicious – local, local organic, organic, fresh, frozen, juiced, blended. I have enjoyed experimenting with my dehydrator because now I can make […]


Gluten-Free Walnut Cookies

Looking for a holiday cookie?  Check this out.  These cookies are gluten-free, dairy-free and paleo.  Enjoy! Ingredients: ⅓ c butter, no-added salt ¼ c apple butter, organic ¼ c maple syrup  1 tsp vanilla extract  1 large egg ½ c tapioca flour (gluten-free)  1 c almond flour (gluten-free) ¼ c quinoa flakes (gluten-free)  1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp baking soda […]