Category Archive for 'From Scratch'

They don’t call them superfoods for nothing. They really are amazing. The coconuts and the aloe, the goji and the spirulina. Now I’ll be the first to admit that I am not ready to give up my stove, exclusively in favour of consuming every super-powered meals out of my VitaMix. Not there yet, and may [...]

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Milk Those Coconuts

I promise that this will be my last tropical post for a wee little while. I am all over making my own hemp milk, almond milk, even sesame and flax milk. I have ventured into the land of oat milk and rice milk. All great. I haven’t the foggiest of foggies why it took me this long to realize how easy it was to get my coconut milk from a coconut, rather than a can.

Yes, I can hear you! I live in Toronto, not the tropics, but still…

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Two parts of this post title are true and two parts are not true. This is a sauce and it is made from tomatoes. This sauce is not a secret (anymore) and I don’t have a grandma named Meghan (my grandma is Fritzi) and I am not even close to being a grandma.

The reason I [...]

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And all is revealed. I went out to Ohio to visit Josh! You’ve read about him before here, and here, and here, and here and here. In July, when he applied for a 6-week internship with United Plant Savers, an herbal medicine sanctuary, I’ll admit, I was a bit jealous. I was in the midst [...]

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To celebrate Making Love In The Kitchen’s first birthday, the bestest posts of the last year are getting another turn in the spotlight. These were selected either because they had the most traffic or should have. While together we stroll down memory lane, I will be away on a farm with no computer! We’ll chat [...]

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To celebrate Making Love In The Kitchen’s first birthday, the bestest posts of the last year are getting another turn in the spotlight. These were selected either because they had the most traffic or should have. While together we stroll down memory lane, I will be away on a farm with no computer! We’ll chat [...]

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Give me a V for day 3!  How are we all doing this fine Vegan Thursday? Feeling light? Bowel’s moving? Sleeping okay? Energy? Let’s all just check in for a moment…. Aaaaand carrying on.

Bread, potatoes, corn, and soy. That’s right. I said no-go to the lot of ‘em on this 5 day challenge. Why? Well [...]

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Happy Day 2 of 5 Days Vegan. Today I would like to address this issue of soy. It’s a hotty tomale topic so feel free to disagree… just remember what Byron Katie says about defense so don’t expect me to battle you back.

If you are a vegan based on the principles outlined in such poppy [...]

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Is it just me or do you find that figs are amazingly sexy?

They’re sweet and juicy with that little bit of crunch from the seeds. Apparently I am not alone in this. According to the Vegetarian Society “This erotic, fleshy fruit is said to act as a powerful sexual stimulant. Originally from Syria, it is [...]

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Kitchen Renovation: Day 21

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We’re getting there! I took these photo late last week before I ran away for the weekend. The next set of photos will be the final, exciting grand reveal. The gents are back tomorrow to install the last of the counter tops, hang some shelves and make sure my walls won’t catch on fire when [...]

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