Tag Archive 'Baking'

Hot and Bothered Cookie Drama

Green Smoothie Cleanse: 2nd Edition is here! The revised tutorial is amazing! You might also be able to win one! All week we are giving away copies. One-a-day. All you have to do is leave a comment below. And don’t forget to enter this week’s contest to win raw goodies. (and maybe join my new [...]

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Elana Amsterdam has inspired thousands with her brilliantly simple and inspiringly delicious gluten-free, low glycemic recipes. Without using any grains at all, Elana continues to offer recipes, advice and a way of living that promotes health, sweetness and simplicity. She is a talent to follow. We chatted baking, cooking, family, diets and life. Following the interview I wanted nothing more than to tie on my apron and get creating.

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A Summer In Paris

There are two ways that I come up with recipes.
1. I am bored and want to play and since my home is really a giant kitchen, that is where a lot of playing happens.
2. I bought something thinking I would do something with it, it moves towards the land of rotten and I get desperate and start searching for something to do with it.

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I don’t eat a whole lot of grains, at least not when I am cooking a meal just for me. I am usually pretty happy with some bean/lentil type soup and some salad and veggies. After one of my cooking classes, the Asian Inspired class as part of the 4-week and 6-Week Cooking Program, I [...]

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In honour of one of Toronto most vibrant festivals of the year, Scotiabank Caribana Festival, this week is dedicated to the flavours and spirit of  the part of the world I love best, the Caribbean. This is guava fruit growing on a tree in St. Lucia, actually, on the very grounds where my retreat will [...]

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As soon as I sampled the treat that was the Strawberry Rhubarb Cake last week, I immediately began thinking of all the other ways I could use the moist and cakey base.  With local tomatoes and basil in abundance, I thought, Hey, why not take this cake to Italy and call it bread, or Tomasil [...]

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This has been a long time coming. I am so pleased to introduce to you the author of Sleeping Naked Is Green, National Post journalist, blogstress behind Green As A Thistle and my partner in eco-nutrition warrioring, the one and only Vanessa Farquharson. The reason it took so long for us to get it together [...]

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This post could have been called Muffins for Melanie and Massages for Meghan, but in keeping with my theme that was started by Cookies for Catherine, I kept it short. Melanie Leeder rocks my world. Actually… no. What she really does is calms it way down.  I am forever showing off the awesomely cool ladies [...]

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The Incredible Hulk Can Bake

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Is this pushing Green Week too far? If you are still not sure whether you are in or out on the Green Smoothie Cleanse, have a peak at this article I wrote on why now is a great time to try the cleanse. This is Josh’s recipe. Josh is by far one of the best [...]

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Last Sunday I began the day with a super powered green smoothie. Because we all need a little balance in our lives, I decided this Sunday I would kick off the new week with my favolicious gluten-free banana teff pancakes.  Banana pancakes are an all time favourite from when I was young and my family [...]

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