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Review: A Bunny, a Case and a World of Taste

This delightful and informative romp through the world, written by young Hayley Nevitt, is full of recipes from around the globe, collected during the travels of Serena, the word’s foremost food critic. Long-haired Serena’s mission is to find the best recipes from around the world to be used in the world-famous Nevitt restaurants that are […]

Fit Mommy Friday

This was the week of headaches and tummy aches, dentist visits and lots of rain.  We are surviving, not exercising.  Here’s how I did with my fitness goals: Average at least 6000 steps, five days a week.   Probably, although my pedometer was ‘sick’, too, and did not register my steps properly.  Walking a lot every […]

Fit Mommy Friday

A long time ago, I read a fitness book that talked about every day activities as exercise. The author, whose I cannot remember, called such exercise ‘earth gym’.  I like that.  Our ancestors did ‘earth gym’, and most of us do too.  In fact, in a different context I once read that women who do […]

Turkey or Chicken Soup

Last (Canadian) Thanksgiving, my husband had some turkey stock started before we sat down to eat dinner!  He had carved the turkey just before we ate, and put all the ‘unnecessary’ bones, skin, and extra bits of meat into our stock pot with water and oregano.  Our guests did wonder what was bubbling on the […]

Lasagna (gluten-free)

Very few recipes are as much of a treat as lasagna. We rarely make it, but when we do everyone’s thrilled. Here’s our recipe for a 9×13 lasagna: Sauce: 1 lb. lean ground beef ½ cup chopped onion 6 cloves of garlic, minced 3-5 cups coarsely chopped tomatoes (or 3 cups of frozen or canned […]