There has been popular demand from friends and family to do a post on the Wild Rose Cleanse. Although Kristin and I are not experts, we have done the cleanse a couple times and we have always benefited from it. Since I was very young I have suffered from eczema. At first I thought it…
Celebrate Pi Day with Fake Apple Pie
Happy Belated Pi Day!! March 14 to some is Pi day (3/14 or 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510 58209 74944 59230 78164 06286 20899 86280 34825 34211 70679…). Pi is an irrational number or a number that has digits that never repeat. To celebrate Pi day we eat pie. Of course…
Basic Pasta Sauce
I have been working on keeping a record of all the basic recipes that I make. When I am on a time crunch I often rely on simple recipes to help me out that week. This week has been a nightmare! Everything seems so busy and chaotic. Pasta is my savoir!!!! It is easy to…
What to do I do with leftover buttermilk??? Make Buttermilk Scones!!!
What do you do with leftover buttermilk??? Sometimes you’re left with too much buttermilk when you bake. If you don’t have a use for it you can always freeze it and use it later. I got into the habit of making things for breakfast. I’ve made buns for breakfast (bear buns from a previous post)…
Meatloaf, Gravy, Quinoa… oh my!
It is always nice to know a few basic recipes that you can quickly make on the fly. Basic recipes are great for beginners and seasoned chefs. Once you know a basic recipe you can then start making variations of it to spice up your menu. Gravy and meatloaf is an easy dish that anyone…
Red Velvet Cupcakes
Red velvet cake has become a very popular cake. Red velvet is a basic buttermilk cake with red food colouring. No one knows the exact origins of the cake and some believe cocoa in the cake turns a reddish colour when mixed with vinegar. I have not proven this to be true but I believe…
Chinese New Year
Sticky Cakes for Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year was always a time to get together and eat delicious foods. Usually we will have dumplings, Taro cake, and Sticky cake (Nian Gao). My family would always get together to have a big feast. There are many traditions around Chinese New Year and one of them…
Kombucha experiment- Scoby Mama! part 2
It has been a while since my first post about Kombucha. My first Scoby Mama was born Jan 12, 2013. She is a little soft and rubbery but I think she came out beautifully. I left my Scoby to grow for about 2 weeks. A Scoby is supposed to be ready when it is…
Eat like a Hobbit
Have you ever wondered…. “If I was a hobbit what would I eat??” Of course after watching The Hobbit in theatres who wouldn’t. The table was filled with lots of harvested vegetables, breads, meats and fish. I decided this was going to be the theme of our next dinner!! After doing some research online,…
Liquid Salad! Green Smoothies
I was working with a lady who always had a mason jar full of green smoothie with her meal. During our conversations I learned that she ate mostly raw and organic foods. She wanted to change her diet after she learned about the Gerson miracle. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxr-TPylQGw) Basically it is a study on how diet can…
EAT it NOW or EAT it LATER 