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Dirty Chai { Espresso } Chocolate Pudding ~ Raw+Vegan

Barbara Bamber — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 13:19:55 +0000

I felt it Sunday morning, when the clock ticked far past my usual wake up time. Rolling over I could spy the sun peering through the curtains. Opening the door for Bella, I felt a rush of warm and I could hear the celebratory song of little prairie house sparrows, black-capped and boreal chicadees and […]

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Vegan Blueberry White Chia Pudding

Barbara Bamber — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 05:26:21 +0000

It was my turn to take Bella out to the dog run, we’d let her go on her own but she’s still small enough to squeeze through the metal fence posts and escape. As spoiled as she is at home, Bella would throw us over in a heartbeat if she caught a glimpse of a […]

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Risgrynsgröt ~ Julegrot ~ Swedish Rice Pudding

Barbara Bamber — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 18:28:23 +0000

On Christmas Eve households in Sweden would traditionally serve a bowl of Julegrot or Risgrynsgröt to sweeten tummies and to please their little tomte ♥ you may have seen drawings of tomte he’s a little storybook creature with a white beard and colorful clothes he brings gifts on Christmas Eve ♥ that little almond on […]

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Dutch Babies with Blood Orange Curd

Barbara Bamber — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:38:50 +0000

You need this recipe if you’re baking Easter Brunch.. or just making breakfast.. or just craving something new! Sometimes a recipe just sets my heart jumping.. this is one of them and I couldn’t wait to share it. Because it’s Easter this weekend! I just know you’d be craving something like this.. { I can […]

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Espresso Panna Cotta with Italian Meringue Brulé Clouds

Barbara Bamber — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:30:39 +0000

We were totally “caked-out” from my daughter’s birthday and the Cinnamon Streusel Pumpkin Coffee Cake I racked my brains for something “else” that would be suitable but unique for a special birthday… my son, Phil’s, 19th to be exact! ♥ When he worked at Mercato West, our favorite restaurant, he worked hard to perfect the […]

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Sugar-Pie Pumpkins

Barbara Bamber — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:05:31 +0000

♥ Wishing you and your loved ones a joyous day of giving thanks for those who are near and those in our hearts. ♥ I searched far and wide (not really, they were at the second store I phoned) for Sugar Pie Pumpkins { I ♥ their name! } and found some at Planet Organic […]

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Saucy Apples and Spicy Muffins

Barbara Bamber — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:02:58 +0000

A little plot of earth a shovel seeds rain sun and a hose are all you’d need for a lovely little garden… but to have an old rough and knotted limbed apple tree canopied backyard.. well, that would be just sensational, wouldn’t it? I knew crab apple trees flourished in Calgary.. but sweet apples? Mona […]

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El Diablo Red Velvet Saigon Cinnamon Brownies

Barbara Bamber — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:07:18 +0000

Pink is a “Pink” (a lovely flower, aptly named) but it is also juxtaposed with its cousin the lascivious… Scarlet Red The transparent white blends purity and grace with red to temper its raw passion and soften its wanton hue It somehow becomes more palate-able… But on Valentine’s Day we have permission to run amok and […]

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RudeBarb Rhubarb Compote

Barbara Bamber — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:51:07 +0000

Sometimes I just want to be rude. There, I admitted it. Rude Barb { Rhubarb Compote be danged}. Just imagine letting all those nasty thoughts boil over and make a huge sticky mess. To Just Be Rude. But no, I’d better think twice about that one, simmer down and exercise a little self-control. So… instead […]

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