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Deconstructed Vegan Tofu Chả Gio Bowls { Spring Roll Bowls }

Barbara Bamber — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 05:29:47 +0000

Don’t you sometimes just crave those yummy Vietnamese Spring Rolls? I sure do, but I’ve only made them a handful of times because it’s such a process! Fiddling with those flat white rice paper wrappers, prepping all the veggies, then soaking each rice wrap one at a time, arranging the veggies, rolling each one up, […]

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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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High Octane Spicy Cumin Vegan Bowl

Barbara Bamber — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:09:33 +0000

Mom and Dad, if you’re reading this, it wasn’t me. Kids, if you’re reading this, it was me. I was no angel growing up. In University we had Submarine races (the Engineering Department were often the instigators) where we’d line up in two rows and one by one we had to down the glass of […]

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Sunshine Salad

Barbara Bamber — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:30:04 +0000

{ Can you tell the sun has been shining again? } Remember those Sunshine Salads that made the hockey potluck dinner rounds.. full of marshmallows, sour cream, mandarin oranges and coconut? I thought it was time that salad got an updated look.. With a nod to citrus with sun shaped slices of Cara Cara […]

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California Sushi Rolls Recipe

Barbara Bamber — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 05:13:30 +0000

♥ Snips and snails And puppy dogs’ tails And sugar and spice.. That’s what our little girl is made of! ♥ But I think they left out.. Nips and nibbles, Late night outings to the dog run, Learning to play fetch, walks breakfast, lunch and dinner time.. but best of all is cuddle time! { […]

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Emerald Green Edamame Dip

Barbara Bamber — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:20:40 +0000

This brilliantly colored dip is just a bright burst of Spring in your mouth! My daughter wanted to bring something healthy to her friend’s birthday party so we knew we wanted to start with Edamame and some sort of dip. Emerald is the Panatone color for this year, so Smidge’s kitchen worked out a recipe […]

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Winter Cocooning

Barbara Bamber — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:22:13 +0000

An hour’s delay at the airport, .. with reassurances from the wife of our pilot { who was also flying with us }, another hour { ? } circling over Lethbridge airspace, with plenty of time to consider the condition of the runway back home.. would it be as white as this rose? We had […]

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