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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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The Healthy Slow Cooker by Judith Finlayson

Barbara Bamber — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:26:30 +0000

One food trend that shows no signs of stopping in 2014 is the prevalence of Gluten-Free ingredients in recipes, on store shelves and on menus. This is due in no small part to the growing number of people with sensitivities to gluten, not just those with Celiac disease. I’m fortunate not to have either 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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Ambrosial Mulligatawny Soup

Barbara Bamber — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:52:56 +0000

crisp granny smith ♥ market fresh Mulligatawny Soup ♥ exotic blend of seasonal apples, fragrant spices, rice and chicken curried heat welcome on a chilly autumn evening sun setting early behind the sharp edge of our golden planet ♥ ♥ I’ve begun reorganizing my spices { we’ve a surfeit of spices.. more on that in […]

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Sweet and Spicy Prawn Étouffée

Barbara Bamber — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:47:04 +0000

♥ Christmas decorating always begins outside for our family.. Dried coppery magnolia leaves tender spruce and fir branches silver papered birch ruby shaded “faux” berries, perhaps some raw-umber cones and twigs, transforms a fall container into a wintery one. { I’ll let you in on a secret.. these little pots are available at Sobey’s.. not […]

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Karista’s Roasted Pumpkin and Curried Shellfish Risotto, eh?

Barbara Bamber — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:17:58 +0000

If ya ever want ta’ visit us in Canada.. ye’ll see der’s a few accents ya’ might want ta know of. Such as the likes of: “Where’s da skillet gone to, love? What in da hell are we at here.. if I can’t find me skillet, booouy?” “I am just after tellin’ ya where it […]

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Dry Spiced Chicken & Coconut Mango Rice

Barbara Bamber — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:08:21 +0000

Wow! Something really strange and out of the ordinary is going on around here today. But you can’t fool me! I’m sure the guy who just let me merge into his lane was the same guy that cut me off and swore at me two days ago! The grocery store clerk was really excited about […]

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