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Recipe: Fennel Salad

April 1, 2011

Update: Deadline extended to Friday, April 8th. There’s still time to share your stories! As one of the world’s most gullible people, I hate April Fool’s Day. Apparently watching me scramble for the binoculars is a hoot. And my reaction when I discover the rare bird at my feeder is actually stuffed? Priceless. But [...]

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Recipe: Spicy Green Beans

March 17, 2011

You know you’re getting old when St. Patrick’s Day arrives and instead of wondering where you put your green belt and shamrock earrings, you make a mental note not to drive anywhere after 6 PM and place bets on how many drunks are going to stagger by at 3 AM singing Danny Boy at the [...]

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Orange and Carrot Salad

March 10, 2011

Winter has returned with a vengeance, Dumping great soggy clumps of slush on our heads. In the face of this penetrating cold, I don’t want hot soup. I don’t want great steaming mounds of comfort food. I want warm temperatures and sunshine. And I want it now. So I’m pretending they dishwater gray sky is [...]

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Recipe: Zucchini Fritters with Dill Tzatziki

March 8, 2011

It’s not unusual for me to get excited over a cookbook. But every once in a while one resonates with me on so many levels that I just want to curl up on the couch, cradle it in my arms and stroke its pages. And The Kitchen Garden Cookbook is my latest crush. It’s as [...]

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Recipe: Potato and Cauliflower Curry (Aloo Gobi)

February 17, 2011

If you look at my recipes index it’s hard to believe I used to do a lot of health writing. While I was supposed to be promoting a healthy lifestyle in others, opposing stats and studies nearly made me sick. One day I’d file an article declaring 7 cups of black coffee a day would [...]

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Recipe: Accordion Potatoes

February 11, 2011

It has been brought to my attention that I have been writing a bit too much about chocolate. As if there’s such a thing. However, I don’t want to give you a false impression of my eating habits, so I will change the topic (briefly) to non-chocolate things. Since woman cannot live by chocolate alone, [...]

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iSpice Winners and Monica Bhide’s Favourite Spice

January 6, 2011

Today I get to spread more joy. I think I could get used to this. It makes me feel a tiny bit like Oprah — you win an iSpice, and YOU win an iSpice, and YOU win an iSpice! The only difference? Everyone was expecting a mass giveaway. And the winners don’t have to pay [...]

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12 Cookbooks Picks of 2010

December 23, 2010

I know what you’re thinking. “It’s only 2 days to Christmas and you’re posting this now?” Yup. I figure, since I’m going to be making a mad dash for gifts later today, you might be a last-minute shopper, too. So, in no particular order other than this is the way the books were piled on [...]

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Recipe: Green Bean Fries

November 23, 2010

There is something subversively satisfying about finding a fried vegetable recipe in a healthy eating book. I was thumbing through Clean Start: Inspiring You to Eat Clean and Live Well with 100 New Clean Food Recipes by Terry Walters. Hidden somewhere between the longest title on record and the index chock full of healthy tempeh, [...]

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Recipe: Ginger Orange Carrot Soup

November 15, 2010

I’m not psychic but something tells me that before the winter is over, my copy of Jeanelle Mitchell’s For the Love of Soup is going to be dog-eared, grease-splattered and a fought over. Sorry extended family, but you’ll have to get your own copy. I can’t imagine being without mine for long. I first heard [...]

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Recipe: Smoky Tomato Chickpea Soup

October 8, 2010

One of the perks for working with Cuisine Canada on the upcoming Canadian Culinary Book Awards is that you actually look forward to the planning sessions since they tend to be potluck. One of the drawbacks? Go to enough meetings and you’ll get fat. A potluck with serious foodies often means serious calories. Fortunately, there [...]

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