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Recipes

Making fresh bread at home with the kids

Whole wheat Focaccia bread with rosemary I like to make bread at home on the weekends. This recipe is straight forward for home baking and a nice introduction to bread making. Getting the kids...

Spanish style clams with sherry, garlic and parsley

Serve as an appy or toss with pasta for a full meal
Vietnamese inspired calamari salad with mint and mango

Vietnamese inspired calamari salad with mint and mango

Fresh mint ups the flavour content while chile sweet and sour dressing gets a kick from the chili

Portuguese octopus stew with chickpeas, chorizo and eggplant

Portuguese octopus stew with chickpeas, chorizo and eggplant This recipe is packed full of vibrant tastes and colours, the key to the octopus is the long slow cooking which will develop flavour and...

Better than a New Year's resolution: a holiday recipe for wholeness

You can’t make gingerbread with only ginger. A New Year’s resolution based on willpower alone is a like a single ingredient cake recipe — not very tasty. To create lasting change that transforms your...
Thanksgiving healthy eating with brussel sprouts

How to make brussels sprouts taste good this Thanksgiving

Brussels sprouts have built up a bad reputation, but here are a few ideas on how to dress them up for Thanksgiving and make them taste delicious.

Decadent mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner

Decadent mashed potatoes, just in time for Thanksgiving dinner.

Thanksgiving recipe: Gluten-free cornbread

A delicious cornbread for those with gluten allergies, just in time for Thanksgiving.
Butternut Squash and Goat Cheese Ravioli with Brown Butter Hazelnut Sauce

Butternut Squash and Goat Cheese Ravioli with Brown Butter Hazelnut Sauce

Butternut Squash and Goat Cheese Ravioli with Brown Butter Hazelnut Sauce by Heidi Scheifley Need a quick, throw-together meal for a weeknight dinner? Well, this isn’t it! This meal calls for an...

Asteroid apocalypse tomato soup

If you lose sleep wondering what you will ever do for soup after the end of civilization, worry no more. This soup is a nice, basic recipe that pairs well with any cataclysm.