Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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My One Pot Wonder Pasta Dinner
It was my night to make dinner and while I love cooking, I hate all the kitchen mess that is left after cooking. So what is better than a one pot wonder pasta dinner! One pot! I used our Paderno Dutch oven for the entire meal. I began by adding a couple tablespoons of EVOO…
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Turducken 2.0
Earlier last year I had Greg the Butcher from Meat Craft put together a sort of turducken for me. It was delicious. Around the same time I saw the local grocery store, Buy Low was advertising turduckens on sale for $80. We bought and kept one of the Buy Low turduckens in the freezer ready…
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Cheese St Grill Lunch
I was out for a bicycle ride this afternoon when I saw my favourite food truck, the Cheese St Grill parked across from the Poirier Community Centre. I stopped for a sandwich and, seeing as I am a fan of the Cheese St Grill’s Facebook page, I knew about their special lunch offering – a…
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New Year’s Eve Celebrations
Not since the hype around the potential disaster of the Y2K problems and the anti-climactic rollover from 1999 to 2000 have I even bothered staying awake until midnight on New Year’s Eve. I do not make New Year resolutions and I do not join a gym or decide to get more fit (how could I…
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Recipe for Potato and Leek Soup
On my Instagram and Facebook I follow people who share pictures of interesting food. My friend Paul often posts pictures of the soups he makes from vegetables he grows in his garden so I asked him to share the recipe for his favourite potato and leek soup. This is what he sent me –…
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Best Before – The Truth
I have previously read about the arbitrary “best before” or “sell-by” dates that food producers and sellers use. When I saw this blog post about best before dates on Stumbleupon, I felt it was worth sharing here. Have a read – Often, meaningless food expiration dates can actually cause Americans [and Canadians] to throw away…
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Roasted Root Vegetables Casserole
It is now officially winter. Although the days are now getting longer, unless you live in Southern California, you are not able to get much locally grown produce (other than kale) from your garden or your green grocer. Therefore, if you want to lighten your carbon footprint, you can eat more roasted root vegetables like…
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Updated Driving Habits
Although I posted yesterday saying I would not be posting my own musings and such as often over the next few days, I have to talk about something I have discovered over the last couple of days. Over the last couple of days I have been driving more than I usually do. I have been…
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Selvedge Denim – What Is It?
Over the next few days I will be taking some time off to be with family and friends so I will not be posting as much about my adventures and such. Instead I will be sharing some really interesting readings from around the interweb. Today’s reading is about selvedge denim – just what is selvedge…
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Pizza Lunch
My favourite lunch in a hurry is pizza. The pizza from the folks at MegaBite Pizza located near the Production Way Skytrain station is a reliable source for pizza. Yesterday’s pizza were their veggie option with generous pieces of artichoke hearts. Good stuff.
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