One-dish harvest stovetop recipeThis is one of those great recipes that I made up on the spur of the moment to use up ingredients I had on hand. Hope you like it. A great way to use up Thanksgiving leftovers. 1 medium cooking apple (use golden delicious if you have to. Or [...]

Kitchen Tip #1 – time-saving onionsTo make onions easy to deal with (and take advantage of sales, especially on specialty onions like vidalias), chop several onions at once, then freeze for later use. Do the same with carrots, broccoli, and other like veggies.
Thanks to xandert and Morguefile for the photo.

The Garden Club and the Kumquat Campaign by Des KennedyThis is one of those perfect stories that I just couldn’t quit reading and was very sad to finally put down. Des Kennedy is a resident of Denman Island in the Georgia Strait of British Columbia, Canada, which I have had the recent pleasure of enjoying. [...]

Food and Healing by Annemarie ColbinThis is a thought-provoking book about how our diet affects our daily life from emotional, physical and spiritual perspectives. I found a lot of myself in Annemarie. She was Dutch but lived in South America for most of her childhood and adolescence. Then she moved to America. She was married [...]

Scissors in the KitchenWhen you think of kitchen gadgets, you probably don’t think about scissors. But they are a helpful tool! Most of us probably use scissors to open packaged foods, onion bags, mixes, etc. But you can also use scissors to easily snip herbs, chives, and green onions into small pieces. You can quickly [...]

Laurel’s Kitchen by Laurel Robertson, Carol Flinders, and Brian RuppenthalI’ve seen that there is a “The New Laurel’s Kitchen” now, but I’m not familiar with it. This is for the original. Having spent time with a vegetarian family (we were provided food, but no meat, and I had to cook), I got a lot of [...]

J.A.S.O.N. Aloe Vera 98%, Moisturizing GelThis is a product I picked up at one of the free stores in the Gulf Islands in British Columbia. My husband has been using it more than me, but in the last couple days my regular lotion ran out. I’m usually not too crazy about aloe vera gel. It’s [...]

Goddess MoonsOK, this is a post for girls. Guys, you may want to skip this one, although it is interesting.
Girls (women) you are familiar with the choices out there for your monthly period. Tampons, and pads, right? Tampons can be uncomfortable, and can give you toxic shock syndrome. Pads can be bulky, may leak, are [...]

Totally Vegan Mud Pie CakeMmmm… chocolate cake! No eggs, no butter, no milk. Completely delicious, and easy!
I found this recipe at a cabin I stayed at recently in Canada. Our hosts were vegetarian, and I did have a bit of milk and eggs, but we were pretty limited. On this particular night, I was out [...]