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Breakfast

Poached Aloe

May 20, 2009
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We’ve all heard of the miraculous feats that Aloe Vera performs on injured or sunburned skin, but did you know that Aloe is also edible?
While you only really see it being sold as a juice in healthfood stores here, in Japan, it’s quite common to see it added to beverages and yogurt. It’s one of [...]

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Peach Passion Granola

March 13, 2009
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Like most kids, I had fantasies of being an astronaut when I grew up, but for me, the excitement wasn’t about blasting off in a rocket, it wasn’t even about the spacewalks or weightlessness. I wanted to be a astronaut so I could eat freeze dried food all day! Those shiny foil pouches of tri-coloured [...]

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Buttermilk Banana Bread

February 20, 2009
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Like chocolate chip cookies, banana bread has adherents of several schools of thought. On one hand, there are those that believe that a good banana bread should be more like a bread: dense, slightly chewy and not very sweet. On the other end of the spectrum there are those that like a sweet, moist, cake-like [...]

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No Recipes vol. 4

December 8, 2008
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It’s been a weird week. Now that I don’t have a job to go to I thought I’d have a lot more time to work on the blog, but job hunting is a lot more time consuming than you’d think. I did manage to get a new template up for the blog after the last [...]

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5 tips for making perfect crêpes (recipe for crêpes with buttered apples)

November 4, 2008
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Making light, airy, evenly browned crêpes that are just a little crisp around the edges is no harder than making pancakes (I actually think is easier). Here are 5 tips to ensure things go smoothly.
5 tips for making perfect crêpes

Refrigerate the batter for at least one hour. Gluten, a cross-linked chain of two proteins, [...]

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Cherry Vanilla Granola

October 18, 2008
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When someone says “granola” it conjures up images of a wholesome high-fiber breakfast cereal that’s widely considered healthy. The reality is that most store bought granola is loaded with sugar and fat and costs a fortune to boot.
This version uses unprocessed rolled oats, wheat germ and grade B maple syrup as the sweetener. It’s [...]

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Daring Bakers: Danish braid with spicy strawberries and Lillet

June 29, 2008
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The thought of making a laminated dough has always terrified me which is why I have a handful of bakeries I like to frequent for buttery flaky baked goods such as croissants and danish pastries. So when I logged in to check out the June Challenge, I was a bit concerned.
It’s a bit time [...]

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Cheesy fried green tomatoes

June 10, 2008
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I picked these green tomatoes up at the farmer’s market this weekend with every intention of turning them into a nice light tomato mint sorbet. Instead, I woke up Sunday morning with a hankerin’ fer some fried green ta’maters.
I guess I should have known this was going to happen when I bought them, and [...]

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