July 2010
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Guest Post: Julia's Marinated Spicy Eggplant
Today entry comes to your courtesy of my lovely friend Julia! Julia is from Ottawa originally but now lives in New Zealand with her beautiful son and husband (their story is just so romantic, but I’ll save that for me to know and you to likely not find out).
Julia is a full-time devoted Mummy and wife and somehow still finds the time to make delicious little morsels like the one...
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Cottage Bound + A Sweet No-Bake Treat!
T-Minus 24 hours until I’m out of the city for FOUR WHOLE DAYS. Do you even know how long it’s been since I left home for that long? Because I sure don’t. Between my schedule, Allan’s schedule, the dog, the two cats, trying to see family, friends… it doesn’t make it incredibly easy to be gone for too long. But this weekend is our one getaway for the whole summer...
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The Gouda Life Spotlight on Your Nutritionista! →
A big thanks to Your Nutritionista for posting this to her site! If you haven’t checked out her blog out yet - what are you waiting for? Healthy tips, good recipes, good advice and a sweet sweet lady!
Kelly, another souffle-aspiring food lover, shares her love for good ol’ meat and potatoes and pretty food (see pic below!). She writes her own food blogs at The Gouda Life and Nosh Food.
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Heat Wave Relief
Todays entry is brought to you by the letter M for MELTING! Like everything around me is melting into pools.
It’s 40 degrees in Ottawa. I’m not going to complain by saying something like.. oh…. I don’t know… it’s so hot that I can’t leave my butter out at room temp because it just melts…or ummm… I haven’t slept through the night in 4...
Extreme Makeover: Potato Edition
Sweet potatoes.
Delicious. Borderline magical (as far as nutrition goes). And just down right beautiful to look at. Sadly, every day thousands of sweet potatoes get left behind on plates around the world. Cowering in the shadows of flaky crusts, sticky sweet concoctions and deep fryer oil. Fear not spud bud… I’ve come to save you. It’s time to dust off that old reputation and...