When I was strawberry picking at The Ridge last summer (a story for a separate Retro-Blog post, no doubt), Alexis’ Mother-in-law made us an amazing vegetarian dinner. Aletta is so thoughtful, she had a stack of Alexis’ old Vegetarian Times magazines, and had picked out Caponata Stew and Hummus Cakes to make. There was also homemade bread, apricot chutney, homemade......

There is just no way to eat Mexican on this Elimination Challenge. All of the toppings that matter for tacos, fajitas, and enchiladas are strictly verboten – no cheese, no sour cream, no salsa. Hell, you can’t even have tortillas, corn or flour. But! Avocados are okay! I remembered I had bookmarked this Avocado Salad......

  Is it weird that I only own nine cookbooks? And that four of those are really ‘bake’ books (two Sugar books, Wanda’s Pie in the Sky book and the Baked NYC book)? So when I say that as part of my Elimination Challenge prep, I looked through my cookbooks to find some acceptable (or at least......

Updated with a new picture November 2, 2014 Here’s my first Elimination Challenge Dinner! I have wanted to try this for the longest time, after Nicole made it and raved about it last year. I was able to make the recipe as is, without any substitutions, and it was absolutely amazing. You roast diced butternut......

I spent most of last week preparing for my Elimination Challenge by eating the food I had in the kitchen that I wouldn’t be able to eat during the Challenge (i.e. bananas, tomatoes, potatoes).  I also looked through my cookbooks and on my favourite blogs for recipes that meet the requirements – turns out there are tons. My major......

So my Chief Medical Officer/Naturopath/BFF (the amazing Aoife), has recommended that I do an Elimination Diet (I prefer to call it a Challenge, you’ll see why in a minute). It’s going to help me identify my food sensitivities, something I’ve been curious about for a while. I don’t think I have any overt allergies, but there may......

After dropping off the Oat & Apple Crumble Topped Muffins to Lydia & Andrew last weekend, I got this text from Lyd on Monday: “Thx for my muffins! I’m having two a day!” Success! I wanted to make something else this weekend, in the all important category to new moms: Things I Can Eat With......

Last May Mom & Dad had their 40th Anniversary! Instead of taking them out to dinner, I decided to update their wedding dinner to celebrate. It turns out that my Mom’s Mom (Grammy) and two sisters (Aunt Joan & Aunt Judy) actually prepared the wedding dinner for all the guests. My Mom said it was called a......

The Golden Globe Awards are my version of Superbowl Sunday. They are clearly the best awards show because they cover movies and TV shows, and you have a lot of  drunk celebs in attendance (“Who’s Natalie?!?!”). Kristine, Nicole and I have been watching together for the past few years, because it’s no fun to yell at the TV......

  I thought I was going to start off with a series of Retro-blogs, but I made these muffins this morning and they are too good not to write about. If you have any Apple Crisp fans in your life (…ahem, Kristine…) they will love these muffins, which are filled with chunks of diced apple......