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Figs – my favorite food is in season!

Sep 13, 2010 | Busy Life and Travel Tips, Dairy Free, Energy Food, Fruit, Gluten Free, Healthy Fast Food, Healthy Living and Tips, Healthy Yummy Kids, Kids and Food, Nutrient Dense, Raw Food, Recipes

Of all the foods in the world fresh Figs are my favorite! For the past month, I have been in Fig heaven because they are so abundant, available and reasonably priced. If you are already a Fresh Fig lover: I want you to know that they’re in season. Trader...

Tomato Cucumber Salad with 1-2-3 Dressing!

Sep 7, 2010 | Busy Life and Travel Tips, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Healthy Fast Food, Healthy Living and Tips, Healthy Yummy Kids, Kids and Food, Raw Food, Recipes, Salads

My friends Lisa and Isabel making Tomato-Cucumber Salad. One of my favorite things when we were camping this summer was preparing meals outdoors with friends. At our last campsite of the summer, in the Adirondacks, my friends Lisa and Isabel made a wonderfully simple...

Farmer’s Market Finds

Sep 2, 2010 | Busy Life and Travel Tips, Fruit, Healthy Fast Food, Healthy Living and Tips, Healthy Yummy Kids, Kids and Food, Raw Food, Recommended Books, Products, and Services

I love Farmer’s Markets! Here’s what’s going on right now at a few Farmer’s Markets I’ve recently visited: In Orangeville, Ontario (above, in front of The Whole Village Farm stand) and in Davis Sq, Somerville, MA there are Ground...

Raw Blueberry Cream Pie

Aug 19, 2010 | Berries, Busy Life and Travel Tips, Dairy Free, Energy Food, Fruit, Gluten Free, Healthy Fast Food, Healthy Living and Tips, Nutrient Dense, Raw Food, Recipes

Blueberry season makes me happy! This summer I kicked off the season with some great Blueberry picking. Then I traveled through Blueberry country: first through Maine (the world’s largest low bush blueberry producer); and then through Oxford, Nova Scotia (the...

Healthy Vegetarian Camping Food

Aug 15, 2010 | Berries, Busy Life and Travel Tips, Healthy Fast Food, Healthy Living and Tips, Healthy Yummy Kids, Kids and Food, Recipes

I am just settling back from a 10 day camping trip with my family and dear friends. We journeyed by car through New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec, camping all the way. We saw some spectacular spots! One of our favorites was Tadoussac...

Blueberry Season! – Picking and Freezing

Jul 19, 2010 | Berries, Dairy Free, Fruit, Gluten Free, Healthy Fast Food, Healthy Living and Tips, Healthy Yummy Kids, Kids and Food, Nutrient Dense, Raw Food

Next to perfectly ripe, fresh figs, blueberries are my favorite food. And, I have to admit, blueberries in large quantities are even better. I know, I know: “be present with each bite, eat consciously, chew fully and you won’t need as much” (as I...