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Author Archives: Flavour and Savour
A New Direction and a New Blog
To all my readers, thank you for being faithful followers of this blog! I’ve loved knowing that people from all over the world have shared the activities in my kitchen. During the past few years since I began this blog, … Continue reading
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Blueberry Coconut Smoothie with Fresh Ginger
Choices. Every day I’m able to make choices about my diet, my health or my activities. One day earlier this week I considered being lazy by picking up a few packages of blueberries at my local supermarket but, thankfully, I … Continue reading
Posted in beverages, breakfast
Tagged blueberries, breakfast smoothie, coconut, coconut oil, detox, ginger, smoothie
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Garden Fresh Kale Salad
This Garden Fresh Kale Salad is easy to make, packed full of everything good for you, and uses local, readily available vegetables. It was recently brought to my attention that my recipe for Kale Salad is not on my blog. … Continue reading
Posted in gluten-free, lunch, salad dressing, salads, vegetables, vegetarian meals
Tagged balsamic, beets, carrots, kale, pumpkin seeds, raw, sunflower seeds
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Easy Zucchini Chips
With an overload of zucchini in my garden (how can something grow so fast?) I am running out of ideas for ways to use this veggie. I’ve made all my favourite recipes and have a freezer full of Zucchini Patties … Continue reading
Fresh Figs with Goat Cheese and Toasted Hazelnuts
The figs on my new fig tree are ripening so I celebrated by making this quick and easy fresh fig appetizer with goat cheese and nuts as a mid-afternoon snack. I had almost given up on my tree earlier this … Continue reading
Blueberry Cheesecake in a Jar
I’ve moved! Like what you see here? Subscribe to my new blog, Flavour and Savour and never miss a recipe. Thanks! This mini gluten-free Cheesecake in a Jar is a perfectly decandent dessert to pack for your next camping trip. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in boating or camping food, desserts, gluten-free, shot glass desserts
Tagged blueberry, cheesecake in a mason jar, glamping, gluten-free cheesecake, goat cheese cheesecake, mini blueberry cheesecake, mini Saskatoon berry cheesecake
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Seriously Good Grain-Free Brownie Bites
These little grain-free brownies are one hundred times better than those store-bought brownie bites in the brown paper bag. One hundred. And they’re gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free as well! Not only that, but they take less than five minutes to … Continue reading
Posted in cakes, desserts, gluten-free, nuts
Tagged chocolate hazelnut cupcakes, clean eating dessert, dairy-free chocolate hazelnut cupcakes, gluten-free brownie bites, gluten-free brownies, gluten-free chocolate hazelnut cupcakes, homemade brownie bites, mini dessert, refined sugar-free chocolate hazelnut cupcakes
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Summer Berry Crisp: Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free
This gluten-free berry crisp is just so good for you it could be either breakfast or dessert. Or both. Use blueberies, Saskatoon berries, strawberries or whatever berries are in season in your neck of the woods. Serve it with a … Continue reading
Posted in breakfast, desserts, gluten-free, nuts
Tagged berry crisp, blueberry crisp, clean eating dessert, dairy-free fruit crisp, gluten-free crisp, grain-free fruit crisp, Saskatoon berry crisp
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Watermelon Limeade with Cucumber and Fresh Mint
The little ones have gone home again, but the big watermelon that they couldn’t finish remains. So do the sticky pancakes-and-syrup fingerprints and tiny Playmobil people left behind (and apparently terribly missed!) under the deck chairs. The house is pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged BBQ drinks, nutritional benefit of watermelon, watermelon, watermelon lemonade, watermelon limeade, watermelon margarita, watermelon with cucumber and mint, watermelon with mint
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Fresh Green Bean and Zucchini Salad with Balsamic Dressing
If you live where I do and you have a garden, you’re likely experiencing a similar problem of “too much and all at once” with this hot and sunny weather we’re enjoying. Two short rows of green beans in our … Continue reading
Posted in salad dressing, salads, vegetables, vegetarian meals
Tagged Balsamic Dressing, balsamic vinegar dressing, cold green bean salad, green bean and zucchini salad, green bean salad, green bean salad with zucchini, raw zucchini salad, San Marzano tomatoes, tomatoes and feta, zucchini salad
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Fig and Goat Cheese Crostini
Sweet figs with a hint of orange are thinly spread over a toasted baguette and topped with fresh goat cheese and a sprinkle of chives or green onions in this, my newest “go-to” appy. I’ve made this one several times … Continue reading
Posted in appetizers, boating or camping food, breads, Christmas, finger foods, gluten-free
Tagged dried fig paste, dried figs with goat cheese, fig and cheese crostini, fig crostini, fig paste with goat cheese, gluten-free appetizer
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Asparagus-Avocado Salad with Peas and Radishes
Even though I’ve lived in this valley all my life, I never tire of its beauty. Neither, apparently, does my daughter who is on a work-away on an olive farm in Tuscany right now. The closing line of her last … Continue reading
Posted in gluten-free, lunch, salad dressing, salads, vegetables, vegetarian meals
Tagged asparagus avocado salad, asparagus salad, asparagus with radishes and peas, chive blossoms, Cowichan Valley farm produce, radish salad, sesame oil dressing, sesame rice wine vinaigrette, springtime asparagus salad
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