September is the month to get back into routines…kids off to school, work schedules back on track after the summer hiatus and with that daily meal preps. Kids don’t want to eat breakfast and you are tired of the same old desk lunch of sandwich or leftovers. In steps Pat Crocker with a solution everyone […]
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A best-selling and essential smoothies guide covering their wide-ranging nutritional and health benefits with more than 200,000 copies in print. The Smoothies Bible features over 400 recipes along with advice on how to easily get your daily servings of fruits and vegetables with incredibly healthy, nutrient-dense, mineral-packed and vitamin-rich smoothie blends. Culinary herbalist and professional
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from The Smoothies Bible Perfect breakfast food for people on the run. Blueberries are in season so use them while they’re fresh! Ingredients ½ cup cranberry juice ½ cup frozen whole acai berries or acai berry pulp, partially thawed Seeds of 1 pomegranate 1 cup blueberries or cooked elderberries Directions In a blender, combine cranberry
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from The Smoothies Bible Tomatoes are bursting in our gardens at this time of year and this recipe makes the perfect grab and go lunch for people on the run. Ingredients ½ cup tomato juice or spaghetti sauce 2 tomatoes, quartered 1 apple, cored and quartered ½ cucumber, cut into chunks 1 tbsp chopped onion
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Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens by Marie Nightingale is a gem among regional cookbooks — more than just a collection of recipes, it’s a warm-hearted chronicle of Nova Scotia’s culinary and cultural heritage. First appearing in 1970, this revised edition (published in April 2012) offers 240 pages of updated recipes, a new foreword by
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from Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens The spicy aroma of bread baking in the oven provides a second good reason to try this old-fashioned apple bread. The first is, of course, its delicious flavour! Ingredients 1 cup chopped apples ½ cup chopped dates ¼ cup chopped nuts ½ cup butter 1 cup sugar 1
Now an established regional classic, Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens was first published in 1970 and became an instant hit, selling more copies than any cookbook ever published in the province. A collection of traditional Nova Scotia recipes, the book remains extremely popular today and has proven to be a practical guide as well as a
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Lindsay Wickstrom’s Book of Donair: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Halifax Food That Became Canada’s Favourite Kebab is a spirited, affectionate deep‑dive into the messy, saucy, late‑night legend that is the Halifax donair. From the opening pages, it authoritatively maps out the dish’s unlikely journey—from 1830s Ottoman doner cousins to its 1970s reinvention
from Book of Donair The book has teaser recipes including both the donair and the sauce. Here’s our version of the classic. Ingredients Meatloaf: 1 pound ground beef 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon dried oregano Sauce: 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk ½ cup white sugar ¼ cup white vinegar, or to taste To Serve: 6 large pita bread
