Vegebeanarian Chili
This is the biggest and best chili I've had the pleasure to make. Okay, the first time, I just opened cans of beans, but that was because I didn't have time or the pressure cooker to cook beans from...
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Nutmeg Logs
This recipe is here in memory of Joan, my mother-in-law, who passed away this last May. Joan was always asked by Mark, Jean, Ellen and Kimberley to make these cookies at Christmas time. So they became a...
Aush or Osh?
By way of an explanation, when I was in Mission, BC, last January, my new friend Sabina, gave me the recipe for this wonderful Persian soup. We didn't get an opportunity to make the soup together so the...
Yum!
Tofu Sesame Snacks from Planet Organic Market Cookbook 1 pkg extra-firm tofu 3 tbsp Bragg Liquid Aminos 3 tbsp Toasted sesame oil 3 tbsp Sesame seeds 1 tsp Cumin, ground 1/2 tsp...
Moving South
So we retired from our work and have left Yukon, perhaps sadly, perhaps not. As I sat listening to David Suzuki on the TV in our hotel in Dawson Creek as we travelled south, I'm sure we have made the...
Christmas, New Year and beyond
We enjoyed a lovely time with Chris and Geneva this Christmas. Not only did Lawrie get to meet Chris's love of his life, but we got to know her as well. Chris proposed to Geneva on Christmas eve, and we...
Thanks!
We have so very much to be thankful for. One day a year to 'celebrate' seems all wrong when on a daily basis there are many things to be grateful for. Good friends, family, jobs that pay great wages...
Day Two and Three
Ohhh, it has been cold here. Unfortunately the long track speed skating is an outside sport here and we woke up to a chilly -37.5 on our thermometre. We thought the event wouldn't happen, but it...
Canada Winter Games 2007 are here!
Whitehorse is the location for the games and we've been preparing for this important (depending on your viewpoint) event for quite a few years ... and here it is. The majority of the athletes for the...
The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Michael Pollan has a great sense of humour and knows how to ponder a problem properly ... from all sides. We mostly don't stop and think about stuff to any depth or conclusion and I think we would be the...
Weekend away
"We don't accomplish anything in this world alone ... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates...