Holiday Tofu Roast
Recently I was inspired to bake and take the "Thanksgiving Tofu Roast" (from a favourite cookbook of mine, Alicia Silverstone's "The Kind Diet") to my family's Christmas dinner. Comments from game to try something new, meat-eating members of my family were favourable,...
Recent Breakfast: Overnight Oatmeal: Eating In
"Too busy to cook breakfast? Wake up to breakfast ready and waiting." On page 33 of the "Student's Vegetarian Cookbook", Prima Publishing, Carole Raymond, is one of many "quick, easy, cheap, and tasty Vegetarian recipes." I have eaten and enjoyed this particular...
Plant Based Productions: Saucy, say Hello to lower fat Salads: My Journey
I was at the Mighty Kiwi recently for a rejuvenating Chakra Yoga class with Instructor, Kerry Holmes. With the class, I was also treated to a complimentary Berry Tea Lemonade and a complimentary, beautiful Chakra bracelet by Just Bead It! Owner & Handmaker,...
Successfully Navigating through Treacherous Waters
This poem speaks for itself! Savoury Showdown I saunter into the store in search of a newspaper The starchy thinweights are waiting for me They swagger into view, sock me right between the saliva glands punch me in the tastebuds, stick it to me with visions...
First-Class all the Way
Recently I attended the It’s Her Biz Spring Expo in Selkirk at the Canalta Hotel. The presentations of the businesswomen were polished and professional. It was all first-class! From the Glow Fitness, strawberry infused spa water and the exotic red tea of...
Thriving: Thursday
We always had plants growing throughout my childhood home. The smaller plants seemed to practically maintain themselves due to our mother’s knack for caring for living and growing things. It was the larger (tropical sort of plants) looming in the Living...
Wishy, Washy (Not!) Wednesday
When my mother decided it was spring cleaning time (i.e. time to wash a seemingly endless supply of windows from the Old Tuxedo, Winnipeg home in which I grew up with my family, there was absolutely no trace of indecision, no wishy, washiness in her. She...
Time for ?: Tuesday
Prepping for a journey (sizeable or not) can be a daunting, overwhelming task. Sometimes it’s just a matter of taking that first step toward your goal or project. Once you have started, further steps toward your project or goal are often easier to focus...
Mapping the Expedition: Monday
My parents, Dr. E. C. Shaw and Mrs. Margaret Shaw, siblings (three sisters and a brother), and I have spent years in the company of an Arctic explorer, Captain William Kennedy, his wife, Eleanor (nee Cripps), their daughter, Mary, and their son, William....