Holiday Recipe: Wheat-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you are allergic to wheat or you have celiac disease, or if you just plain love dessert, these chocolate chip cookies are sure to be a winner in your house. This wheat-free cookie recipe is quick and easy to make, and by substituting the oat flour with rice or quinoa flour, it … [Read more...]

Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes: Organic Cashew Golden Gravy

I never understood gravy as a child. My grandmother's gravy didn't have much flavor and was lumpy. I was always grossed out by the innards and turkey juices used to make it. Needless to say, when you make tofu turkey from scratch, as we do every year, there really aren't juices … [Read more...]

Brine: The Key to a Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey

Ever wonder why Grandma's turkey was a wee bit on the dry side? Probably because it hadn't spent the night soaking in a brine. My husbands job is to make the turkey, I am not about to wrestle with a slimy, naked, dead bird. Ew, no thanks! However, I do enjoy a slice or two of … [Read more...]

New Study: Kids Prefer Vegetables Over Candy

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/Wz4DrZ91syc&hl=en&fs=1] My daughter just asked me what her father and I were talking about. I told her we were talking about a new study that says kids like vegetables over candy. She said, "No, they don't!". A new study released by … [Read more...]

Holiday Recipes: Auntie Andy's Canadian Maple Applesauce

Okay, so here in Canada, Thanksgiving has come and gone. Our fall feast comes before Halloween, which means most of the turkey leftovers have disappeared. There is one big advantage to having Canadian Thanksgiving before the American holiday. If for whatever reason we miss … [Read more...]