Category: Family Traditions
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Baking with Achilles: Pistachio Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
Late on Saturday night, Achilles and I set out to try one of the cookie recipes from Better Homes & Gardens Christmas Cookies issue. Achilles is my youngest son who has a learning exceptionality that is challenging for some main stream classroom teachers to manage. After several years of struggling to keep up with the…
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The Herrera’s Superior Adventure
youtube.com/watch Come with us as we trek up to Thunder Bay, Ontario and see the superior wonder of Northern Ontario.
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Unpacking a Surprise Christmas Gift
Last Christmas, I received an edible gift from my soul sister An ne Fairbrother who lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
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Easter Beef Roulade
Every Easter it is a Greek tradition to eat lamb and usually roasted on a spit. Those who have a large number lamb eaters in the family and have the space to roast a whole lamb on the soulva partake in the tradition. Those families that are an anomaly will roast a portion of a…
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Remembering Summer
We are well into September now and it looks like we’ll be having a proper Autumn after all in Toronto. The days are getting shorter, the air is getting cooler and the leaves are already changing colour. Autumn is definitely in the air. As I look through my food photos of the summer I am…
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Potato Tomato Salad
Every spring my parents experiment with their vegetable garden by adding a new vegetable to their existing edible staples. Last year, they tried growing kale, potatoes and different varieties of tomatoes. The kale and the yellow cherry tomatoes did surprisingly well but the potatoes did not. This year, my parents replanted the kale and yellow…
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Summer is not over yet
It may not seem like it today in the GTA with all this overcast and rain, but summer is not over yet. My parents vegetable garden is still going strong with produce such as yellow beans and tomatoes. There is nothing better than slicing into an organic tomato. The flavour is that much more intense…