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Double chocolate & coconut granola

July 19, 2011

It has been ten weeks and six days since my surgery. For nine and half of those weeks I’ve been on crutches, which is nine and a half weeks too long to be on crutches. When I say that I’m over this whole crutches cooped up inside thing what I really mean is that [...]

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We could learn a lot from our mothers

July 8, 2011

As someone who works in the food industry I more often than not hear people saying that they are too intimidated to cook for me. Seeing as my favourite comfort food is a jacket (baked) potato with Heinz baked beans and grated cheese, I really don’t see what anyone has to fear. Then again, the [...]

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I’m not cooking, cupcake!

June 22, 2011

The thing about cooking on one leg is that it’s incredibly awkward and bloody difficult. I never thought that legs were an important factor involved in cooking but it turns out- they are. Being able to stand on only one of them means that by the time you’ve gotten all the ingredients out to make [...]

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Reflecting on the positives

June 14, 2011

I am no longer expected to wash dishes or unload the dishwasher My husband brings me a cup of tea in bed every morning and makes me breakfast Doors are opened for me I’m allowed to use the old ladies chair to lower me into in the swimming pool I no longer take the subway [...]

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How I lost my appetite…then got it back again

June 3, 2011

Normally when I’ve disappeared for a while I come back with a predictable list of excuses – that I’ve been too busy to cook, too busy to write- to communicate. In the past 5 weeks I’ve been doing nothing and everything all at the same time. Everything to make my leg heal. There hasn’t been [...]

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Lavender shortbread cookies

April 28, 2011

You know that you’ve been lame on the blogging front when you forget your own Login details. Yup, that was me a this morning- I had to scour emails from my web designer to jolt my memory. Today a mention on the amazing Food 52 website was like a giant kick up the backside to [...]

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Tender Pancakes

February 24, 2011

I’m coming off of a bit of a high. The kind you only get after a weekend surprising one of your oldest and dearest friends (20 years to be exact) at their bachelorette party in Breckenridge, Colorado. I only had to keep the secret for forty-eight hours but it was one of the hardest things [...]

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Brussels Sprouts, lemon & pecorino crostini

February 3, 2011

I have never been on the fence about brussels sprouts. Not like fennel, asparagus or greens (all of which I now consume in vast quantities). For years I ate them boiled half to death and thought them marvelous. I ate them on their own, as a side to a roast chicken, bathing in gravy and [...]

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Pine nut & thyme sausage rolls

January 20, 2011

My Auntie Nicky is a Super-woman. My Granny used to tell me that she was Super-gran and could fly up the stairs and although my Auntie Nicky has never made similar fantastical claims, I’ll bet she can do this too. She has more energy than is normal for a mere human. She gets more jobs [...]

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Dinner Party Etiquette

January 12, 2011

I’m hosting a dinner party for twelve guests this weekend and just writing it brings a flurry of butterflies to my stomach. Of course, I’m the host so I ought to try to enjoy the experience…it is to celebrate my 28th birthday after all. And I do…enjoy it, that is- but the week before is [...]