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Green Living

How to Plant A Bee-Friendly Garden

 

  One in three bites of food that we eat depends on bees and other pollinators. Did you know that our food supply is so dependent on bees? While wasps, butterflies, birds, flies, beetles and moths also pollinate, in North America, bees are the major pollinators, responsible for 70% of […]

Green Living

How to Reduce Your Exposure to Arsenic in Rice

 

  Should you be worried about arsenic in rice? Years ago, when research findings regarding arsenic in rice became main stream I didn’t pay much attention. We weren’t big rice eaters at the time so I skimmed the headlines and moved on. But in the past year we have been […]

Cookies

Tahini Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

  Tahini Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies have that wonderful peanut butter cookie texture but are school-friendly since they’re nut-free. When I was in grade three I had one of my all-time favourite teachers. Her name was Ms. Johnson and she dressed very stylishly and drove an MG. She was also […]

Chicken & Turkey

Coq au Vin a Local Meal to Celebrate Earth Day

 

  Coq au Vin – a satisfying chicken stew – can be a local meal to celebrate Earth DayOne day last spring, as the kids and I drove out our street, we spied a mother duck and her ducklings heading down our neighbour’s driveway. It was the sweetest sight, until […]