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Mushroom Melt with Pears Sandwich

I think a quick spin through the SPC archives would reveal a few key things about me and Laura. We believe in getting kids involved in the kitchen. We believe

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A great recipe has to start with great ingredients, don’t you think? When you walk into a kitchen and someone is sautéing garlic and onion – you just know something

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Mushroom Barley Soup

Will you excuse a super short post if I tell you I’m writing it from book tour in New York? No? Yeah, you shouldn’t, it’s much less fancy than it

Fall

Roasted Butternut Squash and Sweet Pear Soup

It never fails. Every year, right around Halloween, my daughter gets a nasty case of strep throat. It’s a ton of fun. Our three days of captivity in the house

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Lisa’s Letters Home: Play Dough and Doughnuts

It’s the end of half term school break here, which means my children have been on a 7 day campaign to drive me over the edge. Everything’s booooooriiiiiiinnnnng and their

Summer

One-Pot Tomato Chicken Pasta

Some days I think I’m pretty smart. (self: You shouldn’t say that about yourself! self: I know, but, dude, it’s true!) Today, for example, I made homemade sweet potato gnocchi

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Spelt Ravioli with Cheese

I’m just going to come clean here. I’m Italian and this is the first time I made homemade pasta. I hear you over there. Can you please stop laughing? I’ve

Vegetables

Gluten Free Pumpkin Millet Muffins

Thanksgiving is my most loved holiday of the year.  Harvest, fall colours and no presents, not even a card needs to exchange hands. Just delicious food, family and friends and a

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Lisa’s Letters Home: Homemade Marshmallows

Every year, my friends and I participate in a fundraiser at our local ceramic painting shop (http://www.crazyglazy.com/squish-a-boob/). It involves putting paint on our boobs in their back room, pressing them

Fall

Pumpkin Oat Muffins with Spiced Cream Cheese Spread

I’m a very sentimental, nostalgic and overall warm and fuzzy kind of person. So if you ask me on any given day what I’m most thankful for I’ll probably get