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Van Waffle

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Category: food

Enjoying benefits of a food dehydrator

Posted on September 10, 2013September 9, 2013 by Van Waffle

  I have been busy dehydrating peaches and watermelon. It is a new experiment and one I am enjoying. I wanted a food…

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Sorrel and oxalic acid

Posted on May 25, 2013May 25, 2013 by Van Waffle

As a teenager I learned about sorrel and decided to grow it from the Sunset book How to Grow Herbs (1972). It says…

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Daily salad is a healthy pleasure

Posted on February 19, 2013February 20, 2013 by Van Waffle

I am pleased to report success in establishing a daily salad habit. I started once a week in early January and kept adding…

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Make a healthy salad habit

Posted on January 8, 2013January 8, 2013 by Van Waffle

Call it a New Year’s resolution if you will. I prefer to think in terms of strategies, and my strategy is to make…

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Photovember 30

Posted on November 30, 2012November 30, 2012 by Van Waffle

Yesterday was my love’s birthday. I made him key lime cheesecake with coconut crust. It was delicious.

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Baked lobster tails with lemon garlic butter (Photovember 19)

Posted on November 19, 2012November 17, 2012 by Van Waffle

Lobster tails do not fit in an Ontario locavore’s diet, but they’re one of my favourite foods. Zehrs had lobster tails on sale…

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Photovember 6

Posted on November 6, 2012November 5, 2012 by Van Waffle

One of my favourite treats is to eat at Wsushi in Guelph.

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Local food needs less act, more action

Posted on October 13, 2012October 12, 2012 by Van Waffle

This month the Ontario Government presented the draft of a Promoting Local Food Act. Farmers need legislative support, but so far the new…

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Cooking up a calm

Posted on October 2, 2012October 2, 2012 by Van Waffle

I can always tell when something is hanging over my head because I lose interest in the kitchen. Pickling cucumbers rot in the…

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Vegetarian lasagna for baby Gilda

Posted on August 23, 2012August 29, 2012 by Van Waffle

Obviously newborn babies do not eat lasagna, but this is a story about love and community, so bear with me. Earlier in the…

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