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2025 My Kitchen Wand Calendar! Twelve months of seasonal kitchen ideas celebrating the wheel of the year. Calendars will be printed and shipped by October 31st, leaving plenty of time for Yule & Christmas gift giving plans. Cherry Coconut Chocolates – Front Cover This is an 8.5 x 11 inch stapled wall calendar. New and […]

2025 My Kitchen Wand Calendar! Twelve months of seasonal kitchen ideas celebrating the wheel of the year. Calendars will be printed and shipped by October 31st, leaving plenty of time for Yule & Christmas gift giving plans. Cherry Coconut Chocolates – Front Cover This is an 8.5 x 11 inch stapled wall calendar. New and […]

Purslane falls into that unfortunate category of plants that get ripped out when they get identified as weeds. It is, in fact a highly nutritious vegetable that can be used in all sorts of dishes, from salads to pesto, to burgers, sandwiches or a steamed side dish. Although it also has several additional, not so […]

A very simple melt and pour soy candle and some creative family time, a fun way to celebrate the harvest. The colours of Mabon tend towards warm reds, oranges, yellow, gold and brown with some green thrown in for good measure. I often think of grapes this time of year and so I personally add […]

July is Blueberry Month and the 11th is Blueberry Muffin Day so what better post than a recipe for….wait for it….Blueberry Muffins! Blueberries, through their Irish kissing cousins, the bilberry, are also associated with Lughnasadh, the first harvest festival on the Wheel of the Year. Wild bilberries would be collected by young people as they […]

Fresh violet blossoms may be a thing of the past for this year but wild violet leaves are another “Gift from the Garden”. Two years ago I dried some leaves and then let them infuse a small jar of avocado oil. The jar disappeared into the back of the “medicine”cupboard and I recently went searching […]

There are two different types of floral infused vinegars that often garner oohs and aahs due to their unusual colour, for something edible. They are wild violet blossoms and chive flowers and they will both be available soon, if they are not blooming already. Violets are available in my part of the world, depending on […]

Four ingredients, just mix and done! 2 cups almond flour 1/2 cup coconut flour 1/2 oat fiber 1 tsp. xantham gum Store in an air tight container in the fridge or freezer, depending on how much you go through. The net carbohydrate count of this total mixture is 38.3 grams or 12.8 grams per cup. […]

Bannock is a word related to many baked/fried products with hundreds of recipes from all around the world. They are much like shortbread, in that every family has their own version and nothing tastes as good as what was enjoyed growing up. In North America, bannock is generally thought of as a First Nations food. […]

With this year’s early and overly hot summer, it is a saddening experience to drive around my community and see all the plant and tree damage. I have just finished adding a sloppy manure and earth mixture under 100 feet of cedar hedges to help with nutrients and moisture and hopefully keep them strong enough […]