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rustic skillet eggs in butter beans

christinajbartlett — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 23:14:11 +0000

Because our weekends rarely overlap, brunches or special breakfasts are not common in our home. However, we do love a good breakfast-for-dinner when opportunity arises! Gently poached eggs lay in a bed of rich tomato stew with butter beans, kalamata olives and herbs. Skillet Eggs in Rustic Tomato Sauce with Beans Recipe from The Eat […]

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sourdough crumpets with whipped blueberry butter

christinajbartlett — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 04:37:33 +0000

Of the many fond childhood memories I carry, that which I often reflect on is afternoon tea time. Afternoon tea in New Zealand (and I suppose the UK too) is a meal. It’s a 3 o’clock sit down, with a tea for the adults and an afternoon school ‘snack’ (as they call it here) for […]

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banana oatmeal cookies

christinajbartlett — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:07:58 +0000

It’s been a jungle of change for us recently. Over the last few months we have packed up our lives, moved city, travelled to New Zealand (me), lived in a hotel for 6 weeks straight (Jesse), started new jobs, set up home from nothing, found new friends, attended (far too many) new churches, got new […]

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super green smoothie

christinajbartlett — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 04:37:54 +0000

I have the fortune of working for an organisation that values wellbeing. Not only is my role to love and serve some of the neediest in our community and aid them in their employment, but through the organisation my health concerns are also well taken care of. Each morning on arrival at work I beeline […]

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blueberry & orange ricotta french toast

christinajbartlett — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 00:32:51 +0000

In terms of restaurants, Calgary is full of some real charms. Last weekend we spent an evening on 17th Avenue – the trendy street lined with top notch restaurants and yuppie bars. We faked it pretty good – dressing up in style and pretending to be the young professional business couple we are not. Despite […]

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mashed banana pancakes

christinajbartlett — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 04:50:49 +0000

Because a weekday morning is as good as any to enjoy a decadent breakfast. Pancakes – as if any more recipes are needed on this pancake-flooded web. But I can’t resist recommending this for the most fluffy, airy and naturally sweet pancakes: mash banana into the pancake batter. That’s all. I have mashed banana into […]

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applesauce & flax dutch baby

christinajbartlett — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 22:16:15 +0000

The traditional Dutch Baby takes the hard work out of pancake breakfasts. One giant pancake is baked in a skillet, saving the pouring, flipping, transferring, keeping-warm that makes up the usual pancake fiasco. The best part? The apples which are sauteed in the skillet before pouring over the batter and shoving into the oven, resulting […]

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maple wholewheat pumpkin bread

christinajbartlett — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:06:02 +0000

I’m milking pumpkin season for all it’s worth. You see, us New Zealanders don’t bake with pumpkin. This pumpkin-mad season is all quite foreign, quite exotic, and altogether quite fun. Also uncommon in New Zealand is pumpkin carving. With Halloween barely celebrated (compared to North America anyway) and giant orange pumpkins near impossible to find, […]

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wholewheat red beet waffles

christinajbartlett — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 05:33:55 +0000

It was a choir of birdsong that woke me from a deep slumber this morning. Ah, vacation in New Zealand. There is no doubt that living in a Northern community in Canada has made me more appreciative of the little things. But I never expected to miss New Zealand’s birds so much. The ravens of […]

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grilled banana crumble

christinajbartlett — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 05:02:13 +0000

A crumble that is simple and delightful. Packed with nutritious, hearty ingredients (nuts, seeds, coconut, honey, bananas) and void of refined sugar, dairy and grains, this makes for an indulgent afternoon pick-me-up, a healthful dessert or, heck, even breakfast. I spent most of this week in Dunedin (south New Zealand) with my best-friend-since-childhood Phoebe, exploring, […]

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