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buckwheat & rye scones

christinajbartlett — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 03:16:55 +0000

Of our many items in storage in NZ, it’s my cookbooks I most miss. Cookbooks carry so many memories – the dinners Jesse and I would bake during our first year of marriage straight from Jamie Oliver’s 30 Minute Meals, the revitalizing meals Mum and I would make for one another from The Detox Cookbook, […]

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Pecan Bars {PALEO}

christinajbartlett — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 03:49:44 +0000

Recently I set up a little morning tea booth at our church. There are some NZ traditions we just cannot drop. We love our church and everything it does, however we didn’t like the weak filter coffee, styrofoam cups and store-bought tea biscuits tucked away in the back of the room that was the original […]

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cinnamon chai bundt cake

christinajbartlett — Fri, 16 May 2014 04:13:19 +0000

I’ve been flicking through the pages of the latest Little & Friday Cookbook, themed Celebrations and full of wonderful, celebratory recipes for a host of occasions. And every time I bookmark yet another recipe that needs to be tested, ie that I am dying to taste. Chocolate Beetroot Salted Caramel Cake for a Chocolate 21st, […]

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chocolate chia energy balls

christinajbartlett — Sun, 05 May 2013 16:36:02 +0000

Norman Wells has been home to us a year now. This day, one year ago, we flew overhead the tiny town, landed on snow and stepped out into a blizzard. What better way to celebrate a year in Norman Wells with another blizzard, two weeks spent apart from Jesse, and a daunting feeling of homesickness. […]

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yoghurt & granola parfait

christinajbartlett — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 01:40:01 +0000

We grew up calling it muesli. Which is the accurate name for the raw oaty mix found in our breakfast bowl every morning, commonly found in health stores. The toasted, sweetened cereal that is more common on the supermarket shelf is indeed more accurately called, as they say in North America, granola. “Muesli was created […]

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aurora borealis & banoffee pie

christinajbartlett — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:58:01 +0000

I was informed late yesterday that it was Pi day, 3.14, being the 14th of March. So we made pie, with a twist. No butter, no pastry, no chocolate and no wheat flour (boring huh!). Just the raw flavours of banoffee, banana and toffee, made from hearty, whole ingredients. Jesse created a variation on caramel […]

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the homemade lara bar

christinajbartlett — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:57:22 +0000

You may or may not be familiar with the Lara Bar. They’re not big in New Zealand; dare I say they don’t actually exist there. But they are everywhere here in North America – in the food blog and nutrition world at least. LÄRABAR® is a delicious blend of unsweetened fruits, nuts and spices. Made […]

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{raw cashew} lemon & raspberry cheesecake

christinajbartlett — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:07:59 +0000

And it’s that time of the month again – another long weekend! Yep – one a month here. This country is pretty good! Can you believe the next long weekend will be Thanksgiving? We’ve almost been here 6 months. Oh how it has flown by. This weekend I will be: Creating nutritious treats, like this […]

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triple decker peanut butter squares

christinajbartlett — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:15:44 +0000

Protein. How much do you get a day? And how much do you really need? Since moving somewhere slightly isolated where decent food is difficult to source (in particular fruits, vegetables and good quality meat) and one’s psychological state must be well cared for (oh the stories of mid-winter depression!), I have become hugely aware […]

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adventure & energy bars

christinajbartlett — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:24:17 +0000

I ate lunch on the deck today. That’s a big deal. If you had told me a year ago (in the comfort of my little NZ, student lifestyle) that I would soon be sitting in the deck of a trailer home, North of 60˚ on the opposite hemisphere, lunching on local tomatoes and homegrown basil […]

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