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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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turkey & apple meatloaf

christinajbartlett — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 21:39:36 +0000

A simple low fat, high protein meatloaf that tastes OUTSTANDING. Turkey and apple make for an excellent flavour combination, with the apple providing sweetness and ensuring moist meat. Being a bit of a meatloaf hater, this one definitely swayed me. It’s a simple, tasty solution to transporting flavour-packed protein to work for lunch – I […]

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lemon crinkle cookies

christinajbartlett — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:24:34 +0000

Crinkle cookies. They’re quite a thing on the blog world, especially around this time of year where cookie tins are being stuffed full as groups of women (I stereotype – do men do cookie exchanges?) gather to share and swap their favourite Christmas cookie. Soft on the inside with a crisp outer, crinkle cookies are […]

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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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pomegranate white chocolate pistachio cookies

christinajbartlett — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 21:08:49 +0000

It’s almost time to think about Christmas. The neighbourhood we are living in has fully embraced the season, with late night festive shopping and decorations on the main street. Last night we bundled up and strolled down the snowlined street in Inglewood, where the local stores served wine and Christmas chocolates and displayed their Christmas […]

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carrot cake cookie-wiches

christinajbartlett — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 03:47:39 +0000

Let me tell you about Soma Cafe, the space in which I currently spend my workweek. I’ve been doing this cafe for close to 2 months now. The rose tinted glasses have gone, but it still brings great satisfaction. Cooking and baking in my own space with good background music – just like in my […]

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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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carrot & oat cookies

christinajbartlett — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 05:18:28 +0000

The true cold of the northern winter was embraced by Norman Wells last week. Outside, with the wind chill, it was -50˚C. We joked about such temperatures before we moved here! And we laughed. We even laughed about the idea of losing gas heating during an extreme temperature drop, and having to be evacuated. Imagine […]

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apricot {chickpea} energy bars

christinajbartlett — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:46:48 +0000

The main ingredient in these bars is the humble (and perhaps overused on this blog) chickpea. Mashed chickpeas, with a spice or two. Not too dissimilar from hummus.. We’ll call them hummus energy bars shall we? These are vegan. Not so much for anti-egg-eating reasons, but because they aren’t cooked. So we replace the eggs […]

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ginger crunch

christinajbartlett — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:16:08 +0000

Christmas has taken up residence in our humble abode. In the form of lights, snowflakes and crocheted stocking Advent ornaments (filled with chocolate treats for each day until Christmas). The warmth inside is a stark contrast to the extreme temperature outside, as are the colours – the red, greens, golds reflecting off the bright white […]

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