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peanut butter and PB-carrot sandwiches
Today was one of those drifty days. I felt a pervasive lack of direction, the clouds of limbo thickening around me. Today was a day I ached to be too busy, and then chided myself for this wish. I made...
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steel yourself for winter
Summer day after summer day at our family cottage, us kids would wake at 6 am to our grandfather’s porridge. He’d put it on the old stove long before then, and retreated to the forest to chop wood or...
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muffin mondays: mom’s pumpkin quinoa muffins
This post begins a fall series on that best-loved of breakfast foods: The muffin. I am honored to present this inaugural guest post by my mother, Sheri Ward, who inspired the idea to devote my Mondays...
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muffin mondays: emily’s spiced carrot-date muffins with cashews
Happy Monday readers! I’m Emily Cobb, author of art and lifestyle blog “emily’s eye.” It is quite the honor to be your Muffin Monday contributor for I must admit, I am not a professional baker or cook....
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muffin mondays: kim’s chocolate oatmeal peanut butter muffins
This week on Muffin Mondays, Kim touches on one of the reasons I love muffins so much. When she calls her creation “a bit healthier than your standard brownie,” she shows how muffins balance health and...
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muffin mondays: kris’s no-bake chocolate chip bran muffins
This week, Kris from Married to Chocolate brings her special chocolatey touch to mornings. Kris also specializes in l0w-maintenance: these muffins are almost no-bake, and come together as fast as...
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muffin mondays: meghan’s sweet potato bran muffins
For this week’s Muffin Monday, I’m happy to introduce someone very special to me. Meet my cousin, friend, and fellow wordsmith, Meghan J. Ward, of Banff, Alberta. Megan is a freelancer writer on health...
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oatmeal bars
Things are pretty dismal in my kitchen these days. I’m down to kimchi, eggs, and staples—each of them honorable in their own right, but difficult things to build a meal on. I’ve been content to...
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healthy winter granola
Many of you loyal readers of this blog already enjoy granola à la Jen; that simple, throw-together-whatever-you’ve-got bowl of nuts, seeds, and grains that turns mornings into moments. I call it...
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bircher muesli
When it comes to food, I probably have fewer “mainstays” than most people. Sure, I have my favorites, but you’re more likely to find me whipping up a one-time-only creation from the scraps in my...
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