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My my part of the world, harvest time is in full swing. There are advantages to living on the prairies. In Southern Alberta a town called Taber makes the sweetest, juiciest corn I have ever tasted. If you have some delicious fresh corn too, try this Corn Cowder recipe I made and thoroughly enjoyed last weekend:

Saffron-Infused Corn Chowder

1 C corn (2 small cobs)
1/4 C pumpkin seeds
1/4 C extra virgin olive oil
3/4 C water
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 t sea salt
very small pinch of saffron - tiny!
1/4… Continue

My Vita-Mix arrived today. I would have had to wait until tomorrow to pick it up had my awesome friend across the way not told the mail carrier he could leave the package with her! It took me all of one minute to rip my new baby out of its packaging, give it a clean, and make a glorious green smoothie. A perfect way to end a long bike ride in the heat. Life is so good.

Some people need to learn the hard way, I guess. And it turns out I am one of those people. Two weeks ago my darling sister came home after four months of traveling, and the first week was an exciting time of late nights catching up and hearing stories of her travels across the asian continent. Our celebration also included a visit to one of our city's coolest restaurants which serves cajun food. Instead doing what was good for my body I tried out the deep fried fritters and had some cornbread w… Continue

Here is the one of my favorite recipes. It combines three most delicious components - spinach, mango, and garam masala! This is my nut-free adaptation of a Russel James recipe I happened upon on the Raw Freedom Community's stellar raw recipe section of the forum (thanks to Carmella for posting the original). If you try this out, let me know what you think! Enjoy!

Spinach Masala
250 g spinach
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 pinch salt
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 cup diced mango
1/2 cup raisins
2 teaspoons… Continue

I am ready for it in many ways. I had such a great time putting a meal together, complete with cauliflower taters in raddicio leaves, sunflower and pumpkin seed stuffing loaded with fresh herbs, and marinated kale. I made chocolate blueberry squares and gingerbread. The food prep is the easy part. The challenge going into the holiday is not sharing food with my family at the table, fielding questions about my dietary choices, and resisting the temptation just to eat like everybody else. My goal… Continue