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Toilet training update - Lily is dry during the day

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:18:00 +0000

Some of you may remember me telling you about our adventures toilet training Lily last year. Well, I got some great advice in the comments of that post, and decided to put Lily back in nappies for a while, until she really truly came around to the idea of potty training. It was frustrating at...

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How to make a simple patchwork quilt

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:27:00 +0000

This is an older post I thought some of you might like to see again, since I've updated it with the completed second quilt for Sophie, plus a few other tips I've picked up along the way. A few days before Lily's first birthday, I decided to make her a quilt as her present. I'm spontaneous like...

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Sally Fallon Morell speaking in New Zealand

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:35:00 +0000

Exciting news, New Zealand! Sally Fallon Morell, author of Nourishing Traditions and founding president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, is coming here next month to speak about nourishing traditional diets. She's going to give three hour presentations in Invercargill, Christchurch,...

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Basil pesto recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:05:00 +0000

I love basil. That heady scent whisks me right back to my French honeymoon, where Paul and I ate basil, mozarella and tomato salads with most meals. J'adore le basilic. Dining on a basil-infused dinner in Paris. And it helps me remember the magical lunch I ate with Paul, overlooking a...

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Fresh reviews - Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS)

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:17:00 +0000

Ever since I stumbled into the world of read food, I've been hearing about GAPS, or Gut and Psychology Syndrome. It's a book by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride MD, MMedSci (neurology), MMedSci (nutrition), and it is astounding. I requested my local library order a copy, and finished it a couple of...

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Strawberry ice-cream recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:53:00 +0000

Here's a refreshing strawberry ice-cream recipe you can make at home, without an ice-cream maker. I'm sure it would work with an ice-cream maker too, I just don't have one so can't test that for you. I've been having fun playing around with different combinations of ingredients this past month,...

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Valentine's Day Progressive Dinner Party! Sweet indulgence.

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:22:00 +0000

Nourished Living Network's Progressive Valentine's Day Dinner Party wraps up today with a selection of decadent desserts. Adrienne at Whole New Mom shares her Almond Joy Bars and Chocolate Coconut Macadamia Cookies. Debbie at Easy Natural Food offers her Apple and...

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Valentine's Day Progressive Dinner Party! HEARTwarming Mains and Sides.

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:08:00 +0000

It's day 4 of the Nourished Living Network's Progressive Valentine's Day dinner. We've already shared with you our ideas for tasty Party Drinks, Breakfasts, Soups and Appetisers to spoil your special someone. Now it's time to get serious with Mains and Sides. Let's start with side...

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Valentine's Day Progressive Dinner Party! Soup and Appetizer Recipes

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:04:00 +0000

Valentine's Day doesn't have to be about spending money on throw-away heart-themed gifts. You've heard the saying, the best way to someone's heart is through their stomach. We at Nourished Living Network are taking that literally this year, providing you with lots of ideas for a day of...

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Fall in love with Queso - a flavour infused cheesy dip recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:54:00 +0000

It's Valentine's Day soon, and for some of you that means fine dining at a restaurant. For others of us (with kids and no babysitter), it means cooking a sumptuous feast for our loved ones right at home. Just because you're eating in doesn't mean you can't eat well. Why not go all out on your...

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Valentines Day Progressive Dinner Day starts with a LOVEly breakfast

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:31:00 +0000

Nourished Living Network's Progressive Valentine's Day Dinner continues with breakfast. There is so much to inspire you below; the hard part will be choosing which one recipe to make on the big day. Good luck with that! For your culinary pleasure, KerryAnn at Cooking Traditional Foods has shared...

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Valentine's Day Progressive Dinner Party Drinks!

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:02:00 +0000

This week Nourished Living Network is having a Valentine's Day Progressive Dinner Party! We kick off the party today with Valentine's drinks. KerryAnn at Cooking Traditional Foods submits her Spicy Hot Chocolate and Jill at The Prairie Homestead submits her Peppermint Milkshake. Adrienne...

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Di's meatless shepherd's pie recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:13:00 +0000

Last week I put the call out on Facebook, asking what are your favourite dinner recipes to cook and eat. My interest was piqued when Di mentioned a meatless shepherd's pie, so I asked her to send the recipe through to me to test. Totally off topic, but here's a true story about Di that I...

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Check out my mother-in-law's garden

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:45:00 +0000

Some of you may remember I featured my mother-in-law, Judy, on My inspiration Mondays a while back. She's awesome in so many ways; her garden is particularly outstanding. I thought you might like to see how her garden is looking this summer, so I snapped some photos of it while we were...

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How to cook dry beans

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:34:00 +0000

Since reading The Everything Beans Book by Katie Kimball, I've been trying to incorporate more beans into our diet. This is partly to save money, since beans are so much cheaper than meat. It's also because I'm trying to get more variety in my diet, and this is one food group I've overlooked in the...

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Tuesday's tip: Cook ground beef mince in its own fat

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:44:00 +0000

It took me the longest time to figure out this cooking tip. Previously, (ie. before I had read Nourishing Traditions) my mince cooking routine was an exercise in bad diet advice gone wrong. How I used to prepare and cook mince Pay a lot of money to buy lean beef mince, which has had...

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The best soup recipe ever!

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:20:00 +0000

OK, so I found this soup recipe on someone else's blog a few months back, and I can't for the life of me remember where I found it. I've Googled different word combinations and keep coming up blank, so I'm really sorry to the person whose recipe this is, that I can't give you due credit. In any...

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Cooking without Teflon - guest post by Jakob Barry

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:44:00 +0000

Hey friends. I'd like you to welcome Jakob Barry to Craving Fresh today. He's been following along since I posted about the doll's house I made for Lily, and he recently asked if he could guest post about Teflon, since it's more of a hazard than most people realise. When it comes to cooking,...

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Blender oat pancakes

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:54:00 +0000

This is what I ate for breakfast this morning. And it was YUMMY! I found a recipe for blender waffles/pancakes over at Passionate Homemaking last night and used it as the base for my own recipe. I've been on the hunt for new breakfast recipes lately - ones that everyone will happily eat like...

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Homegrown: Summer garden yumminess

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:08:00 +0000

Welcome to my backyard. Sophie and I are going to take you on a post-vacation tour of my vegetable gardens, so you can see just how much everything has grown since I last photographed them back in November. Plants have journeyed out of the raised garden into the surrounding...

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Smart Sweets winner! Plus the Peppermint Bark recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:34:00 +0000

Hey friends. Thanks everyone who entered the draw to win Smart Sweets. I've used random.org to pick a winner, and that lucky person is... Gabriella Lacobone. Congratulations Gabriella! I've just emailed you about this. Save 25% on Smart Sweets this week For everyone else who entered the...

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Fresh reviews: The Great Cholesterol Con, by Dr Malcolm Kendrick

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:35:00 +0000

As some of you know, my father-in-law, Fox, died of a heart attack three years ago. It wasn't his first major heart attack. He'd already had one eleven years previously (aged 48), and was saved by major heart surgery. Without that surgical intervention, I would never have met my husband's...

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When should I start my baby on solids?

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:30:00 +0000

[Remember to enter the draw to win a copy of Smart Sweets if you haven't already.] Sophie is seven months old already. Can you believe it? I can't quite. I was going to write a post about introducing solids last month, when Sophie turned six months, but she wasn't ready for solids then so I've...

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GIVEAWAY! Smart Sweets

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:22:00 +0000

Hey lovely friends. I'm back from my Christmas holiday, feeling refreshed and ready to start the new year. I deliberately didn't take my laptop with me so it would be a real break. However, I did take our iPad so I could review some ebooks I've been dying to sink my teeth into. Smart...

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Summer holiday joy

noreply@blogger.com (Emma) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:08:00 +0000

Hey my lovely friends! This is my last post of 2011, because I'm signing off for the holidays. I'm giving myself a computer vacation until January 15, when I'll be back with exciting new book reviews for you to check out. (Yes, you guessed it. I'm planning on doing lots of reading these...

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