I was scrounging for breakfast one day and found a bagel, a couple of eggs, some cheese, and some veggie scraps. The question at that point, though, was how to make that little bit of food feed two adults? My solution was to shave the bagel into thin ‘chips’ and broil them on a cookie […]
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recipe for borscht
When my boyfriend herd that I made borscht, he asked me to make him some. This time, I started with 2 pounds of ground beef, and about 3/4 of a pound of kielbasa, which I fried, drained, and set aside. Then, I diced a medium sized white onion, 2 cloves of garlic, and some leek, […]
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Well, finally got smart the other day and called my acupuncturist, Dr. Sally. I hadn’t seen her in a couple of years, so we visited for a bit and then she asked what brought me to her. ‘Pain’, I told her, and explained my last set of treatments kept me practically pain free for months, […]
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Have you ever noticed the oddly contrived hand gestures the gurus and gods of Indian art use? Well, I’ve been curious enough to have learned that those hand signals are called ‘mudras’ and that they’re used in yoga, dance, and martial arts, but doubted I’d ever learn enough to use them myself. Yesterday, though, I […]
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Believe it or not, until last summer, I’d never had and egg burrito. Once my BF showed me how, though, I learned to have fun with them and make left-overs into something yummy! This batch started with the few ingredients I could scrounge in his kitchen, including hot peppers, olives, and Franks Hot Sauce. I diced […]
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Okay, so you’ve got company, NetFlix, and comfy pants, and you’re ready for a max-relax night, but you’re short on munchies! ARGH! Quick! What do you do? Well, if you’re like my sister and her BF, you pop out to the corner store for a bit of seaweed and make california rolls… california rolls Who […]
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Yes, cooking in a single man’s kitchen can be a challenge, but even the most pathetic veggies in a bin can make a meal. This one started with a small bag of frozen shrimp and a handfull or two of rice… coconut rice + shrimp with steamed carrots and sallad After picking through the fridge […]
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This Tuesday past, I visited my counsellor and she asked me to tell her about my goals for our sessions. I told her that I wanted to… get an objective critique of the ‘healing’ I’d accomplished through ‘self-directed’ learning explore alternate tools to manage my mental and emotional health learn more about basic emotions like ‘fear’ and […]
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Ya! You herd me! I used the ‘C’ word… not the anatomical ‘C’, but the psycholgical ‘C’… ‘counselling’… which most people feel is the most offensive of the two. Most people I’ve met, though, fall into one of two categories. One type is the sort that’s never been to a counsellor and bases their […]
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I was dressing when he walked in and warned me to ‘watch it’ or he’d have me ‘charged’. When I asked what he was talking about, my BF pointed to a bruise on my thigh and said ‘abuse’. ‘Oh! You know me.’ I told him. ‘I’m always hurting myself.’ ‘But, it’s still abuse.’ He fixed […]
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