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How to Make Blueberry Clementine Iced Tea + Video
Sep12

How to Make Blueberry Clementine Iced Tea + Video

If you weren’t sold by the fabulously simply awesome flavor of the Wild Blueberry Tea from Prince Edward Island I featured previously, then try out this amazing tea making it cold… …Iced Tea is on the menu today, but not just ANY iced tea. Blueberry Clementine Iced Tea! Be ready to awaken your taste buds. Type: Tea Recipe Serve With: sugar or honey, if desired. Prep Time: 3 min Steep/Brew Time: 5 mins Yield: ~ 1...

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How to Brew Wild Blueberry Tea Bags from P.E.I.
Sep12

How to Brew Wild Blueberry Tea Bags from P.E.I.

If you didn’t know, I also coach sports: softball/baseball, track & field, gymnastics, conditioning, etc! One of my pitchers, Larissa Rowdon, had an amazing season, helped her team win a spot in Nationals in Prince Edward Island, Canada after a stellar show in Provincials. Her and her awesome parents were so sweet and brought me home a gift from Nationals…a Prince Edward Island t-shirt, which I love; and since they too...

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How to Roast Turkey Legs
Sep09

How to Roast Turkey Legs

One of my favorite things to enjoy when I lived down in Texas was turkey legs. They always had turkey legs at Trader’s Village in Grand Prairie just outside of Dallas, which is an enormous flea market, and they must have sold hundreds of these turkey legs on any given day on the weekends. These turkey legs were smokey and barbecued to perfection. We are not BBQ’ing tonight. Instead, we are roasting these gorgeous legs and...

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Fight Breast Cancer: Be Physically Fit, Eat Well, Rest Well
Sep09

Fight Breast Cancer: Be Physically Fit, Eat Well, Rest Well

We’ve all heard of it the disease…Breast Cancer! Furthermore, every one of us has had someone in close circle of loved ones with it or know someone who has dealt with this cancer with someone close to them. Photo right: Kimberly Edwards training @ B.A.M. Niagara Boxing to stay fit It would be unreasonable to say that it is a rare disease among women of all ages, not to mention among some men. One thing I know with a...

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Food Senses: Hunger & Eating
Sep09

Food Senses: Hunger & Eating

Well, if you haven’t already realized, let’s get on the same page…We use all 5 of our senses when we eat. Sight Audibles Smell Touch Taste That’s how we “take it all” in, so to speak. There is extensive research being done on how the scent and taste senses affect what we eat, how we eat, when we eat and how much we eat. This research even indicates, in many instances, why we eat, explaining cravings...

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Is Basil King of Herbs?
Sep07

Is Basil King of Herbs?

Basil, or known by its Latin name, Ocimum basilicum, is maybe the most “common” of herbs that grows all over the world.  In fact, that may be why it is referred to as the “King” of herbs in its own right. Photo right: My very own Basil plant in my garden. Historically speaking, being so named the king of herbs came from St. Constantine along with his mother, St. Helen.  They discovered the Holy Cross, and as...

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How to Cook Hearty Lamb Stew
Sep04

How to Cook Hearty Lamb Stew

I’m not much of a lamb-eating lover. Maybe it’s the “gamey” flavour it often gives out, maybe it’s the smell, or maybe it’s the memories of mom’s mint jelly, but I just don’t get excited about it… …Except when I make my own lamb stew! Even if you’re not a big lamb-eater, you will likely really enjoy this dish.  You will be all proud of yourself that you ate lamb, and it...

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