Blog Articles About Food

Real RA: The Benefit of RA Hands

Sometimes, RA doesn’t just take. Sometimes, RA gives. When I still lived with my parents, I was in charge of pies. I’d found the perfect recipe for the crust and loved experimenting with different fillings. Our kitchen wasn’t very wheelchair accessible, so my mother would place the ingredients and tools on the dining room table…

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Evidence vs. Experience

I have what can best be described as a crapload of allergies. Some of them have been around since I was a kid — if I ate too many grapes or apples, I’d get hives — but others are new additions. First came kiwi, then 15 years ago certain kinds of nuts arrived, taking with…

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Better Than Chewing!

I blame Laurie for this. A week ago, she wrote about incorporating more fruits and vegetables in her diet by making smoothies. Kale smoothies, in particular. My naturopath has been trying to get me into smoothies for while (a long while), but no luck so far. Then I read Laurie’s post and got all excited…

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The Tale of the Muffins

Yesterday, it was David’s birthday and before I go on, I’ll take it brief pause to allow you to sing misc. birthday songs in the comment box, should you be so inclined That was lovely. Well, except for the one that was as off-key as my own rendition. Still, it’s about the enthusiasm with which…

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A Recipe for the Adventurous

I’ve been reading a few blogs that include recipes (The Pioneer Woman especially) and been thinking about doing a bit of that myself. However, given how various and sundry allergies and food sensitivities make my culinary repertoire pretty boring – well, except for my garlic salmon which kicks arse – I decided to approach this…

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Mass Hysteria

A couple of months ago, there was a bit of a thing when someone said that the concern about nuts and nut-free zones was showing all signs of flirting with mass hysteria. Dr. Nicholas Christakis, who himself allergic to nuts, was quoted as saying that the efforts of schools to declare themselves completely nut-free, including…

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