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bitebymichelle

My blog is the story of my life wriiten in 'bite' size stories with food woven throughout.
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banana split bread and a dive bombing hummingbird

bitebymichelle ― I love making banana bread. Not because it is effortless or because it’s delicious. Banana ‘anything’ completely appeals to my frugality. You have to use over ripe bananas. The more disgusting the bananas look; the better they... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted 2 days ago
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apple blossoms were her favorite

bitebymichelle ― A hawk scans the fields near a lonely country church that sits on a farm five minutes from my house. The church is flanked on one side by a small apple orchard. It’s Victoria Day and the weekend that I … Continue reading → (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted 4 days ago
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waiting for my kid

bitebymichelle ― The moment that Meaghan told me that she was leaving home defined the beginning of a new mother daughter connection. We would learn to condense our relationship into meaningful but limited periods of time. I can’t believe that four years have ... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted 10 days ago
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my mother’s day at the farm

bitebymichelle ― It was a quiet day. A day of talking about life with my daughter Sara. We tried to pick fiddleheads but found we were a week late. Old time farmers have a lovely saying. ‘When bilberry blossoms are as big as … Continue reading → (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted 12 days ago
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in her words

bitebymichelle ― From my daughter, Kaitie… I am my mother’s daughter. Mom came to visit me this weekend in Toronto. She hates it. Well, she doesn’t hate it,but she prefers that I come home. She likes me in my bed at home. … Continue reading &... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted 16 days ago
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hear me

bitebymichelle ― She’d left the apartment open so I could wait inside for her to finish work. It’s weird being in your adult child’s home. Strange to open her refrigerator and notice that her fridge was not organized like mine. I was sitting on the... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted 17 days ago
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Cooking for the Boys and Girls Club

bitebymichelle ― http://www.fundyfoodfestival.com/festival.html I am literally heading out the door to catch a flight to Toronto to see Kaitie. So quick and dirty… Last year I had the complete delight of cooking with Chef Axel Begner . This year I am thrilled... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted 22 days ago
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raving lunatic

bitebymichelle ― I have been reduced to a raving lunatic. One of the challenges of cooking in three kitchens – Carmarthen St , the farm and the IbN - is remembering what ingredients I have in each one. This morning, on Carmarthen, I thought I was …... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted 23 days ago
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May Day Feast

bitebymichelle ― I love May Day! A day to celebrate springtime with revelry and feasts paying homage to fertility and planting. Oh to be pagan! For your celebration today give this simple pasta dish a try – easy peasy… Fettuccine with Spicy …... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted 25 days ago
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hope springs eternal…

bitebymichelle ― Ralph loves to capture my intense sense of fashion! It had to have been -25*C with the Arctic gale howling across our farm on Saturday afternoon as Ralph and I played in the dirt. Dressed in long johns, ski pants, hooded sweater, down-filled... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted 26 days ago
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tofu sucks

bitebymichelle ― When I wrote the menu for IbN, I included a few of my family’s favorite dishes. The first time that Sara and her boyfriend, Craig, came in for dinner he said, “it tastes like Sunday dinner at your house, except … Continue reading &... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted on Apr 26th, 2012
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April Showers brings Mushroom Stuffed Pork Tenderloin

bitebymichelle ― It’s been raining since Saturday. Normally, I would be suicidal by now but the ground needed the rain. and I will always play second fiddle to my garden. We spent the weekend at the farm getting the vegetable garden and flower beds ready &... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted on Apr 24th, 2012
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as wacky as it sounds…

bitebymichelle ― I am renovating – again. Not hard-core renovating. More of a ‘paint and reposition the furniture’ type of renovation. When the girls left home, I was totally devastated. Three daughters, the same age, leaving home caused the empty... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted on Apr 19th, 2012
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Citrus Glazed Poppy Seed, Orange and Lemon Muffins

bitebymichelle ― It’s time to move to the farm. I can not begin to tell you how difficult it is to concentrate on anything else. I feel like a little girl waiting to visit her grandmother for that protective embrace that only someone … Continue reading &... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted on Apr 17th, 2012
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favorite pics from my first year of blogging

bitebymichelle ― 184 posts later – we are celebrating our first anniversary! It makes me giggle when I think back to the first month or so – yikes! It took me hours to upload a couple of photos… Thank goodness for Dad. And Kaitie, … Continue... (more)
 Bitebymichelle ― Posted on Apr 11th, 2012