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Almond and Spelt Biscuits
My mother rarely wears perfume. She doesn’t need it; she smells of clean laundry drying in the sunshine, buttered toast with tea, and paperback novels. She smells like home. I can count the number of...
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Joie de Vivre and Spicy Honey Gingerbread
Every year the carols seem to start earlier, the decorations go up in the shopping centre more obnoxiously close to June than I am comfortable with, and retailers start pushing the need to ‘get ready...
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Christmas is Coming, Life is Moving Forward, So I Made Cookies
Some days life is hard, and great, and confusing, and exciting, and a little scary-wonderful. Sometimes a quiet year realises that its end is drawing near and hastens its course. Days flickers past...
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Angel in the Office: Almond, White Chocolate, and Cranberry Biscotti
Every Thursday I make my way into the office, and although the traffic might for some inexplicable reason mean that my commute takes over an hour and a half, I smile, because Thursdays mean one of my...
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To the four winds
Oh my friends, I miss you all, but truth be known I have been out in the world having some adventures. They have recharged my spirit and I cannot wait to share some of the highlights with you. For now,...
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Honey Caramels
Let’s talk about hidden talents and honey caramels today. These are the things that make life interesting, they keep us from a truly linear progression and they are the spice in the curiousity cabinet...
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Thoroughly Nourished Finds: It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas Edition
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…yes, really it is! I know some of you right now are thinking ‘Amy, please don’t talk about Christmas yet, it’s only November 28th – wait it’s November 28th!’...
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Snickerdoodles
I feel that we are all friends here at Thoroughly Nourished Life, and so I feel as if I owe you an explanation, and some cookies. Let’s start with the explanation. I am the type of friend who thinks...
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Nourished Life Gratitude List: Weeks Thirty-Six and Thirty-Seven
Get ready for a Nourished Life Gratitude List Mega Post! So much to be grateful for in the past two weeks. Here we go: Monday: Tonight after dinner Chris and I took a walk along the bay. I love walking...
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Spirit of the Season Blondies
When I was little and the first of December rolled its way around to the front of the calendar I would feel a light fizzing begin in my chest. With each passing day of Advent the fizzing would grow...
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Chocolate and Spice Pancakes (gluten free)
We might be a strange crew spending our Sunday morning watching old Christmas films and eating pancakes among stacks of black and white photos and Danish storybooks, but that’s the way we roll. And...
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Gluten Free Christmas Baking and Gifting
Tis the season to be baking! And giving away baskets and bags and tins and tinsel wrapped parcels of our baked goods. There is nothing I love more than giving gifts from my kitchen. Brownies for a work...
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Happy Healthy Holidays – and a Giveaway!
This morning I popped my earphones in, stretched a cranky calf muscle, and eased into my long run for the week. Playing away in my ears was a mix of Christmas classics (who doesn’t love ‘All I Want for...
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Gratitude List Week Thirty-Nine
It’s Christmas Eve eve and I am sitting down to finally relax a little before the delicious madness of Christmas with the family begins. This last week has been filled with the beginning of seasonal...
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Welcome to 2014, and a Winner is Announced!
Welcome to the new year friends! I hope you all found a way to mark the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014. Chris and I were welcomed into the home of friends where we played board games, ate...
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Gratitude List – The End of 2013
Before I rush forward and explain how I am going to continue my gratitude practice into 2014 I am going to take the opportunity to post the last gratitude list for 2013. The festive season, especially...
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. Whether you are celebrating with your someone special, with your friends, or treating yourself to a night in on the couch I hope you enjoy this day and really feel the...
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Irish Coffee Ice Cream for St. Patrick’s Day
Do you have a favourite day of the year? One that isn’t your birthday or Christmas? For me, St. Patrick’s Day has always been my favourite day of the year. I love the green and the glitter, the...
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Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream
The Easter Bunny is my spirit animal. I have sound reasoning for this proclamation. Firstly, he eats a balanced diet of carrots and chocolate – totally my style. Secondly, he hops around all the time...
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Ten Recipes Perfect for Easter Baking
We are planning a quiet Easter weekend filled with family and friends and feasting. Luckily I come from a family of cooks and bakers so I know there will be plenty of delicious dishes filling the...
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