BENTO BOX LUCH IDEAS FOR PICKY KIDS
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Lunch Ideas for Picky Eaters

by on August 12, 2023
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My daughter started school in Canada last term, and although she loved the new environment, it wasn’t without its challenges for her and us. We have to send her along with lunch. I feel like this is such a continuous scale of escalation. In Jamaica, kindergarten provided breakfast, lunch and…

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Starbucks Caffè Verona Dark Roast Coffee Review

by on January 26, 2022
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I’m in the market for coffee to try in Canada and decided to give Starbucks Caffè Verona Dark Roast Coffee a go. As a Jamaican native, one of the things I have never had to worry about is accessing good coffee. I was born and raised where some of the…

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Christmas Dinner Menu
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My Stovetop Christmas Dinner Menu, for One

by on December 15, 2021
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When my friend asked me what was on our Christmas dinner menu this week, I said nothing. I had no plan to cook. For the first time in my 30+ years, I plan to spend Christmas day alone. As with many other things, I wondered if it would lift my…

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Quick Dinner Recipes For The Family

by on November 27, 2021
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During lockdowns, I got so bored I tried all sorts of things, including quick dinners I’d never made before. I did fancy recipes and baked bread, too, but since cooking isn’t really my thing, I got tired of the cooking pretty quickly as supplementary take-out we were used to wasn’t…

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Sweet Red Wine For Beginners

by on September 4, 2021
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I have a divine preference for red wines when it comes to alcohol. Specifically, I prefer sweet reds. So today, I thought of sharing a list of my favourite sweet red wines for beginners. Now, I’m not knocking a good bottle of white wine (excluding Chardonnays, I find the taste quite…

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Oven Roasted Chicken
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Juicy Oven Roasted Chicken (Quick Prep)

by on July 20, 2021
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Have you ever made oven roasted chicken? Since the start of lockdowns of 2020, I’ve tried more recipes than a non-cooking lily like myself would probably have done for the next five years if all was normal in the world. However, lockdowns and early cut-off times for food delivered here…

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Beginner Green Juice Recipe – It’s Good!

by on March 18, 2021
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These last few weeks, I’ve been feeling a bit off; So I decided to make myself some green juice. Of course, I had to go shopping for the ingredients since they aren’t typically found around my kitchen, (save the fruits). Yea, yea. I know they should be. My husband isn’t…

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7 Dinner Hacks for Busy Moms

by on March 8, 2021
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The post is titled ‘dinner hacks for busy moms’ which would indicate moms as the intended audience, but it’s really for anyone if you make your own meals and have busy weekdays. We can all use a bit of extra help and a short cut or two. I don’t know…

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Vegan Ice Cream, Vineyard Town Premium Blend

by on February 3, 2021
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I never thought I would be the person to be talking about Vegan anything, let alone vegan ice cream. But hear me out, since I have migraines and it affects my consumption of dairy products, I didn’t eat ice cream too often, and when I did, I’d have to contend…

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5 Natural Ways to Detox After The Holidays

by on December 28, 2020
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I thought my family and I might benefit from a detox after the holidays, seeing as how much food we ate in a short space of time. Babe, let’s skip meat for two weeks…” If you’re thinking my husband’s face drained of colour, you’re absolutely right. My husband loves him…

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How to Make Authentic Jamaican Sorrel Drink

by on December 23, 2020
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The national Christmas drink in Jamaica is Sorrel. Period. No Christmas dinner is complete without it. I like my sorrel dark, strong and spicy. I thought I would share how to make Jamaican sorrel drink in time for you to enjoy some over the holidays. Even though we drink it…

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5 Minute Breakfast Ideas for the Busy Mom

by on December 20, 2020
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I am not now, nor have I ever been a breakfast person, but if I was, a 5-minute breakfast is exactly what I would be making. In fact, I used to fully hate having breakfast so much, I would dodge my mother in the mornings to avoid having breakfast or…

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My Family’s Jamaican Christmas Dinner Menu

by on December 13, 2020
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So, even though COVID is rampant, the one thing my family can still look forward to is Christmas. I will have Christmas, dammit! The nice clean house, the Christmas beats, the movies, and most importantly, the food. Of course, as Jamaicans, one of the bigger aspects of our culture is…

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how to bake bread
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How to Bake Bread!

by on April 27, 2020
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*Read this in black and white with some sad music from the past* There was a girl, who once could not bake. She had made a few attempts at cakes, but they always end up lopsided and/or burnt. *Dramatically lifts veil* Then entered the coronavirus. And you know that trying…

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Morning eNewsletter: But First, Coffee

by on October 22, 2019
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More tab a year ago, I tried to get my podcast But First, Coffee going. Failing miserably, I finally conceded that there was no way I could diligently find the time to record a podcast with the noise bug that is my full time charge. But writing? You bet your…

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Blue Ridge Restaurant & Cottages

by on April 2, 2018
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One of the downsides of being married to a doctor is that sometimes, usually for months at a time, there are periods where you don’t spend nearly enough time together. Hello March! If my husband does manage to be at home, he is more or less sleeping or in a…

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FOOD: Tamarind Continental 

by on May 16, 2017
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It’s weird, I have been to the Tamarind Indian Cuisine restaurant in Liguanea a number of times, possibly the China Max Chinese restaurant beside it as well but somehow managed to not have noticed the extension Tamarind Continental. How I missed that there is a third restaurant in that tiny…

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FOOD: The GAP Cafe, Blue Mountains

by on February 24, 2017
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Several months ago, on a whim, a friend of mine and another friend of his decided to bust out into the mountains. The Blue Mountains, Jamaica to be exact. We made a few stops chittering, chattering and taking the view in. Fresh air for days! On the way, we stopped…

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