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(For Lisa)

1 qt rhubarb, diced
1 qt onions
1 pint vinegar
1 lb brown sugar
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp salt
Cook rhubarb and onoins in vinegar for about 20 min. Add sugar, spices and then boil for approx 1/2 hour.

(For Caitlin)

1/2c margarine
1 1/2c sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2c flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2c milk
1 tsp vanilla
2c rhubarb, floured (frozen or fresh)
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Add flour, salt and baking powder alernatively with milk. Add vanilla and rhubarb.
Topping:
1/4c white sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Mix and sprinkle on top.
Bake 350 degrees for one hour (or [...]

Anyone want to share some good recipes for meals that you prepare and freeze before giving birth? I’d like to spend the next week cooking, but outside of chili and spaghetti sauce, I have no idea what to cook! I’m a vegetarian, but I think it’d be fun to share some ideas!

I grew up with a vegetarian hippie mother (who still ate fish) and an extreme meat-eater step father. This resulted in a very interesting diet. One night I’d be eating spaghetti with “meatless meat balls” (I’m still not sure what they were made of, but I think they had walnuts in them), and the next [...]

One of the best things about being back in Canada are the cheap groceries. A pint of blueberries, raspberries, or blackberries or a quart of strawberries were $10.00 each in the BVI, and here they’re $1-3.00. Last night I bought the ingredients to make Blueberry Grunt. It’s a East Coast of Canada kind of [...]

Like chocolate cake? Like chocolate cake with sauce?
Here’s a recipe that’s the best vegan (or not vegan) chocolate cake EVER: Hot Fudge Pudding
1 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 c sugar
2 T cocoa
1/2 c milk
2 tsp melted margarine
1/2 tsp vanilla
Mix all together and pour into a bread pan.
Sprinkle with:
1 c brown sugar
2 T cocoa
Pour [...]

Here’s the recipe everyone’s been waiting for! And yes, it’s easily vegan-izable. Just use margarine that doesn’t have whey, use soy milk, egg subsitute and hopefully you can find some graham crumbs that are vegan as well…
In double boiler mix:
1/2 c butter
1 egg
3 Tbsp cocoa
1/4 c sugar
When everything’s melted and mixed, add:
2c graham [...]

1. Fir tree scented candles = CHRISTMAS in the Caribbean! It’s almost like I’m in a forest! A friend gave it to me last night, and it’s SUCH a good present!
2. I’m baking xmas treats tonight because I’m on xmas vacation. It’s this family recipe called “Judy’s Chocolate Fancies” and it’s so old that no [...]

Lots of things have been happening in Clive-and-Gillian world lately. I’ve been spending a lot of time lately out of the house and in air conditioning, which is nice.
Clive has been baking a lot of key lime pies by himself lately, some go a little better than others. He was made one the [...]