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Bircher Muesli with Apples & Dried Apricots

Bircher Muesli with Apples & Dried Apricots

A few weeks ago we went to Tofino for the first time since our baby was born. It had a different feel than it used to. For starters, it was so fun to see our little girl watching the waves and squealing at (and terrifying) the birds and the dogs running on the beach.

Bircher Muesli with Apples & Dried Apricots

We had to take turns surfing instead of surfing together. I was wondering if after not surfing for over a year, how much I might have regressed, and guess what?! I was amazing! Just joking, I was unfathomably terrible but no one I knew actually saw me, so did it even count? I figure between all of the time I spent under water and my long, stringy hair that hasn’t found time for a hair cut in 100 months, I was basically a mermaid, which is way more special than being a surf champion.

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Cauliflower ‘Cous cous’ with Roasted Veggies & Tahini Sauce

Cauliflower Cous cous with Roasted Carrots

Finding out that cous cous is just pasta in a different shape was a big disappointment for me. This was before quinoa was a household name, and before I really cooked many whole grains (let alone knew about soaking them first), and I thought I was doing a good thing for my body by choosing cous cous over pasta.

Cauliflower Cous cous with Roasted Carrots

Once I learned more about whole grains and what on earth to do with them, I subbed in all kinds of grains for cous cous in related recipes, it’s actually a really easy thing to do, somewhat seamlessly.

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