Month: July 2016

Green Living

11 Tips For Healthier Grilling

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Easy ways to make your barbecue favourites safer and better for you.There’s something liberating about barbecue season. Enjoying a meal outside on a lovely summer evening always feels like the ultimate in relaxed eating. But not everything is rosy when it comes to using a backyard barbecue. Cooking over a […]

 
Cookies

Jumbo Trail Mix Cookies Recipe

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These jumbo trail mix cookies are just right for summer hikes, picnics and road trips.  As soon as school was over the summer I was eight we moved into an old home in Rothesay. The property had an old fashioned garage and suspended from its rafters was an enormous birch […]

 
Green Living

How To Choose Safe & Effective Insect Repellent

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I consider insect repellent a necessary evil. Back in the day when the only grief from mosquitos was itchy bites, more often than not I chose not to bother with the stuff. But today, with disease-carrying mosquitos and now tick concerns, protecting yourself from pests is a serious health issue. […]