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strawberry, quinoa and chopped spinach salad

Strawberry, Quinoa and Chopped Spinach Salad

My second recipe in my Fresh Vegetarian column for Taste Magazine is up! I could go on about this strawberry and spinach salad (it’s delicious, try it) or tell you about my mishaps in the kitchen this week (there have been many), but I all I really want to say is this: thank you. Thank [...]

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eggnog milkshake

Eggnog Milk Shakes & PBSC Follow-up

You may be scratching your head at the title of this post. Milkshakes? In the winter? While it’s snowing? Don’t worry, I haven’t lost it. I was advised to consume more calcium in preparation for donating PBSC’s (peripheral blood stem cells) to a cancer patient. The milkshake has proven totally addictive. I’ve been making them [...]

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medical-bracelet

On a serious note: PBSC donation

  Well, it’s time to share something serious on this blog. It’s not all puppies and cocktails in Kate-land, you know?   The long story short is that I’m going to donate stems cells to a cancer patient. I don’t know the recipient. I’ve been asked not to share the few details that I do [...]

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