Isabel Wendell

Zucchini brownies sweetened with honey

Zucchini Season

If you are from the Canadian prairies and if you have a garden (or know someone who has a garden) and especially if you live

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Marilyn (Rhubarb Kuchen)

Marilyn (Rhubarb Kuchen)

Food holds connection for me.  Connection to our natural world… bird song coming in my window to tell me it is morning, evergreen scent after

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Tim Wendell with a backdrop of autumn colours (photo - Isabel Wendell)

Autumn

I love seasons, any and all.  The energies that they bring to my life are so rich and varied. For me, each season has its

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Hot Cross Buns made with raw honey are a family Easter tradition

Hot Cross Buns

Hot crossed buns are a traditional Easter favourite at our house. I got the recipe from my mom’s recipe box.  My mom probably got it

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Rhubarb jam: intensely tart rhubarb balanced with delicately sweet honey

Rhubarb Jam Made With Honey

With spring comes rhubarb A prairie winter gives way to an invigorating (and sometimes it seems sudden) spring, turning our yards, gardens, fields and wild

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Coloured eggs and hot cross buns - Easter Family Traditions

Family Traditions

Family traditions keep us feeling connected. Carolyn Klassen explains the value, and surprising benefits, of feeling connected in this TEDx talk in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Traditions

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John Wendell with his road race trophies. Powered by raw honey.

Fueled by Honey

The information age has made my life more complicated.  I can read conflicting points of view on any issue, all presented by experts and supported

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