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Welcome to FoodMood blog space. Reflections on my travels, musings, favorite recipes, and the Bunny Chronicles. Storytelling with joy, sass, self-reflection, and hope.
Oatmeal cookie bites/Bichermuesli in a biscuit
Enjoy this tasty cookie which checks important boxes for health. Go make them, they are good for you and taste good too.
Nicole Crabtree
Jan 7, 20234 min read
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Cory’s apple cake desert, breakfast, snack
This cake meets the challenge of being sweet, easy to eat, and having sufficient protein – a component missing in most ‘Italian breakfast.
Nicole Crabtree
Oct 8, 20211 min read
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Melanie, her coffee and the Sambhav foundation from CH to Nepal
Meet Melanie, buy coffee direct from Nepalese coffee growers, discover Sambhav CH & contribute in your way to healing, personally & globally
Nicole Crabtree
Apr 2, 20213 min read
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Голубцы – stuffed cabbage rolls a personal winter comfort food
On 17 February 17, 2014 my Dad left the world as we know it. This post is for him. I'm certain he would have enjoyed the stuffed cabbage too
Nicole Crabtree
Feb 19, 20212 min read
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Time travel with the 46th president and a Russian parfait
Russian parfait, a dessert simple, elegant, and decadent and full of hope, humanity, and possibilities all at once.
Nicole Crabtree
Jan 22, 20212 min read
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Asparagus risotto a Salute to spring
Giant green stalks. Affectionately known among friends here as ‘sparkles’, a play on the German word for asparagus, ‘spargel’. Russian...
Nicole Crabtree with video support from Kenan
May 22, 20202 min read
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Ceci, my favorite bean
Chickpea. Garbanzo beans. Ceci. Chana. Gram. Top top mama. Nohut. Whatever country you’re from whatever you call it, this beautiful bean...
Nicole Crabtree with recipe from continuing guest
Apr 26, 20202 min read
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Coconut – Southern India and Sri Lanka in a nut and a cookie, literally
Bunny & the Bearli's admire coconut palms at sunset on the beach outside our guest house Whispering Shells in Kalutara, Sri Lanka. King...
Nicole Crabtree with recipe by Barbara Marchiando
Mar 30, 20203 min read
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Summer Salads - eating in a heat wave
A new Turkish salad bowl, colorfully calling out to be filled with summer salads. Global warming, diet inducing? Eating in the heat can...
Nicole Crabtree
Aug 4, 20192 min read
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The banana and its role in the ideal breakfast bread
As a rule, the banana and I are not on good terms. Years of constipation already had me avoiding the banana. Even promises that it was a...
Nicole Crabtree with guest Angela Lanza and lead
May 8, 20193 min read
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Asparagus, nature announces spring
Left Bunny about to dig into her first asparagus Milanese of the season; right various asparagus in season in Bologna street market...
Nicole Crabtree
Apr 2, 20191 min read
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Sauce or gravy?
Mom's spaghetti sauce, in her special sauce pot. Spaghettis sauce could be the epitome of why food speaks to me. Growing up in a “Latin”...
Nicole Crabtree with recipe contribution of Linda
Mar 15, 20192 min read
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FOOD & Culture 2019 Nutritional Therapists & Health Coaches meeting client needs across cult
Once again, my NT alma mater IINH, gave me the opportunity to lead an interactive session titled Food & Culture with fellow Nutritional...
Nicole Crabtree
Mar 1, 20191 min read
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Bunny's only dessert: Maggie's gluten-free chocolate orange cake
Bunny poses with Maggie's gluten-free chocolate orange cake at a birthday celebration. Straight to the point - Bunny and I basically have...
Nicole Crabtree
Feb 21, 20192 min read
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Русский старый новый год – Old New Year Russian Style
Center me, circa 2006, with my Christmas present and newly knitted accessories, ready for the old new year; top left on the ice new...
Nicole Crabtree
Jan 14, 20191 min read
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Mom & Nana's Anisette Cookies
There are certain tastes and smells that make a holiday come alive, and for me, my mother's anisette cookies are Christmas. When I was in...
Nicole Crabtree with guest Linda Androvich
Dec 8, 20183 min read
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Thanksgiving - gratitude is an everyday holiday
Two years we shared super happy Thanksgivings with Mary & Mehdi Jazayeri, in the full spirit of communal preparations and sharing of...
Nicole Crabtree
Nov 18, 20187 min read
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Ode to the Crock-Pot
Fall is my favorite time of year, colors, crisp breezes, and warm food. As a young person, I was always fascinated how my mother managed...
Nicole Crabtree
Oct 23, 20182 min read
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Food Speaks for IWCL: using food to express gratitude
At table, 7 of the 8 women from 8 countries attending IWCL cooking class, 8th taking the photo When I came to Lugano in 2007 it felt a...
Nicole Crabtree with video by Eizabeta Ak &
Sep 15, 20184 min read
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Giorgia's Granola
Granola is one of the foods that was healthy, and then got highjacked. The granola bar of my youth was little more than sugar (or eeh...
Nicole Crabtree with guest Giorgia Colombo
Jun 1, 20182 min read
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