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Readers Speak Back – Pat Anderson – Live Below The Line

Readers Speak Back – Pat Anderson – Live Below The Line

As it turns out, I have a couple of more things to say on the subject of the Live Below The Line experiment.  First, I want to share this great Readers Speak Back piece that has been sitting waiting for me to get it live. Sorry for the delay! Pat Anderson, aka @digiteyes, has been a regular commenter on the Live Below The Line series and given her participation I wanted to hear what she thought as an active observer.  So I invited her to participate by writing a guest post for the series. It has been an interesting week…

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Wrapping Up–Live Below The Line

Wrapping Up–Live Below The Line

“How does it feel when you got no food?”  Pass the Dutchie  by Musical Youth is playing in the background as I start this post and it seems very appropriate. So, how does it feel…

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Day 5 Last Day – Live Below The Line

Day 5 Last Day – Live Below The Line

I wasn’t hungry when I woke up. I don’t remember my dreams. But within minutes of starting our day it was obvious we were hangry. Don’t know it? It’s that state when lack of food…

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Chef John Placko’s 48-hour bavette with parsley gel mash, seared asparagus and spicy crisp onion strings

Chef John Placko’s 48-hour bavette with parsley gel mash, seared asparagus and spicy crisp onion strings

When Chef John Placko agreed to send in a recipe for Chefs #LoveCDNbeef I was eager to see what fun new food science techniques he would have for me to try.  He didn’t disappoint with…

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Day 4 – Best Food Day – Live Below The Line

Day 4 – Best Food Day – Live Below The Line

Spent the night dreaming of rescuing food. Smells of souring pork and the feel of slightly sticky meat filled my senses and it was just gross! I think it’s because I had roasted the turkey…

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Day 3 Total Mess – Live Below the Line

Day 3 Total Mess – Live Below the Line

I didn’t wake up hungry on Day 3.  I’m not sure I woke up at all on Day 3. It was a slow and very weird day. Food was strange today and I had a…

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Chef John Placko in Chefs #LoveCDNBeef

Chef John Placko in Chefs #LoveCDNBeef

The first time I met John he was using a reverse griddle and the second time he let me make ice cream with liquid nitrogen. The way to this girl’s heart is through food, especially…

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Readers Speak Back – Anna Foat – Live Below The Line

Readers Speak Back – Anna Foat – Live Below The Line

In response to my Live Below The Line posts I got a series of email from Anna Foat about her own experiences which range from range from working on charity boards to choosing cigs and…

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Day 2 Salmon Belly Day – Live Below The Line

Day 2 Salmon Belly Day – Live Below The Line

Day 2 was spent hungry.  I got a lot done and even was out on my bike, clothes shopping and whipped up a wonderful dinner.  But I was hungry the entire time! That’s what comes…

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Readers Speak Back – Len Senater – Live Below The Line

Readers Speak Back – Len Senater – Live Below The Line

I’ve been honoured by the stories, comments and challenges my friends and readers have been sharing with me about what I’m doing with Live Below The Line. One specific comment from Len Senater from The…

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Day 1 Failures, Successes & Menu –Live Below The Line

Day 1 Failures, Successes & Menu –Live Below The Line

I’m hungry. I woke up hungry. I dreamt about being hungry.  It’s not as if I didn’t eat well. I just didn’t eat much.   Food costs for day 1 = $1.78 or 89¢ per person.…

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Choices–Live Below The Line

Choices–Live Below The Line

When you are doing a poverty or hunger challenge like Live Below The Line and shopping for 5 days food with only $8.75 per person you don’t think you have a lot of choices. But…

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Working Within The Rules – Live Below The Line

Working Within The Rules – Live Below The Line

Preparing for the Live Below The Line challenge has been our main focus around here this weekend. What we’ll eat, what we won’t. What to buy, what we won’t. How to maximize our food budget…

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My History With Hunger – Live Below The Line

My History With Hunger – Live Below The Line

I have been lucky in my life and have rarely experienced real hunger, the kind of unending chronic hunger that 1 out of 7 people in the world wake up to every day. The only…

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Leg 5 – Storms, Puppy, Snow, Fires – #LexGoFurther – A Ford Escape

Leg 5 – Storms, Puppy, Snow, Fires – #LexGoFurther – A Ford Escape

Prepare yourself.  I have left you waiting for the continued adventures of Lex Go Further – A Ford Escape for far too long.  It is now time for photos of the puppy interspersed with snow,…

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Put My Money Where My Mouth Is–Live Below The Line

Put My Money Where My Mouth Is–Live Below The Line

From April 29th to May 3th, I am taking the challenge to survive on a $1.75 per day food budget.  Sound extreme?  It is! Everyday 1.4 billion people worldwide live in extreme poverty, surviving off…

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First Impressions of the Olympus OM-D.

First Impressions of the Olympus OM-D.

It’s true. It has happened. Let the bells ring out and the doves fly. I bought a new camera! Huzza, hurrah, hooray, I finally made the decision to buy an Olympus OM-D from the guys…

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Week Filled With Conferences, Cookies, Contests and Crowds (lovely crowds!)

Week Filled With Conferences, Cookies, Contests and Crowds (lovely crowds!)

Last week was a whirlwind, leaving my brain (and my SD cards) filled with images, ideas and inspiration. I have much to process, integrate and digest, so I’ve decided I’ll share a quick set of…

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Sugaring on the Weekend.

Sugaring on the Weekend.

Yes, it’s getting sweet and sappy here on unsweetened.ca because for the first time in my life I made maple syrup! All my years in the woods, all my stories of pruning, chopping, tending tress…

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