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Where have all the mangos gone?

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So I'm assuming that organic mango season is over in countries that Canada trades with, because mangos have virtually disappeared from natural food store shelves. While I'm sure I could find regular pesticide mangos in some regular food store if I really wanted to, that's just not the way I roll... So I'll wait til they're organically available again. And hey, the world probably doesn't need my extra mango food miles anyway. In the meantime, I've had to forgo one of my favourite summer breakfasts: the infamous mango-cilantro-lime smoothie . With the weather getting colder, my body is conveniently not really into having those kinds of flavours anymore anyway, but I still absolutely loved the sweet and cilantro combination and was dying to get it any way I could. The solution? The banana-cilantro-spinach smoothie. Who would have thunk? Now I get that yummy taste AND extra greens. The recipe? 1 or 2 frozen naners, that iron-licious handful of cilantro, a few l...

Come Fly with Me

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And away I go... ... from my current home to my childhood summer home. Because I'm on a later flight, I've decided to forgo the vegan airplane meal and fast through dinner til I get to France tomorrow morning. Mmm, I can taste the Mediterranean sun-ripened peaches already. To "make up" for my lost dinner, I've been eating things I won't and don't normally eat in France (aka. non-local tropical fruit that are hard to come by like bananas and mangos). Here was my breakfast of traveling champions (the BEST combination ever) 3 mangos 1 frozen naner 1 big handful of cilantro juice of 1/2 lime Lunch was of a course, a banana whip with post-workoutalicious carob powder and matcha green tea. Au revoir!