{"id":3718,"date":"2020-07-04T15:36:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T15:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/?p=3718"},"modified":"2020-07-04T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T15:36:54","slug":"hello-july-and-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/hello-july-and-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello July! And Summer!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m a day late because Wednesday was Canada Day, which means Wednesday I thought it was Friday and Thursday I thought it was Monday. Now I have no idea what the actual day is. Welcome to summer! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back to Canada Day. All I have to say about the 1st of July is I&#8217;ve yet to appreciate the whole and very complicated history of my beloved country. I&#8217;m listening and learning and reading and I like to think I&#8217;m more knowledgable today then I was yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I live, work, and love on traditional lands referred to as Treaty 4 Territory, which is the traditional lands of the Cree, Ojibwe (OJIB-WE), Saulteaux (SO-TO), Dakota, Nakota, Lakota, and on the homeland of the Metis Nation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The first day of July was a beautiful summer day. The perfect kind. With sunshine and birdsong and dips in the pool. There was also food. There&#8217;s always food. My husband smoked ribs and I made a rhubarb\/strawberry\/nectarine galette. It all turned out mighty fine.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3796D112-31A3-4155-81CE-DFDB21C49FB0-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3719\" width=\"453\" height=\"609\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The only thing missing was ice cream, which I forgot to buy, but we did have whipped cream and that was delicious too. Also, I may have baked it too long as I wasn&#8217;t sure how to tell if it was done and the last thing I wanted was to dig in and find a soggy crust at the bottom. But I&#8217;ve learned baking takes practice and that practice makes better. Just like writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my favourite recipe books for desserts is All The Sweet Things by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetsugarbean.com\/\">Rene Kohlman<\/a> who is a Saskatoon chef and food blogger. She&#8217;s busy working on a vegetable cookbook. Follow her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetsugarbean.com\/\">blog<\/a> or on Instagram as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sweetsugarbean\/\">Sweet Sugar Bean<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"252\" src=\"http:\/\/karyngood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/writing.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3724\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/There\u2019s no better way to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Month than cooking up some amazing First Nations\/Indigenous cuisine of Canada at home. These recipes \u2014 including a few from me at Kekuli Cafe Coffee &amp; Bannock in British Columbia \u2014 all have amazing ingredients that First Nations, Inuit and M\u00e9tis people use in their traditional fresh food cooking styles. 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