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The Universe always works in a dynamic exchange with your body, mind, and environment. In nature, giving and receiving different aspects of the flow of energy in the universe are what permit the continual bounty we enjoy and is what we call life. As Buddha shared, “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” Just like the candle, when we share our happiness, it doesn’t mean we lose any of our own personal happiness. By sharing, I actually find my happiness and joy grows. ….As I look back on 2012 and reflect on my life, there’s a huge wave of a blur that goes through my mind at 150mph. Life has been crazy for me (and my family). Besides renovating and opening a new business called Kelly’s Bake Shoppe and restructuring and…

These are the BEST HEALTHY breakfast pancakes for kids (well okay, adults too)! The smell of these pancakes cooking in the frying pan is just the most incredible aroma to wake up to. After many attempts at Gluten-Free and Vegan (dairy-free and egg-free) Pancakes and keeping them moist and a totally delicate, I think we did it! This recipe is a healthy alternative to conventional pancakes and they give some much needed added fibre and vitamins and minerals to our diets too. These are a perfect treat on days that the kids are home from school on a “Snow Day” (like they’re forecasting for tomorrow here in Burlington, ON). What a wonderful idea to pick up all the ingredients today and have them make them with you in the morning. Apple & Cinnamon Pancakes – Gluten Free and Vegan 2 cups gluten-free all -purpose flour (you choose) 1 TBSP baking Powder 1/2 tsp…

Introducing our new “Skinny Cookie”! This is the cookie that will help you maintain all those healthy resolutions or ‘plans of action’ you made to yourself to keep for 2013. We’re here to help you keep those promises you made to yourself at Kelly’s Bake Shoppe. It’s hard starting the new year and at times, I know, overwhelming to make and implement change but I’m certain that at least one of these following resolutions were on your list of things to change this year….maybe living better overall, EATING better, doing one random act of kindness daily, getting healthier in some way, taking up yoga, learn how to meditate, working out more, lose weight (always on most people’s lists), cure a health ‘condition’, be more loving or maybe even being consciously grateful daily for what you have. To take it one step further, I even have people who have begged me to help them, in…

Opening Day is DECEMBER 8th! After 6 long months of renovating this incredible space, we are almost ready for the BIG reveal on Saturday December the 8th, 2012 at noon. We are cordially inviting all of you to please attend and join in the craziness of the day. We are even giving away a FREE Cupcake to EVERYONE! We thank you for all your love and support and helping us to make a difference on this beautiful planet by showing people that eating well can taste GREAT! Delicious. Gluten-Free. Vegan. We hope to see you very soon!

HELLO EVERYONE!! I just wanted to give you all a heartfelt update about KellysXO and the transition of our vegan and gluten-free bakery over to Kelly’s Bake Shoppe. This will be our last weekend ‘baking’ out of KellysXO. Yes, it’s sad for me and Erinn and our family. The good news is we outgrew the space as business has boomed but the bad news is we won’t be part of the morning baking and prepping together. I’m going to miss it terribly…. As much as I wanted to move out of KellysXO and not be so ‘claustrophobic’ every morning bumping into everyone, I’m going to miss my two and a half years of growing in creativity and my spiritual journey in a bakery. Tears, stress, laughter, joy, the odd yelling match, new crazy recipes created and born, awards won (!!), tons of love given and received, the chance to do this with…

We’ve picked the day! The anticipation has been driving us nuts for the past 5 months and here we are…a little more than 3 weeks away. Erinn and I are beyond excited with everything that is coming together right now. Ovens, final decor, granite counters, shelving, flours and all the baking ingredients…gluten free, dairy free, egg free and refined sugar free of course! We also are getting Kosher certified within the next month. Stay tuned for more updates and please mark in your calendar Saturday, December 1st, 2012,  and join us for this very exciting day! We’re anticipating a huge crowd – so you better come early!! Kelly’s Bake Shoppe 401 Brant Street Burlington, ON L7R 2E9 905 333-1400 LettuceLove Cafe 399 John Street Burlington, ON L7R 2K3 905 637-2700 Find LettuceLove Cafe on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LettuceLoveCafe Find Kelly’s Bake Shoppe on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kellysbakeshoppe Find ME on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kellychildslive

So here I am with a few veggies on hand and they all look awesome! But what do you do if you have some onions, green apples, leeks, a green cauliflower and a celery root? 
Well, you know, you make SOUP. Duh! (I know I’m not funny). 
It’s a cool damp day here in Burlington, Ontario, Canada and I really needed some ‘space’ so I left LettuceLove Cafe early to get some work done. BUT- Of course I got sidetracked in the kitchen. Writing? Who wants to look after deadlines!! The kitchen is the best and my most favourite room in the house (to procrastinate in) and I love nothing more than hanging out in it and creating some new dishes to tantalize you all with (and my husband too). Celery Root with Green Apples Soup 2 medium yellow onions, chopped 2 garlic, minced 1 leek, diced 4 stalks celery chopped…

I wrote this at 3am this morning. Somehow awake and feeling the sadness from the East Coast Hurrricane (Sandy), the looting, the 1000’s of people who have lost their homes and their (taken for granted) safety. I started to think of Ken, Erinn, Mike and our success and how lucky we are in our lives and these words poured out onto my journal. Please give us the strength to love and always find forgiveness. Please help us to grow in empathy, as this is the source of all goodness. Please help us support one another and encourage one another to be better people. I pray we can love our customers the way each of them needs to be loved. I pray we can love our wonderful staff and that they can be encouraged and empowered by us to become better employees and a reflection of us all. I pray we…

This is now one of our best sellers at LettuceLove Cafe and Kelly’s Bake Shoppe. Every time I make it, it is sold out by 5pm that day. I think more and more people are realizing the benefits of eating raw food and allowing this food to keep it’s nutrition and enzymes intact. The Kelly’s Bake Shoppe is going to be making more of these types of products in the very near future and the good news is too is that it’s shippable!! What is so great about this granola is that it has so many purposes. It can be used as healthy energy snacks for your children’s lunch boxes, breakfast cereal and top it with almond milk and bananas, it travels well in car or in a plane, it’s perfect for hotel rooms when you can’t find good food to eat (bring your granola!!!), crumble it over your coconut…

Today was dreaded day for me. I mean, who REALLY enjoys dental surgery and bone grafting? No one I’m certain of it. And it most certainly doesn’t top the list of things for me to do on my bucket list before I die. No way. I’m home now and I’m not really a very good patient as I can’t sit still for too long and convalesce. There’s always something to do……read up on recipes, create new cupcake ideas, health ideas for future posts, work on nutritional labels, branding for Kelly’s Bake Shoppe, pay bills and more bills, I can go on and on. I thought though, why not show you where I was today….Dr. Stephen Phelan’s Dental Practice.  Dr. Stephen Phelan I had to get bone grafting done for my front tooth that has had a crown on it since I was 8 years old (I’m saving the story of how I…

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