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Palmiers
Palmiers are classic French cookies in a palm leaf shape. Sweet, light and crispy, they are also called French hearts or elephants ears....


Vegan in the New Year?
At Clorofil, we’ve been vegan for almost a decade. I grew up in France where eating meat, dairy, and eggs was the norm. And although I...


2022
2022 may not have been the year of the collar for Skye, but she made tremendous progress in many other areas. She is much more at ease,...


leave it #2
We are moving to the next level of the "leave it": leaving the treat in the open hand. It's hard but she is doing really good!


snuffle mat
Skye got a fancy snuffle mat for Christmas and she took to it immediately! She had a simpler one and knew right away what to do with it....


first night out!
It was a success! We had our first night out Saturday with Skye locked inside the house (*). We were away for 5 hours and a half, and...


leave it
Skye is learning a new skill. Step One. Hold a food treat in your closed fist so the dog can smell but not get it. Let him nuzzle, lick,...


fries
Skye continues to expand her culinary repertoire! Peter is really proud of her as fries are the Belgian national food (yeah, French fries...


home alone #2
Skye has been really doing well by staying home alone in the evenings with the door to the backyard closed. So well, that yesterday we...


cookie taster
She has recently discovered that human food is tasty and is now joining us in the kitchen every time we are cooking. Yesterday, she...


Pecan sablés
A vegan version of the French butter cookies with pecans and maple syrup. They are soft, crumbly, and simply delicious. Our dog Skye was...


collar update
Skye continues to make amazing progress with her collar. I am now able to put it completely around her neck without any lure, and keep it...


Lessons from the lockdown
The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been decimating birds across the whole country since the beginning of the year. It hit...


spaghetti
Skye has been more curious about our food lately, and spaghetti is becoming one of her favorites (she is a 100% carb girl! LOL). Here is...


Golden tian
This fall and winter baked vegetables dish is not only very tasty, but it's so pretty that it steals the limelight on any table, including the holiday table! Ingredients: (Serves 3 as main dish, 6 as side dish) * 1 onion, diced * 8 oz crimini mushrooms, diced * 2 garlic cloves, crushed * 1 lb potatoes, sliced into thin rounds * 1 lb potatoes, sliced into thin rounds * 1 lb butternut squash, sliced into thin half moons * olive oil * salt For the sage butter: * 1/4 cup vegan bu


home alone
Skye is really good at staying home alone during the day, she has no separation anxiety whatsoever. She has full access to the house and...


Cranberry tart
It's cranberry season! I discovered cranberries when I came to the US and I immediately fell in love with them. I like to add them to...


Gratin de crêpes with butternut and sage
We did a holiday cooking class and made a delicious gratin of crêpes with roasted butternut and sage. Perfect to impress your friends and...


hide and seek
Here is another indoor game we love to play when it's raining outside.


collar update
Skye has been making quite some progress with her collar training lately. In this first video, she puts her head through the closed...
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