Culinary Adventures with Camilla

One of my friends in the blogging world - Shaina of Take a Bite Out of Boca -  is hosting a recipe round-up in honor of her cousin Leah who is battling brain cancer and taking part in the Angels Among Us cancer event . Shaina's cousin beat cancer the first time around, but they have discovered that it has returned. So Shaina is running a Beat Cancer event on her blog. Everything will all be linked up there on Friday, April 25th. Check it out at  Take a Bite Out of Boca ! If you have been following my blog for any amount of time,  you know that I love my veggies. And I decided to pull out a few recipes for her event. While we know that no single food or food component protects you against cancer by itself, there is strong evidence showing that a diet filled with a variety of plant foods - vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans -  helps lower risk for many cancers. Click to read about the cancer-fighing cruciferous family: here  -  from cancer.gov...

Today's event - #recipesfromtheheart - is being hosted by Kim of  Cravings of a Lunatic  and Jen of  Juanita's Cocina . They teamed up with their blogger friends to help raise awareness and support for Cancer and Hospice today in memory of Kim's dad. We encourage everyone to read the posts and share their own experiences with cancer. We also would like to encourage everyone to donate to the  Canadian Cancer Society , the  American Cancer Society  and also to the  Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association . Hospice was a key element during Kim's father's battle with cancer. They made it possible for Kim to care for him at home. So please show your support and donate if you can. You can also contact your local Hospice and donate directly to them if you wish. A little goes a long way!  This will be a long, but worthwhile post.  When a blogger - Kim - in one of my cooking groups posted that she was hosting a cancer awareness blogging ev...