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Kicking Back the Pebbles

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The 2018 Spice Calendar

December 18, 2017 - Leave a Comment

by Kicking Back the Pebbles & Kouzounas Kitchen

If you have been around a while, you know Kicking Back the Pebbles loves to come together with fellow foodies and companions in blogger-mischief once in a while for all sorts of fun! After the latest cahoots with Krystina Kalapothakos, the talented pastry chef of Kouzounas Kitchen, we’re excited to bring to you our 2018 Spice Calendar. You don’t have to be a foodie (even though it does make the perfect gift for the foodie in your life), nor an expert cook to appreciate it.

There’s something in it for everyone—for the millennial who lives on pumpkin spice lattes from September to May, for the basic home cook who wants an “oomph” to the typical vegetable soup, for the passionate culinary enthusiast who wants to tweak crème brûlée to oblivion, for the tired student looking to zap a mug-cake in less than 2‘, for your clean-eating obsessed friend in quest of the perfect salad dressing, for the wine connoisseur in search of the perfect shrimp dish for pairings, for your BBQ-loving partner—you name it!!

The 2018 Spice Calendar by Kicking Back the Pebbles & Kouzounas Kitchen
A unique concept

An 8.5″ X 5.5″ wall-calendar that opens up to an 8.5″ X 11″. The actual monthly view is a 2-page spread. We give you one spice-mix or herb-blend recipe per month—seasonally coordinated—and share our “secret” ingredients that will make your homemade blends far more interesting than their store-bought alternatives. Think of some of the most commonly used and loved ones (Pumpkin Pie, Sweet Curry, BBQ, Greek and Italian Seasoning, Herbes de Provence, etc.) jazzed up with ingredients like mace, cardamom, and dried lavender flowers. The spices are featured on the top page, along with a simple date grid. Then, at the bottom page, we give you a fun, quick, and easy recipe that utilizes that monthly mix or blend. Keep in mind that most of the (food) recipes are already vegan-vegetarian, low-sodium, cholesterol-free, or they can be easily adapted—with a minimal number of ingredient swaps!

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Product details

• Wall calendar
• Covers 12 months, January-December (one month displayed per 2-page spread)
• 24 recipes total (12 unique recipes for spice mixes & herb blends and 12 complementing recipes that utilize them)
• Gregorian dates – Simple grid (no holidays included)
• Size: 8.5″ x 5.5″ (opens to 8.5″ X 11″) – 21.5 x 14 cm (opens to 21.5 X 28 cm)
• Pages: 28 pages (4 cover, 24 inside)
• Saddle-stitched & pre-drilled

All photos are our own (© NestorZ Photography, Kouzounas Kitchen & Kicking Back the Pebbles).

The 2018 Spice Calendar by Kicking Back the Pebbles & Kouzounas Kitchen
Why make your own spice mixes & herb blends?

Spice mixes and herb blends are an easy and yet amazing way to add that “oomph” to all your home cooking & baking. By DIYing them in your own kitchen:

✔ You have better control over the quality of your spices and their freshness.
✔ Commercially ground and processed spices—even when in airtight packaging—can lose their pizzazz.
✔ You make sure they don’t contain any hidden ingredients like flavor or aroma additives and preservatives.
✔ You control if and/or how much salt you add.
✔ You get to combine far more interesting ingredients—like mace—than the ones you’d find in a common store-bought blend.

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Hi, it’s Athina!

A stalwart bookworm, English & American Literature graduate, EFL/ESOL teacher. I juggled teaching and working as an executive secretary, in a big advertising company and a law firm, for several years. I’m a freelance writer, line editor, and blogger as of lately. Also, a bit ironic by nature but, all in all, quite easy-going. Partner to 1 & mother to 3 cats. I once tried to give up coffee and then swore not to make that mistake again!

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To print the recipe (in Greek as well) from the blog: ➡️ click the link in bio kickingbackthepebbles.start.page/ ➡️ scroll to the bottom ➡️ click on the relevant pic (it's usually the most recent one)
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Αφού μεταλαμπαδεύσαμε τις γνώσεις μας στους αγγλόφωνους, είπα να σας γράψω και στα ελληνικά την παλαιά, την τίμια, τη χωριάτικη, την ιερή, της γιαγιάς τη συνταγή – και #μηφρικαρετεμετοσταχτονερο λέμε! 🍪🎄 #homemade #traditional #rusticrecipes #villagerecipes #greekchristmascookies #kourabiedes #kourabiethes #instafood #makeyourown
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Για να εκτυπώσετε συνταγή & αναλυτικές οδηγίες από το μπλογκ: ➡️ στο προφίλ πατάτε στο λινκ kickingbackthepebbles.start.page/ ➡️ σκρολάρετε στο τέλος της καρτέλας ➡️ πατάτε την αντίστοιχη φωτογραφία (συνήθως η πιο πρόσφατη) 
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Just a few festive touches around our place. Nothi Just a few festive touches around our place. Nothing bold, but I'm feeling adequately (and minimally) Christmas-sy! 🎄🦌🎁
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List of items: 
🔸 Rain deer from jumbo.gr
🔸 Golden wire Christmas tree from jumbo.gr 
🔸 Bottlebrush trees by House of Seasons/edelman.nl 
🔸 Christmas tree basket from Jysk
🔸 Wooden tree ornaments from Zara Home
🔸 Iron tree ornaments from Zara Home 
🔸 Nutcrackers by Inart
🔸 Small silver nutcracker by Alexandros Iliadis/A.I. Decoration
🔸 Candlesticks from IKEA 
🔸 3-wick candle by White Barn/Bath & Bodyworks from notino.gr
🔸 Silicone mariz spatulas from diafanostores.gr
🔸 Kitchen towel from Zara Home 
🔸 LED star curtain by Goobay
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Handcrafted nativity scene in a Buddha coconut husk purchased from a street fair in Budapest. 
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Music: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Licensed by: InstaShot – Creator: Rook1e
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In an 1875 St. Nicholas Magazine* cumulative tale, In an 1875 St. Nicholas Magazine* cumulative tale, an old woman bakes a gingerbread man, who leaps from her oven and runs away. The woman and her husband give chase but are unable to catch him. The gingerbread man then outruns several farm characters in repetitious scenes featuring an ever-growing cast for the tale's effect. Each time he escapes, he chants a list of those he has steered clear of and bets he can avoid the next character too: “I've run away from a little old man, a little old man and the old lady, and I can run away from you—I can!”
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It all ends with a fox catching and eating the gingerbread man, who cries as he is devoured: “I'm quarter gone! I'm half gone! I'm three-quarters gone! I'm all gone!” 🦊🍪 #homemade #gingerbreadspice #gingerbreadman #gingerbreadhouse #gingerbreadcookies #gingerbreadlady 
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*️⃣ St. Nicholas Magazine was a popular monthly American children's magazine founded by Scribner in 1873. Its first editor was Mary Mapes Dodge, who continued her association with the magazine until she died in 1905. Dodge published work by the country's leading writers, including Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mark Twain, Laura E. Richards, and Joel Chandler Harris. 📚 [All info from Wikipedia]
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To print the recipe (in Greek as well) from the blog: ➡️ click the link in bio kickingbackthepebbles.start.page/ ➡️ scroll to the bottom ➡️ click on the relevant pic (it's usually the most recent one)
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#kickingbackthepebbles #bloggerlife #christmastime #christmasmenu #porkroll #porkroast  #stuffedpork #christmasdinner #christmasmood #happyholidays #christmascheer #photooftheday #instagood #christmasvibes #christmassy #holidayseason #foodie #foodiegram #fooddiary #foodnetwork
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To print the recipe (in Greek as well) from the blog: ➡️ click the link in bio kickingbackthepebbles.start.page/ ➡️ scroll to the bottom ➡️ click on the relevant pic (it's usually the most recent one)
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#kickingbackthepebbles #bloggerlife #christmastime #christmasmenu #chestnutsoup #wintersoup #christmasdinner #christmasmood #happyholidays #christmascheer #photooftheday #instagood #christmasvibes #christmassy #holidayseason #foodie #foodiegram #fooddiary #foodnetwork
Αφού μεταλαμπαδεύσαμε τις γνώσεις μας στους αγγλόφωνους, είπα να σας γράψω και στα ελληνικά την παλαιά, την τίμια, τη χωριάτικη, την ιερή, της γιαγιάς τη συνταγή – και #μηφρικαρετεμετοσταχτονερο λέμε! 🍪🎄 #homemade #traditional #rusticrecipes #villagerecipes #greekchristmascookies #kourabiedes #kourabiethes #instafood #makeyourown
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Για να εκτυπώσετε συνταγή & αναλυτικές οδηγίες από το μπλογκ: ➡️ στο προφίλ πατάτε στο λινκ kickingbackthepebbles.start.page/ ➡️ σκρολάρετε στο τέλος της καρτέλας ➡️ πατάτε την αντίστοιχη φωτογραφία (συνήθως η πιο πρόσφατη) 
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I'm terribly sorry—it's time... *(Mercilessly) c I'm terribly sorry—it's time... *(Mercilessly) cue ALL the kourabiedes recipes*
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👩🏼‍🍳🍪🎄 #homemade #greekchristmascookies #kourabiedes #kourabiethes #instafood #makeyourown 
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To print the recipe from the blog: ➡️ click the link in bio kickingbackthepebbles.start.page/ ➡️ scroll to the bottom ➡️ click on the relevant pic (it's usually the most recent one)
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#kickingbackthepebbles #bloggerlife #christmastime #christmasiscoming #winter #tistheseason #christmasmood #happyholidays #christmascheer #photooftheday #instagood #christmasvibes #christmassy #countdowntochristmas #holidayseason #foodie #foodiegram #fooddiary #foodnetwork
Just a few festive touches around our place. Nothi Just a few festive touches around our place. Nothing bold, but I'm feeling adequately (and minimally) Christmas-sy! 🎄🦌🎁
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List of items: 
🔸 Rain deer from jumbo.gr
🔸 Golden wire Christmas tree from jumbo.gr 
🔸 Bottlebrush trees by House of Seasons/edelman.nl 
🔸 Christmas tree basket from Jysk
🔸 Wooden tree ornaments from Zara Home
🔸 Iron tree ornaments from Zara Home 
🔸 Nutcrackers by Inart
🔸 Small silver nutcracker by Alexandros Iliadis/A.I. Decoration
🔸 Candlesticks from IKEA 
🔸 3-wick candle by White Barn/Bath & Bodyworks from notino.gr
🔸 Silicone mariz spatulas from diafanostores.gr
🔸 Kitchen towel from Zara Home 
🔸 LED star curtain by Goobay
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Handcrafted nativity scene in a Buddha coconut husk purchased from a street fair in Budapest. 
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Music: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Licensed by: InstaShot – Creator: Rook1e
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#kickingbackthepebbles #bloggerlife #christmastime #christmasiscoming #winter #tistheseason #christmasmood #happyholidays #christmascheer #photooftheday #instagood #christmasvibes #christmassy #countdowntochristmas #holidayseason #christmasdecorations🎄 #intags #christmasdecorationsup #christmasdecorationshopping #christmasdecorationsareup #christmasdecorationsmakemehappy #chrismasdecorations2022
In an 1875 St. Nicholas Magazine* cumulative tale, In an 1875 St. Nicholas Magazine* cumulative tale, an old woman bakes a gingerbread man, who leaps from her oven and runs away. The woman and her husband give chase but are unable to catch him. The gingerbread man then outruns several farm characters in repetitious scenes featuring an ever-growing cast for the tale's effect. Each time he escapes, he chants a list of those he has steered clear of and bets he can avoid the next character too: “I've run away from a little old man, a little old man and the old lady, and I can run away from you—I can!”
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It all ends with a fox catching and eating the gingerbread man, who cries as he is devoured: “I'm quarter gone! I'm half gone! I'm three-quarters gone! I'm all gone!” 🦊🍪 #homemade #gingerbreadspice #gingerbreadman #gingerbreadhouse #gingerbreadcookies #gingerbreadlady 
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*️⃣ St. Nicholas Magazine was a popular monthly American children's magazine founded by Scribner in 1873. Its first editor was Mary Mapes Dodge, who continued her association with the magazine until she died in 1905. Dodge published work by the country's leading writers, including Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mark Twain, Laura E. Richards, and Joel Chandler Harris. 📚 [All info from Wikipedia]
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#kickingbackthepebbles #bloggerlife #christmastime #christmasiscoming #winter #tistheseason #christmasmood #happyholidays #christmascheer #photooftheday #instagood #christmasvibes #christmassy #countdowntochristmas #holidayseason #foodie #foodiegram #fooddiary #foodnetwork
👩🏼‍🍳🍖🎄 Christmas #dinnerprep mode 👩🏼‍🍳🍖🎄 Christmas #dinnerprep mode 🔛 (cont'd) Have a very merry one, folks! 
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To print the recipe (in Greek as well) from the blog: ➡️ click the link in bio kickingbackthepebbles.start.page/ ➡️ scroll to the bottom ➡️ click on the relevant pic (it's usually the most recent one)
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#kickingbackthepebbles #bloggerlife #christmastime #christmasmenu #porkroll #porkroast  #stuffedpork #christmasdinner #christmasmood #happyholidays #christmascheer #photooftheday #instagood #christmasvibes #christmassy #holidayseason #foodie #foodiegram #fooddiary #foodnetwork
👩🏼‍🍳🌰🎄 Christmas #dinnerprep mode 👩🏼‍🍳🌰🎄 Christmas #dinnerprep mode 🔛 
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To print the recipe (in Greek as well) from the blog: ➡️ click the link in bio kickingbackthepebbles.start.page/ ➡️ scroll to the bottom ➡️ click on the relevant pic (it's usually the most recent one)
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#kickingbackthepebbles #bloggerlife #christmastime #christmasmenu #chestnutsoup #wintersoup #christmasdinner #christmasmood #happyholidays #christmascheer #photooftheday #instagood #christmasvibes #christmassy #holidayseason #foodie #foodiegram #fooddiary #foodnetwork
Αφού μεταλαμπαδεύσαμε τις γνώσεις μας στους αγγλόφωνους, είπα να σας γράψω και στα ελληνικά την παλαιά, την τίμια, τη χωριάτικη, την ιερή, της γιαγιάς τη συνταγή – και #μηφρικαρετεμετοσταχτονερο λέμε! 🍪🎄 #homemade #traditional #rusticrecipes #villagerecipes #greekchristmascookies #kourabiedes #kourabiethes #instafood #makeyourown
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Για να εκτυπώσετε συνταγή & αναλυτικές οδηγίες από το μπλογκ: ➡️ στο προφίλ πατάτε στο λινκ kickingbackthepebbles.start.page/ ➡️ σκρολάρετε στο τέλος της καρτέλας ➡️ πατάτε την αντίστοιχη φωτογραφία (συνήθως η πιο πρόσφατη) 
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[Music: I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (Jazz Version) – Licensed by: Epidemic Sound – Creator: Ennio Máno]
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#kickingbackthepebbles #bloggerlife #fooddiary #xmas #christmasmood #christmasrecipe #christmasbaking #bakingseason #ourfoodstories #creativefoodphotography #seasonaleating
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I'm terribly sorry—it's time... *(Mercilessly) c I'm terribly sorry—it's time... *(Mercilessly) cue ALL the kourabiedes recipes*
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👩🏼‍🍳🍪🎄 #homemade #greekchristmascookies #kourabiedes #kourabiethes #instafood #makeyourown 
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To print the recipe from the blog: ➡️ click the link in bio kickingbackthepebbles.start.page/ ➡️ scroll to the bottom ➡️ click on the relevant pic (it's usually the most recent one)
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#kickingbackthepebbles #bloggerlife #christmastime #christmasiscoming #winter #tistheseason #christmasmood #happyholidays #christmascheer #photooftheday #instagood #christmasvibes #christmassy #countdowntochristmas #holidayseason #foodie #foodiegram #fooddiary #foodnetwork
Just a few festive touches around our place. Nothi Just a few festive touches around our place. Nothing bold, but I'm feeling adequately (and minimally) Christmas-sy! 🎄🦌🎁
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List of items: 
🔸 Rain deer from jumbo.gr
🔸 Golden wire Christmas tree from jumbo.gr 
🔸 Bottlebrush trees by House of Seasons/edelman.nl 
🔸 Christmas tree basket from Jysk
🔸 Wooden tree ornaments from Zara Home
🔸 Iron tree ornaments from Zara Home 
🔸 Nutcrackers by Inart
🔸 Small silver nutcracker by Alexandros Iliadis/A.I. Decoration
🔸 Candlesticks from IKEA 
🔸 3-wick candle by White Barn/Bath & Bodyworks from notino.gr
🔸 Silicone mariz spatulas from diafanostores.gr
🔸 Kitchen towel from Zara Home 
🔸 LED star curtain by Goobay
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Handcrafted nativity scene in a Buddha coconut husk purchased from a street fair in Budapest. 
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Music: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Licensed by: InstaShot – Creator: Rook1e
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#kickingbackthepebbles #bloggerlife #christmastime #christmasiscoming #winter #tistheseason #christmasmood #happyholidays #christmascheer #photooftheday #instagood #christmasvibes #christmassy #countdowntochristmas #holidayseason #christmasdecorations🎄 #intags #christmasdecorationsup #christmasdecorationshopping #christmasdecorationsareup #christmasdecorationsmakemehappy #chrismasdecorations2022
In an 1875 St. Nicholas Magazine* cumulative tale, In an 1875 St. Nicholas Magazine* cumulative tale, an old woman bakes a gingerbread man, who leaps from her oven and runs away. The woman and her husband give chase but are unable to catch him. The gingerbread man then outruns several farm characters in repetitious scenes featuring an ever-growing cast for the tale's effect. Each time he escapes, he chants a list of those he has steered clear of and bets he can avoid the next character too: “I've run away from a little old man, a little old man and the old lady, and I can run away from you—I can!”
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It all ends with a fox catching and eating the gingerbread man, who cries as he is devoured: “I'm quarter gone! I'm half gone! I'm three-quarters gone! I'm all gone!” 🦊🍪 #homemade #gingerbreadspice #gingerbreadman #gingerbreadhouse #gingerbreadcookies #gingerbreadlady 
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*️⃣ St. Nicholas Magazine was a popular monthly American children's magazine founded by Scribner in 1873. Its first editor was Mary Mapes Dodge, who continued her association with the magazine until she died in 1905. Dodge published work by the country's leading writers, including Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mark Twain, Laura E. Richards, and Joel Chandler Harris. 📚 [All info from Wikipedia]
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#kickingbackthepebbles #bloggerlife #christmastime #christmasiscoming #winter #tistheseason #christmasmood #happyholidays #christmascheer #photooftheday #instagood #christmasvibes #christmassy #countdowntochristmas #holidayseason #foodie #foodiegram #fooddiary #foodnetwork

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