Simplicity: Avocados on Toast
Cupcakes stuffed with Snicker bits topped with peanut butter maple bacon frosting and drizzled with salted caramel sauce. Did I get your attention? Probably. Scrolling through Pinterest and browsing food blogs lately has started to feel overly indulgent and a bit… stomach clenching. Why this sudden trend to stuff more “stuff” into a dish to […]
Butter Baked Goods, Mixed Berry Muffins and Post Processing
I have been quiet in this space lately. But not quiet overall. When I haven’t been doing client work, I’ve been busy doing a lot of writing. Far more than I usually do. I spent most of January working on a 31 Day Clean Up Your Blog series over at Food Bloggers of Canada along […]
The Boston Wallbanger and Other Beer Cocktails
We all have those friends… the ones we’ve known since childhood. We went to school with them, hung out in each others family rooms, their parents always seemed to be cool with adding another plate to the table so you could stay for dinner, and your parents always drove you all to the movies. In […]
Thoughts on 2013 and 2014 and Moving Forward
I spent an hour on New Years Eve sitting on the floor of my bedroom crying. Crying so hard that Sam didn’t know what to do – just kept trying push his head under my arms and lick my face. I just wanted the year to be over. I didn’t even stay up till midnight. […]
Lentil & Sausage Soup
Happy New Year all. I hope everyone had a happy holiday season, no matter how you celebrate it. I do have a post coming on 2013/2014 but I’ve been procrastinating and pondering and trying to figure out a few things first. In the meantime, I spent Boxing Day at my mom’s. Sometimes, you just need […]
The Art of the Leftovers: Turkey Pot Pie
About 5 years ago, when I worked in an office, we were situated across the street from a Save On Foods (for those outside of western Canada, they’re a grocery store chain). They had an ok deli. An ok deli with a stellar chicken pot pie. I’m not kidding. This was comfort food as good […]
