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Inspired Greens Living Lettuce Summer Salad
I’m here to change your world when it comes to salads with my new favourite greens! Lettuce begin, shall we? Have you ever tried Inspired Greens living lettuce? This isn’t your regular grocery store lettuce – it has 3x more leaves, it’s ready in one chop and stays fresh for longer. It’s ALIVE! Just look at the roots on this baby. You all know I’m about that fresh produce and this is as fresh as it gets. #Inspired Greens has several types of beautiful living lettuces from romaine to butterleaf and batavia leaf. I was in the mood for a summer salad so I grabbed the Inspired Greens multileaf trio lettuce to use as my…
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Rhubarb Syrup
*This post is from 2012 but I wanted to re-share the rhubarb love* Well, I promised you one last rhubarb recipe for the season and here it is. It’s a goodie…..worth the wait 😉 This is a super simple rhubarb syrup- perfect for adding to a gin & tonic, vodka & lemonade or your favourite cocktail. Or, if you’re no fun, you could just make a nice alcohol-free pink lemonade with this. The flavour is light and sweet with a subtle rhubarb taste, not to mention how beautiful their light pink colour is. Add sunshine + friends + good music for extra enjoyment! A flavourful rhubarb syrup & how to…
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Whistler Train Wreck
On a recent trip to Whistler, I was able to cross something off my list that I had been wanting to do for a couple years – hike to the ‘Whistler train wreck’. In years past it had been a bit of a secret and I’d tried to find it before but ended up in the completely wrong area. Now it’s become quite well known and a real trail has been created leading to the wreck. There is also a brand spankin’ new suspension bridge over the Cheakamus River right on the trail. Now this train wreck supposedly happened some time in the 1950s and what it looks like now…
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Toronto Eats – Wvrst, Apiecalypse Now
Recently I took a quick trip to Toronto and although I was only there a couple of days, we got to check a few places off of my ‘foodie’ bucket list. It was my first time in Toronto and even though the weather was nahhhhhht so nice, I enjoyed exploring downtown by foot. I quickly realized that Toronto’s downtown core was massive compared to Vancouver’s and maybe I would need to download ‘Uber’ for future trips. One of our first stops was at ‘Wvrst‘, a sausage and beer hall right downtown. We were there around 2pm so things were relatively quiet but I longed to see this place packed on…
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Ombré Cake
The other day I had the opportunity to make a “The Little Prince” inspired cake for a client’s baby shower. I wasn’t familiar with this story book but after some googling I found that deep blues and golden stars seemed to be the colour scheme of this story. I thought an ombré cake would be suiting with colours that fade from a deep royal or navy blue into white…but I had never decorated a cake like that before. It’s always a bit scary to try out a new technique on a client’s cake but I was so pleased with the final product and I can’t wait to make another ombré…
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Vegan Caesar Salad
You guys, I love caesar salad and I have tried literally a billion plant-based caesar salad dressings in my life, both at home and in restaurants. There are so many different ways to make a vegan caesar salad dressing. I’ve had avocado-based dressings, hemp-based, cashew-based and oil-based. For years I have avoided tofu-based caesar salad dressings because honestly, I just didn’t think it could taste as good as some of the other versions. Well, due to a major caesar salad craving the other day and a lack of cashews, I had to give the tofu-based dressing a try. It turned out to be amazing with perfectly a perfectly creamy and…
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Easy Roasted Garlic
Have you experienced the magic of roasted garlic? There is pretty much nothing better than taking a slice of a crusty baguette, drowning it in olive oil and balsamic vinegar and mashing several cloves of roasted garlic right on top. Oh my god. The best part about roasted garlic is that it is so easy to make at home. Besides my crusty baguette fantasy, there are so many other ways you can utilize roasted garlic. I love it in mashed yams for Thanksgiving or in Caesar salad dressing (stay tuned for this recipe!) If you’re not a huge garlic lover than definitely give roasted garlic a try. It has a…
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India – Part Three – Goa
The final installment of my trip to India ends in Goa, a state in Western India on the coast of the Arabian Sea. I fell in love with Goa and it was the perfect spot to end our trip with some rest and relaxation. It was 33-40 degrees each day and we lounged under our beach huts while drinking and eating the day away. When it got just too hot to bear we would take a dip in the Arabian Sea. The water was like a bath tub and there were no shells, seaweed or rocks in sight. It was heaven! We stayed in an area called Arambol Beach and…
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Roasted Honey Chili Potatoes
While in India I was introduced to one of the yummiest things I have ever eaten – “honey chili potato”. I was at a restaurant, stuffed to the brim from an amazing veggie curry with garlic naan bread but after one taste of these honey chili potatoes, I just couldn’t stop. This dish normally uses french fries as the base but I wanted to lighten things up and avoid the deep-fryer. Simple, roasted potatoes do the trick as they still get nice and crispy on the outside and stay fluffy on the inside. A recipe inspired by the 'honey chili potato' I had the pleasure of indulging in while…
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DIY Coconut Sugar Lip Scrub
Going from 40-degree weather in India to -1 degree weather in Vancouver has left my skin sooo confused!! It’s dry AF and I need to moisturize every five minutes, I swear. My lips are no better…dry and chapped and no amount of “Lip Shit” is helping (although I am still obsessed- coconut basil flavour is the bomb!). I have used lip scrubs in the past and enjoyed the results. I’ve tried a few from Lush and they were super moisturizing and effective and they tasted delicious but with none on hand I decided to make my own. It’s chemical free and made with natural ingredients good enough to eat! I…
