Cool down this summer with iced tea sweetened with Medjool date syrup. I’m not good at summer. I don’t like tanning because I get blotchy and my tan is sort of a weird dark yellow-grey colour. Not my best look. So in order to not tan, I wear long sleeves or when that’s not possible because […]
Drinks
Copycat Cactus Coolers
Copycat cactus coolers of the drinks served at Pancho Villa in Ottawa on Elgin St. Living in such a multicultural country is both frustrating and refreshing. I’m most frustrated when I am trying to explain a concept in one language that only exists in another and nobody seems to understand what I mean. The flip […]
Infused Water Ideas
If any of you followed JSA back in the day, I did an infused water post that was horribly composed and terribly written. This week’s Weight Loss Wednesday is about hydration, so I thought, why not redo that awful old post with new infused water ideas? It feels so weird to always be drinking water nowadays […]
Ginger Syrup
One time when I was in Vietnam, I experienced for the first time what David Lebovitz describes as the “zip” of ginger syrup. I was about seven years old and I had gone to visit my grandparents, to meet them all for the first time. My parents had immigrated to Canada before I was born, […]
Spiced Hot Chocolate Mix
Lots of things to cover today and I only have about 20 minutes to crank out this post. So bear with me. This, my dear readers, is a speed post. First things first: I am officially in fall mode. I have been wearing a scarf every day for the past week. That’s indicator #1 of […]
DIY Pumpkin Spice
It’s fall, and this weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, so there’s sure to be lots of pumpkin desserts to be had. In preparation for this, I decided it was high time to get a little jar of pumpkin spice for easy access for all the pumpkin-y things I’ll be making. This Thanksgiving will be the […]
