When life gives you failed whipped butternut squash, make cake butternut squash cake cookies. Prepare yourself, today’s post is sort of stream of consciousness: It’s been well over a month since I’ve developed a recipe specifically for JSA and it feels weird and good at the same time. It felt weird to be going place […]
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Potato and Lentil Soup
Happy Monday! It feels good to be back on track in terms of posting, let’s hope it stays that way. Today I’ll be talking about someone who I don’t mention much on here. My special nerd who has my heart: Chris. He doesn’t really read my blog because he’s busy being smart and studying to […]
Spiced Pumpkin Softies
I’m seriously on a huge pumpkin kick right now and I’m totally into it. These spiced pumpkin softies are so soft and warm straight from the oven, they’re like little puffy clouds of pumpkin and spice. I ate about 4 while photographing these (and subsequently broke my favourite lens from being careless), and when I […]
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 […]
DIY Pumpkin Puree
When I was in high school, a guy called me a hipster behind my back. At the time, I had no idea what a hipster was. I googled it and was instantly offended. Sure, I wore tights and shorts. Sure, I liked wearing sort of weird clothes. But I wore them because I liked them […]
Cauliflower Soup
Creamy smooth cauliflower soup Whether or not you’re new to cooking, sometimes, you just totally and completely mess something up. It can something simple like vinaigrette–you added too much salt but you don’t have any more lemon juice so now you have this overly salty dressing. And sometimes it’s something that’s a bit more catastrophic.