Baking

I get it, its nearly New Year's Eve and you want something sweet to round out the night. Make one of these easy desserts to ring in a delicious New Year. SOMETHING CHILLED... Raw Key Lime Cups If you like sweet and tart desserts or key lime pie, this easy recipe is perfect for you NYE celebration. Fruity Nice Cream Sundae Sweet and tart, this easy to make dessert can be made in minutes in your food processor with fruit from your freezer. Chilled Chocolate Peppermint Parfait This delicious and decadent raw dessert is easy to make but make it a few hours ahead so it has time to chill. SOMETHING BAKED... Cardamom Apple Cookie Crumble Sweet, spicy and easy to prepare, this Cardamom Apple Cookie crumble puts an Indian twist on Apple Crisp. Wholegrain Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies These chocolate chip cookies are fairly low in fat, vegan friendly and delicious. SOMETHING NO-BAKE... PB Mousse Jars with Chocolate Shell These are so easy to make, cute for guests and irresistible if you...

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I love crepes, which is weird because I HATED them for years... But last summer my husband and I took a trip to Montreal and found ourselves in Jean Tallon market -- a year round farmer's market and gourmet food complex. If you have never been and have the chance, go. Its one of my favourite markets in the world, and I have visited many. We had some crepes there that I will never forget. Montreal is a tricky city to navigate as a gluten free vegan -- but then again, what city isn't? When my husband and I travel we opt for renting Air BNBs with kitchens or kitchenettes to ensure we have the option to cook. Though we both love to eat out from time to time, a week of that gets old fast. Our trip to Montreal this summer was no different -- we stayed in a charming downtown apartment with a nice kitchen and kitchen table setup. We cooked most of our meals and took advantage of seasonal local produce from markets like Marche Jean Tallon. We ate out too, but most things wer...

I CANNOT believe that Christmas is next week. I blame my disbelief on turning 30 last week, the older I get, the faster time flies... I should start by apologizing for my infrequent posts these days. The truth is, I am working around the clock (about 7 days a week) running my own marketing business and its hard to find the time to bake, cook and photograph my meals. I tend to shoot only in daylight because my camera and lighting are quite limited so that pretty much leaves only weekends to take pictures of recipes.  Luckily for me my husband gave me an awesome new camera for my 30th birthday!  That's right, most of these photos were taken at night with the new camera and I am so pleased that the light doesn't look too shabby at all! This means that in 2016 I will be sharing a lot of new recipes with you because I won't be stuck only shooting my pictures in daylight. Woo hoo! Now back to Christmas. I have always baked around the holidays, mostly my grandmother's recipes ...

Have I told you how much I love sushi? Well, I LOVE sushi... My passion for sushi began years and years ago, after University. I started going out for dinner at least once a week with my good friends and sushi was almost always our food of choice. And why not? Sushi is beautiful, delicate, often cheap, semi-healthy, delicious and can be found virtually everywhere where I live. Our favourite go-to place was a busy one -- always rammed with lineups out the door but well worth the wait, every time.  A few years in to my sushi obsession I started having weird reactions to almost all Asian food. I would eat and then begin to feel as if my ears and throat were sealing shut. It was terrifying. A few allergy tests later and I discovered I had developed a soy allergy.  Dismayed and terrified of anaphylaxis, I began to explore other cuisines and avoid sushi and other Asian foods like the plague. To this day I still do, more or less. The sad thing is that I still consider Japanese cuisin...