Creamy cucumber salad with chili crisp isn’t just a side dish — it’s the star of the table. Cool, crunchy cucumbers layered over a bed of creamy basil-and-chive sauce, drizzled with spicy vinaigrette, and topped with a generous spoonful of chili crisp. It’s bright, fresh, and the perfect balance of creamy and fiery. I […]
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*Crickets chirping* … I’m back! After a lengthy (ahem, almost four year) absence, I’ve decided that my creative outlet needed to make a comeback. How thrilled were my friends and family to learn that I would be picking back up where I left off? I guess a bunch of free, delicious food being tested on
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Where do I even start? This past year has been one of the hardest, most exciting, most transformational years of my life. Things happened over the past year that I never thought would happen to me, that I never saw coming, that I didn’t know how to deal with or react to. The emotional roller
So it seems I’ve been preoccupied lately with things that revolve around real world scenarios and less to do with the hubbub of the online world. For the past six years, I could say I was truly drawn into that world of instant gratification…of status updates, likes, follows and so on. But in the past
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When I asked my lovely followers on Facebook what kind of mushroom related post they would like to see me write in the coming weeks for my lovely friends at Mushrooms Canada, I received a pretty overwhelming response. Most people came up with some delicious way to cook them like sautéed in butter, or flash
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One year ago: Blackberry Apple PieTwo years ago: Paleo Chocolate Caramel Brownie CupsThree years ago: Citrus CurdFour years ago: Whole Wheat BreadFive years ago: Crab and Shrimp Cakes with Lemon Aioli The unicorn of spreads, cookie butter, is easily made at home with the help of a Blendtec and the amazing Twister Jar.
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This week was a whirlwind of craziness and I loved every minute of it! I had photoshoots all week for my “other” job at EAT Magazine, here in Victoria BC. Check out my work, if you feel so inclined. My Dad turned an amazing 60 years old and being a child of the internet age,
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Are we officially in fall? Hard to say. Here in Canada, the season never just slips in quietly—it kicks the door open. One day you’re drinking your morning coffee on the porch in a t-shirt, and the next morning you’re scraping frost off the windshield wearing two pairs of pants and muttering about why you
I’ve had a bag of chia seeds hiding out in my freezer for over a year, waiting for inspiration to strike. It’s not that I dislike them—though I’ll admit that when they’re suspended in liquid, they have the disconcerting texture of tiny fish eggs. But there’s something oddly appealing about that pop, that slippery little
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