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Settling in

Posts have been scarce lately what with my camera lens being broken, settling into my new apartment, and beginning graduate school after having taken a year off.  I can feel my brain getting into gear again (all of that dust being blown off from the areas that weren’t being used for travelling and working) and […]


Bringing you the very best of my kitchen experiments

So apparently this is the week of preparing home-cooked meals on a regular basis. Last weekend I powered through all of my home projects so I can focus on planning my trip (I am hours away from booking the flight!). With the extra time I’ve been flexing my cooking muscles for our health […]


Couscous with peas and onions

Since we have made this meal 1,000,35452 times already, I feel that I have to share. I just love the simple and delicious way this whole wheat couscous is flavoured with the caramelized onion and other ingredients. It is also really fast and easy to make. For me, it is true comfort […]


Vegan Banana Peanut Butter Cocoa Cookies

Yes!! A combination of peanut-buttery, brownie-like, banana-happy cookies. I made a batch of these for Valentine’s Day for J, then proceeded to make another batch for my co-workers after realizing that they are the best cookies I’ve ever eaten. And dangerous - make sure you have plenty of other people to feed […]


Impromptu Veg Brunch Activity: Naming a Scrumptious Recipe

Last Saturday I attended a lovely vegan brunch in the apartment of my friend Katy. Above you can see the tasty spread including vegan turtles (chocolate covered dates with roasted almonds inside), roasted potatoes, and mini-spelt chocolate chip muffins. (more pictures can be seen on my Flickr account by clicking any of these […]


Knock-out your Friends with Chocolate Power

For a recent potluck I was inspired by the Yeah, That “Vegan” Shit blog (in celebration of the top recipes of 2007) to make two of her chocolate-y desserts. They are definitely going into the recipe binder (and Google Notebook) for repeat visits!

Peanut Butter Cannonballs. Um, yeah - potentially the MOTHER of all […]


Updates from a Chilly City

We are snowed in here, after a huge blizzard yesterday. So much has happened, where to start? I’ve been trying to “get out more” and get away from the laptop, which can be so addictive. Also trying to reconnect with friends I don’t see too often, which involves a lot of Facebook-yammering. […]


A Word on Managing Delicious Vegan Cookbook Overload with Vegan Blogs

It’s funny how I now that I have so many cookbooks, one of the ways I decide what recipes to make is by reading other vegan food blogs where people post pictures and stories about their cookbook creations. Sometimes having books full of endless delicious recipes can be overwhelming; I depend on the amazing […]


Recipe: Delicious Wild Rice and Brown Rice Pilaf with Dried Fruit and Pecans

My good friend Katie has started a new shoe blog, Shoe La La, featuring many cruelty-free shoe-gasms. She is the source of the newest tasty recipe I am enjoying, the Brown and Wild rice pilaf that made for a baby shower yesterday and which was devoured quickly and enthusiastically. Apparently the original […]


On Photography and a New Eye: Nikon D40

So after I lost the battery recharger for my trusty Sony point and shoot and realized it would cost over a hundred dollars to replace, I decided to finally do that upgrade I had been planning in anticipation of travelling in the summer.
When I first bought the Sony camera, photography was a hobby I wasn’t […]


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