Of all the bread products I love to bake myself and eat in equal measure, my favourite would be focaccia. I’d say croissants, but those are far less fun and take far more time and effort to make than to eat, and I’m just not *that* masochistic. Never mind that I justified purchasing my pricy…
Frugality Mentality: Saving $$ Part 1 – Dollar stores versus Discount stores
This is a new mini-series of non-recipe discussion posts I’m going to try out to see if there’s any interest out there. My purpose for this post is to try to explain the why of how consumers access products, specifically food, and why there are such giant price and availability disparities across the nation. I…
Recipe Post: Vegan Cashew “Cheese” Spread
I love cheese. I really do. With the exception of most blue cheeses that smell like stinky feet (eughhhh…) there are few that I don’t enjoy in some capacity. However, cheese does not love me. Or more specifically, my body has a love/hate relationship with this delicious substance, to the point where sometimes I need…
Recipe Post: 15-Minute Cream of Broccoli Soup
Is it possible to make fresh, nourishing soup from scratch in 15 minutes? I say yes it is, mainly because I did that very thing just the other day for my lunch. Working from home has some advantages, one of which is not having to meal prep as I can make a fresh lunch for…
Recipe Roundup: 8 Uses for Post-Thanksgiving Leftover Cranberry Sauce
Ever wondered what to do with that container of ruby jelly after the main Thanksgiving festivities are over and you’re looking at all of the leftovers in your fridge with some trepidation? Well say no more! Below are eight hand-picked recipes from various web sources that I have arbitrarily deemed to be the best use…
Recipe Post: Leftover Thanksgiving Dinner Meat Muffins
An old friend of mine used to talk about her single father’s, er, creativity in the kitchen, and how once he came up with an “ingenious”, time-saving recipe of meatloaf made in muffin tins. Which of course, he called “Meat Muffins” and in fact penned a charming little song about them too. While I won’t…
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