fbs17: christmas dinner 2014…olé
Christmas 2014 has come and gone; my pine garlands have turned a muted shade of brown-green; my Christmas planter is more branch than holly; and the unwrapped gifts under our […]
Tag Archives: BAKING
fbs16: life is like a box of macarons
Drumroll please…check that last item off my Christmas to-do list. My Christmas baking is complete! This holiday, I decided to go full force macarons; no sugar cookies + no mixed […]
fbs10: tomato soup + toffifee macarons
Some people are avid cupcakers and some are avid cookie bakers. I suppose I am an avid macaron maker; no surprise there. Since my successful Thanksgiving macaron batches, I’ve been […]
FBS5: thanksgiving macarons
Where I’m from, family dinners and celebrations are not taken lightly. Thanksgiving dinners in Winnipeg were the culmination of hard work + cared cooking completed over 3 different household kitchens […]
the off season: lemon macarons
While on a short blog hiatus [my mom was in town and we were mother-daughter bonding], I contemplated renaming this mini series the pre season. The NFL is on […]
the off season: banana cupcakes
There’s no shortage of ripe bananas frozen in our freezer. Mike buys a bundle, assumes I’m eating half, and before we know it that bright yellow is now a speckled […]
the off season: #itsmybdayandilleatwhatiwantto
As Canada turned the big 1-4-7 to the tune of magical fireworks [ps. I LOVE FIREWORKS!!!]; I, along with Lindsay Lohan + fellow Canadian Bret the Hitman Hart, were gearing […]
the off season: easter dinner
This is Easter #3 for Mike and me as Torontonians. It’s crazy to think that we’ve been living in Toronto going on 3 YEARS; 2 prairie kids in the big […]
the off season: pistachios
As the old adage goes “practice makes perfect”. I practiced baking macarons a million times over and I eventually started to bake more hits than misses. My macaron making stamina […]
the off season: avocado addiction
Seeing as tomorrow is St. Patrick’s day, I figured a post about something wonderfully green would be appropriate. The avocado is one of my favourite fruits. Besides it’s long […]
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