My colleague Hana Dethlefsen is a Japanese cooking instructor, and is launching a Japanese home-cooking cookbook. She is intent on busting the myth that Japanese cooking is complicated and difficult, and has made it her mission to produce a cookbook that will get you (and me) cooking healthy, delicious and authentic Japanese food with minimal fuss….
For the Love of Sourdough: Take 1
I came across a wonderful volunteer at my workplace who found out I write a food blog. She asked if I wanted a sourdough starter. Of course I’ve been looking for a sourdough starter for a while and I was ready to take care of one. Her sourdough starter was a Carl Griffith 1847 Oregan…
Lazy Nutella Cookies
It was Thursday night and I was in desperate need of making something quick and easy on Friday morning. I knew I wanted to make cookies and snicker doodles were out of the question. While I was searching the internet for something I could whip up I stumbled upon a three ingredient cookie. I thought…
Cooking without recipes: Chili a la Kristin
My favourite thing to do is cook without recipes. My sister knows when I cook, I either don’t use the recipe, or I do my own thing. I decided today that I wanted to make was chili! To start any chili or anything with beans, especially if you are using dried beans, is to soak…
Black Sesame Soup….. nope black sesame popsicles.
It has been a while since I have made something from my childhood. I remember those days when my grandma would make us some sweet soup. My favorite is black sesame soup. I just love the taste but I hate the black bits that get stuck in my teeth after you eat black sesame seeds. …
Nerdy 30 Minute Buns
It was close to the day before the big Alcan DragonBoat Festival in Vancouver (close… I mean the day before) and I wanted to surprise my team with some snacks. I decided they had to be nerdy and awesome. About 4 years ago, I joined a dragonboat team called DragonBoat Z. It was an amazing…
Cheesy Kale Chips
Kale is one of the healthiest vegetables you can eat. It is very versatile and can be cooked in many different ways. I love it in soup, in Chinese stir fry, baked in the oven, added to stews, smoothies and my favorite as chips. I was talking to my neighbor one day and he told…
Almond Cupcakes All Jammed Up
I love this simple vanilla almond cupcake. Its a great moist cupcake that you can add different icing flavours to make it unique. I decided to make the icing with some jam I recently made to make it a jam cream cheese frosting. Prep the ingredients. Remember to take out the eggs, butter and shift…
Carrot Coconut Cupcakes and White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing
Carrot cake is best when you serve it with cream cheese frosting. It is even better when you serve it with white chocolate cream cheese icing! This recipe comes from another favourite cookbook: Rebar Modern Food Cookbook. This is no ordinary carrot cake. There are many additional ingredients found in this recipe. A lot of…
Snickerdoodles
Snickerdoodles are fun cookies to make and to eat. They are a type of drop cookie that is rolled in cinnamon and sugar. I tried this for the first time and now its one of my favourites. First mix the sugar and butter. When the butter and sugar mixture has turned a nice golden colour,…
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