Edibles

Glossy icing

December 24, 2011

I made some sugar cookies for Mike to take to the office after seeing this super easy recipe for glossy icing. Spoiler alert – it’s corn syrup! You mix corn syrup with icing sugar and a bit of milk, and voilà! Pretty, shiny icing. I love how it looks.

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It’s that time again…

December 4, 2011

It’s baking time, that’s for sure. I’ve got a party to go tomorrow and I’m bringing 3 dozen cookies. I finally found a recipe to use up nearly a whole box of candy canes. I had the candy canes with red and green stripes, you can see the green flecks in the cookies. Hooray! They [...]

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Nutballs, anyone?

December 1, 2011

A couple of months ago, the people over at California Walnuts sent me a lovely gift baskets full of walnuts, a nut cracker, a cutting board other goodies in exchange for a blog post…WITH the possibility of winning a recipe contest. WEWT! My mom saw the blog post and emailed me a recipe that I [...]

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The apple bum – or is it a bum apple?

November 20, 2011

I hereby dedicate this photo to my buddy Lysa, over at the Red Spotted Patch, because I know she likes bum shaped fruit just as much as I do. I’m pretty sure you could imagine my delight when I found this little bum apple at the Red Apple Mart on Saturday afternoon. I could barely [...]

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Nerd Stew

November 18, 2011

Mike’s in love with his new game, Skyrim. Oof. It’s super nerdy with quests and monsters and dragons and going for long walks in snow and riding horses. He LOVES this game and is always playing it on the TV – it’s an XBOX game. Part of this game includes buying food and making dinners [...]

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This is our kitchen these days.

November 9, 2011

Over the last month or so, Mike and I have had a change of heart about the way we eat. The last few years we’ve not been healthy eaters – resorting to quick fast foods and lots of sugary treats. We watched a couple of documentaries on food and stuff, and then more recently, one [...]

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Nuts in the mail

October 26, 2011

I am in my glory. I got nuts in the mail today from the California Walnuts people to participate in a create-your-own-recipe-with-1-cup-of-walnuts challenge. So far, my mom has sent in a yummy suggestion and so has my buddy Kelaine. I’m just happy to blog about nuts, so I can type words like, nutcracker – got [...]

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How could I resist?

October 21, 2011

I bought this cereal while grocery shopping this afternoon in Yaletown on my lunch hour. I have seen this brand online, but never in person. How could you not buy something called Holy Crap? I love the name! I’ll let you know how what it’s like after I’ve had a taste. Other updates: Looks like [...]

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Delayed gratification?

October 19, 2011

It seems like forever ago when I took these photos. I guess this is what delayed gratification is like. I’m sorry, I’m not familiar with waiting for much these days. What do I have to wait for? The bus? That’s usually about 10 minutes at the most. Lunch? Nope. I can eat at my desk. [...]

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More juice

October 18, 2011

Another stupid cold and flu season has fallen upon me. I’ve had it. I’m going gangbusters on this thing. I felt it coming on last night, but thought maybe it was my mind playing tricks…you know…the power of suggestion and all that. I was riding the bus the other day and had the misfortune of [...]

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