I really don’t consume that much dairy- I tend to avoid milk, eggs, cream, cream cheese, etc. But one thing I just love is yogurt. Especially frozen yogurt. I’ve been wanting to make my frozen yogurt for a long time now, and I don’t know why I haven’t before, because it’s so simple.

I started with a 620g container of natural, organic yogurt. It had 3 ingredients in it, total. Basically milk, and bacteria. The first step is to strain the yogurt. Normally I would use cheesecloth, but I didn’t have …

I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend. I had a great dinner last night with my cousins/aunts/uncles/etc. The food was delicious, and my aunt made me some super tasty manicotti, some vegetarian gravy and some vegetarian stuffing while the rest of the family had turkey. How nice!!!! Our dinner was made very memorable when we saw two police cars park in front of the house. Two cops got out of the cars and began to walk up the driveway as we all watched. The cops saw us eating Easter …

I wanted to share this with you guys because it’s super exciting for me- my first paid job! I had a friend approach me needing something as a special surprise for his girlfriend of two years (what a nice bf!). The only problem was that she ‘only likes boring vanilla cupcakes with boring vanilla icing’. He wondered if I had any ideas on how to spice this up. After some thinking, I decided to put a special twist on Pioneer Woman’s ice cream flower pot, and Bakerella’s cupcake pops.
I made …

I’ll be the first to admit that by no means is this a “healthy” dessert. It contains a ton of sugar, but I wanted to make a pecan pie that didn’t contain a ton of butter, or any corn syrup. Unfortunately for my mom and I, pecan pie is probably our favourite pie!

I got the recipe here and I kept it about the same, except I substituted almond milk for the soy milk. I also drizzle a layer of dark dark chocolate over the crust and then again over the …

These are from the cookbook of the month- Rebar. They are vegan brownies and they are oh-so-delicious. Decadent and cakey, no one would ever know that they are vegan. My boyfriend (who constantly reminds me of how much I am missing out on by not eating meat, or drinking milk, etc.) loved these! When I told him they were vegan he turned up his nose a bit, but soon asked for seconds!! I just love making people realize that ‘vegan’ doesn’t mean ‘bad-tasting’. The book says that these brownies are …

Wow, November already!? This year is flying by…I already have my midterms for cooking school this week and have yet to practice or study. I guess that’s my task for tomorrow!
I hope everyone had a great Halloween, mine was lots of fun though I’m definitely not feeling to good today….I dressed up as a military pin up girl, and my boyfriend went as the military man. I love dressing up!

We also carved some pumpkins- Parker did a skull, and I did a ghost. We are very skilled carvers and it …

Hello everyone! It’s been a little while since my last post and at last….something NOT pumpkin! After making a New England style clam chowder in my cooking class, I wanted to try to make MY version at home so I could actually taste it- sans pork, and chicken stock. I used vegetable stock with a bit of fish sauce mixed in because I could not find fish stock. The soup turned out fantastic, though not quite as thick as the one we made in school, the flavour was very nice …

Bonjourrrrrr my friends! It’s a long weekend and I actually get the day off…I have made some super exciting plans to go shopping with my mother tomorrow, not only for clothing, but to the BRAND NEW WHOLE FOODS STORE IN VANCOUVER!!! I was ecstatic to hear that we have a Whole Foods now after reading blogger after blogger posting about their purchases from Whole Foods. I hope it can live up to my expectations! I’ll be sure to post pictures of anything that I buy.
On the topic of my dwindling …

These were soft and chewy, melt in your mouth cookies! I adapted the recipe from Anna Olsen’s chocolate chip cookies. Perfect with a glass of milk!
Ingredients:
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
8 oz combination of bittersweet chocolate cut into chunks, white chocolate cut into chunks, and butterscotch chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Cream together butter and sugars until smooth. Add egg and vanilla and blend in.
Stir in flour, cornstarch, baking …

For my dad’s birthday this year, I decided to try something new- instead of a traditional birthday cake, I made a Baked Lemon Cheesecake. The cheesecake was different, in that there was no sour cream or cream cheese in the recipe. The “cheese” part came from ricotta and greek-style yogurt. The finished product was wonderful and actually ended up tasting like a lemon meringue pie! My family loved it, and I’m sure your family will too- recipe coming soon!