No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

Inspiration is a fickle beast.  I’ve been writing this blog for so long, I don’t actually know how long it’s been, but I’m guessing it’s a decade or so.  Certainly my participation has waxed and waned. There have been times when I generated 5 blog Read more

Commercial Drive Bakeries

Commercial Drive Bakeries

I am a girl who likes her sweets. I love a good bakery. And a cluster of them together??!? Pure gold.  You can walk from one to the next, and that, my friends, burns calories so you can have an extra cookie or a slice Read more

Zucchini Fritters {Vegan, Gluten-Free}

Zucchini Fritters {Vegan, Gluten-Free}

Three years ago when I was writing my cookbook, I discovered the joys of chickpea flour.  My cookbook, as you probably already know, is dedicated to Aquafaba, that weird goop that you drain off of a can of beans that acts as an astonishing egg Read more

How to Make Oat Milk

How to Make Oat Milk

Well, Oat Milk is sure having a moment right now. Increasingly, people are turning away from dairy, it feels like. Not so much maybe yogurt and cheese, but I feel like it’s less and less likely that grownups are sitting down to drink a big Read more

Easy Apple Cider Vinegar Salad Dressing

Easy Apple Cider Vinegar Salad Dressing

It’s easy to get stuck in your own point of view.  Nobody really means to do it, but it happens.  It seems like a long time ago (probably because it was), I didn’t know how to cook. Oh sure, I could do basics like grilled Read more

Vegan Date Squares

Vegan Date Squares

Grief is a weird animal.  It’s been eleven years since I lost my mom… a lifetime, almost. Sometimes, when I tell people that I lost my mom to cancer, they say “oh, I’m sorry!” and I get it, that’s a natural reaction.  I usually brush Read more

Vegan Beer Pretzels

Vegan Beer Pretzels

Beer + Pretzels = perfect match.  Pretzels are warm, salty and chewy, a perfect match with a cold, crisp beer.  One of the things that amazes me the most about cooking is how just a few simple ingredients can really turn into way more than Read more

Vegan Wings in Vancouver

Vegan Wings in Vancouver

I don’t really miss meat. And if you look around, meat substitutes have come a long, long way! The Beyond Burger took Canada by storm last year, and it’s been a really exciting development in the vegan/vegetarian space, though I, personally, am not a huge Read more

Rapini and Barlotti Bean Pasta (with @PastaBoyPeter)

Rapini and Barlotti Bean Pasta (with @PastaBoyPeter)

I am lucky enough to have surrounded myself, in this city, with some great people: good friends, and good foodies. Sometimes those lines cross, and those who  were already good foodies became great friends.  My buddy Peter Ciuffa (aka @pastaboypeter) fits into both categories. Even Read more

Salted Maple Caramel {Vegan}

Salted Maple Caramel {Vegan}

I am Canadian, eh?  I love Tim Horton’s coffee, poutine (have you tried the vegan version at The Spud Shack?), and the ocean. Catherine O’Hara is my hero. I own many plaid shirts.  I’ve been almost everywhere in this great country, and I love every Read more