a homage to adventure & plant-forward eating
After our tour through Italy (read about that here), Alyssa and I spent a lovely three (and a half if we’re counting travel) days in the South of France along the French Riviera. I have previously travelled to Paris (read about my nine days in …
I’ve been growing vegetables in some capacity since I was about seven or eight years old. When I was growing up in Toronto, my best friend who lived around the corner from me had a pretty large back garden and would grow some veggies every …
In early September I set off on a three-week trip around various parts of southern Europe with my roommate Alyssa. Our adventure began with nine fantastic days touring around Italy. We started in Venice, then hit Rome, travelled to Naples and explored the Amalfi Coats and Capri. From there, we headed north again, this time to Milan, to round off our time in Italy before moving on to the South of France. Italy is a really magical place. The food is delicious, the scenery is breathtaking, and the language and culture is beautiful. I also loved how the different cities had such different feels and their own character. Here I’m diving into what our Italy itinerary looked like and breaking down how you can see some of the best that the country has to offer in a limited time frame.
Back in December I went to the One of a Kind Show in Toronto to get a bit of holiday shopping out of the way. For those of you that are not familiar, the One of a Kind Show is a large multi-day convention of Canadian …
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a nice holiday season and that your holiday plans weren’t derailed too much by the crazy winter storm that seems to have swept right across North America. Every year I make a point to make a …
It’s no secret that I love chocolate. I have never been huge on candy, but chocolate is something that I always keep on hand. I especially love dark chocolate. If we’re getting specific, I love the Lindt Excellence Ecuador 75% Cacao chocolate the most. I always keep a few bars of this in my fridge or my pantry for when the chocolate cravings hit (they always do!). Today I decided to mix things up a bit by elevating my usual Lindt chocolate with a couple of other snacks that I love: pistachios and freeze dried strawberries. Continue reading Strawberry & Pistachio Bark with Flaky Salt
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope that you are all enjoying your long weekend. I unfortunately came down with Covid on Thursday, so my long weekend has been spent indoors in isolation. Definitely not ideal, but it is what it is. On the plus side, it …
This past December I visited my extended family on the West Coast in California. During my time in the LA area I was lucky enough to get to spend a few days at the family cottage on Green Valley Lake at an elevation of 7,000 …
At the end of the winter semester when I was in the thick of group projects and was bouncing between group meetings I had one evening where my meetings went well past 10pm. Between meetings, I scored the pantry and fridge looking for something I could throw together as a quick sheet pan meal to eat for dinner. I threw a couple sweet potatoes in the oven to roast while I worked and then tossed in various odds and ends that I had on hand. The result was a surprisingly delicious combination of flavours. I wrote a quick note of what ingredients I had used so I could recreate it another time when I was less busy. Continue reading Sheet Pan Sweet Potato Salad with Lemony Tahini Sauce
I’ve been sitting on this Vegetarian Lasagna recipe for a while. When I was in grade 11 and 12, I worked for a catering company in my hometown over the summers. One of my responsibilities was to make lasagnas for the storefront, which sold prepared …