Medjool dates are my new experimental ingredient to work with. They’re great for binding ingredients, high in natural sugars so no additional ones are needed, and taste like a dessert. My initial attempt was to make Homemade Clif Bars but that didn’t quite work out as planned—I think I should have added in a couple…
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Salted Almond Butter Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies
These flourless cookies take under 30 minutes to make, use healthy ingredients and are so chewy you’ll have to hide them before you eat the whole batch. A mix of almond butter, coconut, dark chocolate, honey, walnuts—not to mention sea salt on top. This recipe is one of my new gluten-free favourites that I adapted…
Big Soft Moose Cookies
Searching for a chewy and delicious holiday cookie? Look no further. This recipe is from my friends Mattea and Chrissy, who gave me the cookie mix in a mason jar with directions attached to the side as a gift. I love it! Such a fun gift and the result is yummy cookies. I love holiday…
Sushi Cupcakes
I’m a big fan of sushi. Each year I always try to make really creative cupcakes for my boyfriend’s birthday (I baked them into ice cream cones, decorated Mario Bros themed ones) but I think this one (I’m so sorry for this pun) takes the cake (I’m sorry). These were probably some of the most…
Gluten-Free Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips
Banana bread is seriously one of the easiest baked treats ever. Whenever you have bananas that are beginning to get too ripe to eat, stick them in the freezer. They’re perfect for recipes like muffins, bread and cookies, plus you’re not wasting food. I just thawed 4 frozen bananas and poured them into the batter;…
Chocolate Walnut Clusters
The perfect storm of mishaps created these clusters. I was missing ingredients, didn’t have a recipe to follow and thought they would turn out to be a disaster 100%. Luckily for me, they turned out and now I’ve got a new bite-sized treat! Compared to most store-bought cookies, these are actually relatively healthy. They have…
Vegan Almond Tofu and Pumpkin Spice Muffins
Pumpkin has to be one of my favourite ingredients for a few reasons. Firstly, the smell of a fresh pumpkin when you cut into it is unbeatable. Second, you can roast the seeds. Third, the actual pumpkin can be roasted, boiled, baked and grilled. Now that fall has started, be prepared for pumpkin overload. You…
Jumbo S’mores Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
Foods that involve taking one thing and stuffing it into another are what I like to call ‘inception foods’. These gigantic, amazing cookies are one of the best inception foods I’ve tried. This super creative recipe is from Smells Like Home and I followed it step-by-step exactly. It worked out perfectly, and what I was…
Lemon Tarts with Fresh Fruit
I’ve never been big on baked lemon desserts…until this little tart came along. Most of the lemon desserts I’ve tried in the past have been made with what I assume is artificial flavouring or a sugar-overload which drowns the lemon taste completely. These tarts have a good balance between the semi-bitter lemon zest, the tanginess…
Hobbit Hole Cake
My inner geek was pretty satisfied eating a dwelling from a Tolkien novel. I made this cake for a friend’s birthday and I think they were pretty pleased with it. I normally make cupcakes because I’ve never been a big fan of cake myself, but after I was done putting it all together there was…
the vegetarian ginger 