Joe the Cactus Cake
Happy Cinco de Mayo I'm not gonna lie, I had no intentions of doing a post for Cinco de Mayo. Not that it's not important, it's just that...
Ready, Set, BAKE
My experience while auditioning for the Great Canadian Baking Show season 3.
My attempt at making Cannoli
I've been trying to stretch myself lately. Trying new recipes, playing with different flavours and techniques, etc. I have an Italian...
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ya. I went there. Failure is success if you learn from it. I don't look at these cookies as a failure. I mean do the taste they way I was...
Homemade Kombucha
Snow is covering almost every inch outside and it is still falling. It is officially winter. And you know what that means? Cold and flu...
Ginger Bread Dream
If you have been following along on this journey of mine, you may recall a little incident last year involving a gingerbread house. I had...
Kindness of Strangers
I had the coolest experience a couple of weeks back! Let me tell you about it! Part of this job is to network and connect with other like...
The Best Part of Waking Up...
Are you one of those “morning people”? You know, the ones on the commercials who wake up to the sights and sounds of morning birds and sunli
A Smashing Good Time
It wasn't until I started having kids that I realized how much I loved party planning. Spending hours browsing Pinterest, making boards...
Butter Tart Squares
One of my husbands most favorite treats are Butter Tarts! While I am a huge fan of butter and sugar, I'm not a huge fan of butter tarts....
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