April 2012

Dumptruck Birthday Cake

April 29, 2012 Cakes, Cupcakes & Icing

Second post of the day just to log my nephew’s Dumptruck Birthday Cake. I swear I just finished making his School Bus Cake a few weeks ago. He’s the youngest of my nieces and nephews, and his birthday comes first in April, then the others follow in May, June and August. It’s like BAM! […]

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50th Anniversary Cookies

April 29, 2012 Cookies

Just a few quick posts today to log some of my baking projects from last week. Nicole’s parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary (amazing) and I made these cookie favours for everyone to take home from their party.

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Strawberry Jam Oatmeal Squares

April 27, 2012 Bars & Squares

My go-to topic of of conversation for awkward co-worker/job interview/elevator situations is the weather. I have about 3984692 different ways to comment on it or complaint about it, and it saves me everytime. I love it. I can also branch off into fashion/accessory topics and anecdotes (rainboots, forgetting an umbrella, losing mittens or sunglasses) and health/lifestyle issues (humidity headaches, […]

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Cowboy Caviar Salad + Cilantro Lime Dressing

April 25, 2012 Salads

This post is brought to you by good old-fashioned nosiness, one of the cornerstones of the blogosphere in my opinion. Learning that Gaby is Jessica Simpson’s personal chef lead me to a flurry of clicks around her site, trying to gain more intel on what Jessica eats on a daily basis. There are lots of […]

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Top Chef Canada Season 2: Episode 7 Recap

April 24, 2012 Top Chef Canada

Look you guys, I’m no Veronica Mars. But if two IP address traces, a promise from both my brothers that this is not prank, and a cross-reference to Twitter, are all correct, Richard BLAIS is my new best friend (check the comments)! If you don’t know about the BLAIS, he’s the super intense, vertical-haired winner of Top […]

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Air-Popped Microwave Popcorn

April 19, 2012 Uncategorized

I loathe microwave popcorn. I ate so much of it when I lived in a dorm in university that I developed an aversion to it. Someone was always popping up a bag in the kitchen, and it permanently smelled like artificial butter and burned popcorn. Oh yes, we had to evacuate on more than one occasion because someone […]

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Top Chef Canada Season 2: Episode 6 Recap

April 17, 2012 Top Chef Canada

This recap is going to be a little light on food details, because I was rolling out sugar cookies for a baking project as the second half of the episode aired. I also contemplated giving up these recaps because I feel like no one is watching, as evidenced by the lack of Final 5 picks […]

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Rhubarb Crumb Bars

April 12, 2012 Bars & Squares

For the past three years, Spring for me has been defined by the appearance of rhubarb in the farmer’s market near my house. It throws me into a frenzy, because it’s only in season for a short amount of time, and there are always so many recipes I want to make with this weird little vegetable. So when […]

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Top Chef Canada Season 2: Episode 5 Recap

April 10, 2012 Top Chef Canada

Lisa Ray was a hot topic around our Easter dinner table this weekend. My family has some strong opinions about her non-Padma-ness, but the consensus was that she’s just trying way too hard. I mean, some of it isn’t her problem though. Someone’s writing these horrible puns she has to say at the end of […]

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Easter Nest Sugar Cookies

April 9, 2012 Cookies

Perhaps one day I’ll be the “you should make this” type of blogger; the kind who has all their holiday treats prepped, photographed and blogged in the week or two leading up to an event. This is so not me (obviously) as I’m usually posting my holiday baking projects after the fact. So I guess I’m […]

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