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EVENTS: a wine tasting social with Union Wines
Some blogger friends and I have started getting together for brunch every once and awhile – you know for some real life facetime. I decided to change things up a bit this time and along with my friends at Union Wines and Linda Modern Thai I hosted a wine tasting social at my own loft…
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GOOD EATS: Grill cheese with bourbon onions
Isn’t it interesting how we’re nostalgic? You hear people say that a song or a smell can take them back to a specific time in their past. I also believe food has this power as well. There are a bunch of foods that take me back to my childhood and a grill cheese sandwich is…
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GOOD EATS: colourful ice-cream sandwich treats
Who doesn’t love ice-cream, seriously? (lactose free people, you don’t count). Ice cream sandwiches always remind me of my grandma. She was a very simple woman and her freezer was almost always empty except for a box of ice-cream sandwiches for when we came to visit. I thought I would try a special Spring colour…
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GOOD EATS: 6 delicious chicken recipes
Don’t hold me to this, but I think I read somewhere that food and recipes are the number one thing that people pin on Pinterest. I’m not surprised. Food porn is real people. Sure, I love sharing my own experiments with you in the kitchen but let’s be honest, I’ll never actually try most of…
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{GOOD EATS: 12 sweet & savoury beer recipes}
So I’ve found myself with a shelf full of beer on my fridge door that’s ended up left over after a few get togethers at my place. I’m not a beer drinker. Big problem I know. I thought with a bunch of beer that I probably won’t drink and St. Patrick’s day around the corner…
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GOOD EATS: classic lemon tart
When I found out that the theme of Chatelaine’s cooking club challenge this month was lemons, I had to participate because I love lemons. I seriously can eat them like oranges. I guess my palette, like my heart is bitter. (joking!) I haven’t met a lemon desert I don’t love. The way it works is…
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GOOD EATS: salted caramel chocolate tarts
This is the ultimate sweet & salty recipe and extra bonus if you’re a chocolate lover. I love it all so these tarts put me over the top. This was the first time I ever made caramel and I had no idea it was so easy! Which is dangerous because I’ve made this recipe 4…
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{GOOD EATS: supper club}
Happy Monday y’all. Hope you have some family fun planned for Family Day today. Being single and without children I realized that having Valentine’s Day and Family Day on the same long weekend had potential to be a pretty big bummer of a weekend. Luckily that wasn’t the case for me :) I had the…
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{GOOD EATS: the season for soup}
I know talking about the weather is cliche but seriousy, cold enough for ya? The best thing to do in this freeeeezzzing weather is hibernate. The second best thing to do is make yourself a nice and delicious hot soup. I used to think soups were complicated to make until I actually made one and…
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{GOOD EATS: cocktails to celebrate the new year}
I was going to pull together a list of fancy cocktails for you to cheers the new year but I came across these beautiful illustrated recipes by Mirdinara for Oh so Beautiful Paper‘s new year’s event that I thought I would share instead. They are too lovely and delicious not to. Of course champagne is…
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GOOD EATS: Candy Cane treats
Just a little last minute holiday treat inspiration if you’re hosting or looking for something to bring along to your holiday celebration. I don’t know about you but around my place, the candy canes are always the last things hanging around. They can’t seem to compete with all the other sweets. Well here’s a bunch…
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GOOD EATS: eggnog cake with salted caramel glaze
A sure sign of the holidays is that creamy, delicious mixture known as eggnog. Yumbo. I had some around my house and as satisfying as it is to drink straight up I thought I would use it to make this delicious cake recipe so it would last even longer and I could share it with…
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GOOD EATS: nutty holiday treats
Sorry for the slight delay, but as promised, here is the super easy recipes for these super delicious nutty snacks that I teased you with in my games night post. This was the first time I tried both of these and they turned out delish! I made cinnamon maple almonds and sweet & spicy pecans.…
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EVENTS: at home game night & GIVEAWAY
Hope you all had a great weekend. I love to go out and have some fun as much as the next person but every once and while it’s nice to bring the fun to you and host a get-together. Sometimes though, I can’t be bothered to interact with people, especially after a long day at…