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Snickerdoodle Ice Cream
I call this sundae, “Gluten-Free To Be You And Me.” For my second experiment with homemade ice cream, I wanted to make a coffee ice cream that would taste like the flavoured coffee I loved getting from Tom’s. I used half a batch of ice cream base, plus 1/2oz of cold brew coffee concentrate, roughly…
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5 Fandom Friday: I WANT CANDY!
Wow-ee! It’s been a month of linking up with The Nerdy Girlie and SuperSpaceChick to play 5 Fandom Friday! This was my favourite prompt so far and the easiest to answer: 1. Mounds & 2. Almond Joy I was lucky growing up that both of my brothers and my mother despised coconut – as long…
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#tbt The Closet Costume
Ahhh, the art of the Closet Costume – a Halloween costume pulled together last-minute out of things you already own in your closet. This photo wasn’t taken last week, it was taken twenty (eep!)ish years ago. I was a hippie for Halloween that year (proof that some things never change?) and my costume was essentially…
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Escargot All Out
When you’re dashing to a lunch date with your feller and he texts you this picture: …you know your lazy Sunday is about to get a whole lot more interesting. The plan was to meet at The Lobster Place in Chelsea Market (home of The Food Network. No, really). We had intended to park at…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Pumpkin Cream Cheese
Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Cream Cheese Spread Tastes Like: Cream cheese with a cinnamon tang. I didn’t really get a strong “pumpkin” flavor from this, more like “pumpkin spice cheesecake.” Great With: bagels, English muffins, toast, any bread (or gluten-free bread!) product! Perfect For: making mini-personalized pumpkin cheesecakes! one of my favourite corn cakes, slathered with a…
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Friday
If I tell you what Friday is about, you’ll cringe. I cringed. And I’m Heinlein’s NUMBER ONE FAN. But yeah, it’s hard not to cringe at the back cover: But what do we know about judging a book by it’s cover? That ya shouldn’t oughta do it, that’s what. And here’s why. In between that…
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Trader Joe's Tuesday: Soy Chorizo
Trader Joe’s Soy Chorizo Tastes Like: SPOILER ALERT. this may be the most delicious thing I’ve bought at Trader Joe’s EVER. It’s spicy but not TOO spicy, the texture is sorta like ground beef but BETTER, less chewy. Great With: the instructions say to sauté to heat it up, and I would recommend adding very…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Dark Chocolate Nutty Bits
Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Nutty Bits Tastes Like: Part granola bar, part chocolate dessert treat. Great With: Nobody. Don’t share these. Eat them alone in a dark corner where no one can witness your shame. Perfect For: Those times when you “feel like a nut.” Or for sneaking into ComicCon and eating in the back…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Rice Pudding
Trader Joe’s Rice Pudding Tastes Like: Not too sweet, not too liquid, pleasantly chunky and delicious rice pudding! Great With: Lychees on top, a side of ice cream, and some English muffin to dip in it. Perfect For: Dessert that fools you into thinking it’s healthier than it actually is? Must Know: Labelled “gluten free”…
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Things I Love Thursday – Fall Edition
Autumn is my favourite season and I’m feeling especially amorous towards many things lately… 1. the color Orange: I have been seen wearing a Bumper Bowling Buddies t-shirt around town that I got as participation for a bowling league I was in…when I was six. it still fits! orange is also the colour of pumpkins,…
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Trader Joe's Tuesday: Dried Flattened Banana
Trader Joe’s Dried Flattened Banana Tastes Like: Banana-bread-flavored Fruit Roll Ups. Great With: a pinch of salt and a dash of cinnamon makes these puppies REALLY sing, but they’re great on their own too! Perfect For: an unexpected addition to a sandwich, vegan fruity “lox” on a bagel, sushi or dessert sushi Must Know: can…
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Time Enough For Love
There are some Heinlein books that are speedy, breezy adventures. Others will take over your life, seep into your soul, refuse to let go, wrong you out like a sponge and then sop you full of brilliance. Time Enough for Love may be the epitome of such a novel. Confession: I think I went about…
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Trader Joe's Tuesday: Apple Carrot Crushers
Trader Joe’s Apple Carrot Crushers Tastes Like: Pumpkin spice applesauce. Sweet and slightly savory, with a definite “vegetable healthy yum” undertone! Great With: Greek yogurt…or just by itself as a snack alongside some Chai tea or gluten-free ginger snaps! Perfect For: A midnight snack, or really, snack on the go. throw in a locker or purse…
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Have Space Suit – Will Travel
Robert A. Heinlein has two modes: one is for long, drawn out emotional epics that will never leave you filled with characters who feel as close as family. But never forget that he also writes fast, fun stories like Have Space Suit -Will Travel. Meet Kip Russel, starry eyed – or should I say, MOONy…
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Trader Joe's Tuesday: Coconut Strips
Trader Joe’s Coconut Strips Tastes Like: Coconut gummy candy, coconut jerky, everything that is good in the world. they remind me of chewy macaroons. THEY’RE ADDICTIVE. Great With: yogurt at breakfast time, tea at bedtime. These would make a great “leave in your drawer at work” snack but they won’t last long. they are AMAZING.…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Tea Tree Oil
Trader Joe’s Tea Tree Oil Tastes Like: Not for eating! This is a beauty product! I will tell you that it smells minty fresh and feels like tingles. Great With: I know it says not to, but I use this occasionally as a toner when I feel like my skin could use it. I know,…
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Flashforward
Last week, I spoke about my disappointment with Jurassic Park, and how I felt the movie was better. In a dramatic turn of events, this week I review the novel Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer, which was the inspiration for a one-season TV drama on ABC several years ago. SPOILER ALERT: THIS BOOK IS BETTER!…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Pure Organic Bars
Pure Organic Cherry Cashew & Chocolate Brownie Bars Tastes Like: Rich, sticky, gooey delicious dessert that’s actually good for you! The cherry cashew flavour tastes like gnawable, portable pie filling. and the brownie – do I even need to say it? Okay, imagine Little Debbie walnut brownies, but denser and richer. Now make them a…
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The Time I Wore A Snake
Like, I’m always bragging about how New York City is magical and any given night can turn into an amazing adventure and blah blah blah and I think sometimes people roll their eyes and assume that “New York City is a constant adventure!” is just something we tell ourselves to justify paying more on rent…
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Trader Joe’s Tuesday: Apple-Banana & Apple-Mango Bars
Trader Joe’s Apple-Banana & Apple-Mango Bars Tastes Like: well, first, we’d be remiss if we didn’t say what these things look like: slabs of semi-digested food. Or bird-feeder fodder. Or some kind of fruit jerky? But if you close your eyes, and try not to think about it, they’re delicious! The Apple-Mango tastes like a…