Hoo boy. It’s hot in Toronto, and I love it. It doesn’t matter who you are: you probably need some refreshing iced tea. Good thing it’s cheap and easy to make. Iced Tea Ingredients: 2 of your favourite teabags (I used a Tazo Passion and an orange pekoe bag) kettle full of piping hot, freshly [...]
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Happy Mother’s Day, all you moms. This one goes out to the best mom: mine! We made this baklava together and it was awesome. Baklava Ingredients 1 pkg phyllo pastry, thawed 2 1/2 cups of shelled pistachios 2 tsp cinnamon 1 tbsp cane sugar 2/3 cup vegan margarine, softened (I left mine on the counter [...]
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Tagged: baklava, dessert, filo, mother's day, pastry, phyllo, pistachios, vegan
I had an excellent Easter weekend, and I hope you did, too. Lots of friends and family and food and drink, just the way it should be. Unfortunately there was one person missing from the festivities, and even now that I’m back at the apartment, he’s still gone. Alex, I am making borscht tonight. Come [...]
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We had some lovely friends and family over for dinner and drinks yesterday evening, so I made lovely enchiladas, to match the company. There are just two components to these enchiladas, as I am using store-bought (but very fresh!) tortillas: the sauce and the filling. We’ll start with the sauce. Ingredients: 2 jalepeno peppers, seeds [...]
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Tagged: dinner, enchiladas, mexican, vegan