These Chia Seed Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are my go-to grab and go breakfast. Made with oats and made decadent with the addition of chocolate chips. Do you know what is almost as fun as spending your entire day lesson planning? Taking out some cookies that your coworker made for you last week and realizing that...
Bake up some joy with Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake, a delicious recipe for breakfast or dessert that everyone will love. Looking for more cake recipes? Try my Strawberry Matcha Mug Cake or my Pecan Sour Cream Coffee Cake. Recipe Summary: Strawberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake SUMMARIZE & SAVE THIS CONTENT ON So guess what...
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles taste like fall in a cookie! So light and fluffy, and topped with cinnamon sugar, these make great snacks. I want to snickerdoodle THE WORLD! Is snickerdoodle a verb? Because I just snickerdoodled a pumpkin cookie. What should I snickerdoodle next? There are so many options out there. The world is my...
Baked Oatmeal is for all of the oatmeal haters out there. It is so easy to make, it is one of my favorite breakfast recipes. Looking for more baked oatmeal recipes? Try my Double Chocolate Baked Oats or my Ginger Peach Baked Oatmeal. Am I oatmeal crazy? Because in my opinion, that oatmeal crazy may...
I have made this Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cake recipe so many times for dessert. No churn ice cream cake tastes like Dairy Queen! What do you think is a good excuse to be making cake? Birthdays? Anniversaries? ...Tuesday afternoons? Because I have made a cake on each one of those occasions. To be more...
These Orange Muffins with orange glaze makes the perfect breakfast recipe. Made with whole wheat flour, yogurt and fresh orange juice. If you have more oranges to use up, why don't you try my Orange Chocolate Chip Muffins or my Orange Lemon Green Iced Tea. Do these muffins sound boring? Because trust me. These are...
I have been looking for the best banana bread recipe and this is it!! Super moist, this makes a great breakfast or snack recipe. Why is it that whenever I buy bananas, a lot of them end up getting overripe? Not that this is a problem or anything. And I'm sure my unexplained compulsion...
Easy Red Velvet Mug Cake is the perfect personal dessert recipe for Valentine's Day. Make it for yourself or for your sweetie in less than 5 minutes. All the single ladies, now put your hands up! I have a single serving recipe for you. For one. And it's a good one. My first red...
This Pesto Chicken Skillet Pizza is a great dinner recipe made in a cast iron skillet. Easy to make, and made with my favourite crust recipe. I have been seeing so many delicious skillet pizza recipes out there in the blogosphere that I decided to buy my own cast iron skillet. Best decision ever!! In...
These Whole Wheat Spinach and Feta Crepes make a regular appearance in my house. So quick and easy to make, this makes a great lunch or dinner recipe. While I would love to eat desserts for dinner (cookie pizza anyone?) I know I need to eat something that is not only sugar. Also, I have a...
Easy sugar free Black Bean Brownies are gluten free, refined sugar free and vegan. Made with oats, maple syrup and vegan chocolate chips. Are you dreaming about a butter slathered, meat abundant, sugar loaded Thanksgiving? Am I also dreaming of it even though I am living in America's hat? Well I don't see why I...
Easy 100% Whole Wheat Mini Muffins are made with whole wheat flour and chocolate chips sprinkled in. They make great snacks.. bet you can't eat just one! Have you ever noticed that when you look for a "whole wheat" baking recipe, the batter is usually half whole wheat flour and half all-purpose flour? Well, when...
These Spiderweb Cupcakes are perfect for Halloween desserts. Made with a chocolate spiderweb to decorate the cake and orange colored frosting. This year is going to be the year that I make more Halloween treats than ever before. And since the only time I have ever made a Halloween treat was last year, and it...
These Apple Muffins make a great easy breakfast idea. Made with warm spices and simple ingredients, they are perfect for the fall season. It's almost apple season! I am buying way too many fresh apples lately. I just can't get enough of that apple flavor at this time of year. And I think that these...
These little individual Mini Shepherd's Pie are made using pillsbury biscuits (or crescents), and are ready in 35 minutes. Makes a great weeknight dinner. Let me just begin by saying that I adore my muffin pan. We have been through a lot together. Be it breakfast with some apple streusel muffins, dinner with some mini lasagnas,...
Easy Oreo Milkshake recipe. This is the perfect milkshake when you want a delicious treat to use up your extra Oreo cookies. Back when I was 14, I had my first job at a bubble tea place at the mall. One of the biggest perks of that job was that we got to make...
Super simple Vanilla Chia Pudding made with milk and sweetened with maple syrup. Gluten free and can be made vegan, this is one of my favourite breakfasts. It's my last day of my practicum today, and it's one of the saddest days of the year. I mean, it's great that I won't be AS...
- This Blueberry Pudding Ice Cream is only made with 6 ingredients. So rich and creamy, just mix it, put it in your ice cream maker and you're done. Is it summer yet? Because after days and days of rain, there is finally a day of sun here in rainy Vancouver. And having a...
This Raisin and Apricot Granola is one of my favourite granola recipes. Made with dried apricots, honey and pecans, this makes a great breakfast recipe. I have a granola making addiction. I have been making a lot of chia seed pudding lately (such as the recent chocolate peanut butter creamy chia seed pudding or, my personal...
These chewy Walnut Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are so easy to make, they are one of the best cookie recipes that I make often. I am building up my cookie repertoire. One cookie recipe at a time. Now I know there are some raising haters out there. I'm sure you could replace the raisins with...
This Pretzel and Nutella Granola is the perfect sweet and salty snack. It also makes a great topping for yogurt for a nice and easy breakfast. My jar of peanut butter is empty. I guess that means that I need to use my other favorite spread. It needs no introduction. You know what it is.....
This Oreo Peanut Butter recipe is so easy to make. Made with only 2 ingredients, this is the perfect topping for toast or crackers. I can't believe it took me so long to finally start making my own peanut butter. I mean, it seems like I'm buying peanut butter every week making peanut butter cookies, peanut...
These Easy Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies will become your new favourite cookie recipe. Made with ingredients you already have in your pantry. There seems to be a trend here. Looking at my blog, it really seems like all I make are desserts and breakfasts (which are sometimes just desserts in disguise...don't tell). So what's...
This quick and easy Split Pea and Ham Soup recipe is my favourite way to use up leftover ham. Made hearty with potatoes, carrots and celery. I think I need a chocolate intervention. The other day I bought two whole bags of chocolate covered almonds, and have managed to finish them all in only...
This Chess Board Cake is the perfect recipe for birthdays, anniversaries or any special occasion. Made with chocolate chess pieces. Here it is! The cake that I promised all of you! My boyfriend's return cake. I have got to say, this cake was pretty time consuming. For some reason, I thought it would just...
This Double Decker Oreo Fudge is so easy to make, this might become your favourite dessert recipe. Made with 5 simple ingredients. This is only my second fudge recipe that I have ever made, and already I'm in love. The first time I made fudge was right after Halloween, when I had so...
These Apple Cheddar Cheese Biscuits are like sweet and savoury scones. Super easy to make, these make the perfect side to your favourite soup. Around Christmastime last year, I made some cheese biscuits. Those cheese biscuits are by far the most requested baked good for me to bake at my house. They disappear within a day....
I make these Neiman Marcus Cookies for Christmas almost every year. This recipe makes a lot of cookies, so they make the perfect gifts. Are you sick of dessert recipes yet? Well, forget about the ones on your to-do list, and MAKE THESE COOKIES! I would have never found the recipe for these cookies...
These Peanut Butter Pretzel Truffles will satisfy any sweet tooth. They are no bake, and make the perfect sweet and salty combo for dessert. Who would have thought that teaching would be such a hard job? Well, I would have because I've been tutoring and running calculus workshops at UBC. But this is always...
This pecan cranberry granola is one of my favorite granola recipes! It has everything you want: sweet, salty, crunchy.. and delicious. I don't really want to admit this, but this is the first time I have made granola. Ever. If that didn't elicit a gasp from you, than you don't know what my pantry...
This oreo ice cream is the only ice cream recipe you will ever need! So creamy and easy to make! Ok, before you judge me for making ice cream in the winter, let me explain myself a little, and give you some reasons as to this is a good idea: Because my boyfriend is coming...
Easy Homemade Nutella that is vegan and gluten free. Made with cocoa powder, and healhier than the kinds you will find in grocery stores. Remember when I told you all that I would be making a lot of Nutella recipes? Well that idea kind of fell on its face. I ended up taking the jar of Nutella...
This Nutella Stuffed Cookies with sprinkles recipe is so easy to make, they make the perfect dessert or snack idea for birthdays. I just bought Nutella. Buying Nutella for me is always both a very good idea, and a very awful idea. Very good because Nutella is freaking delicious, and there is so many...
Cranberry Oatmeal Cheesecake Bars that taste like Thanksgiving in bar form. With "cheesecake" made from yogurt instead of cream cheese. It's the day after Canadian Thanksgiving, and I have got to say... I am STUFFED! Speaking of things being stuffed, I regret to tell you that for Thanksgiving, I did not make a turkey. For...
Healthy Apple Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies are so quick and easy to make. This recipe is perfect to make a snack to bring to work or school. It's been a while since I made some cookies. Around Christmas, I go on a cookie baking spree. Chocolate, mint, apple, gingerbread...every cookie imaginable. Lots for gifts, and some...
Easy Strawberry Nutella Bars recipe. This dessert combines all of my favourite things: Nutella, Strawberries and Graham Cracker Crumbs. I love Nutella. I would eat a jar everyday if I could. Make it into a food group of it's own, you'd get my support. And I don't think I'm alone. Nutella theft has been seen...
Easy Toffee Cheesecake Balls recipe. Made with cream cheese, craham crackers and topped with pecans, I want them for dessert every night! For all the Canadians out there, Happy Canada Day! Since it's a holiday and all, you would have been expecting me to be outside under some giant umbrella sipping on a red and...
Homemade Starbucks Oat and Fudge Bars recipe. This copycat version tastes exactly like the original, so you can get your Starbucks dessert fix on the cheap! Man am I tanned. I just went camping in Osoyoos, and it was the most beautiful campground I have ever been to. Surrounded by water with mountains all around....
Easy Peanut Butter Banana Bread with Peanut Butter Glaze recipe. The glaze hardens to create a delicious complement to the loaf. Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement. I am done. I finished my last essay this morning, so I am as relaxed as can be. Nothing could make me feel better right...
Easy Mango Green Smoothie recipe. Made with spinach and bananas, this healthy drink recipe is healthy and vegan and makes a great breakfast idea I am a huge fan of trickery. Halloween was one of my favorite holidays as a kid (although maybe that was for the candy), and I would never miss a chance...
Easy Peanut Butter Cup Banana Bread recipe. Made with Reeses peanut butter cups, this makes a great breakfast or dessert idea. I love banana bread. Love, love, love. Every time I make banana bread, I think to myself "there is no way I can improve on this. Banana bread is pretty much perfected." Oh how...
Easy Mini Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecakes recipe. Made with Reese's cups, this makes a great individual sized dessert idea. Alright. Two exams down and one to go. Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement, I think I did alright on Friday. And now, to celebrate. Different people celebrate in different ways. Some people...