The other day it occurred to me that I may be slowly turning into my parents. As a teenager, I swore this would never happen, but as I grow into adulthood I feel this may be inevitable. For example, I noticed recently that I am starting to use many of the sayings that my parents [...]

Earlier this week, I met with two inspiring women who work at my undergraduate university- the University of Guelph. They came across my blog and bakery and were interested in hearing my story and telling me about a project they are currently working on. We chatted a lot about making the career transition after graduation [...]

A few years ago, I decided that I was going to take control of my life and get healthy. My eating disorder was toxic and sucked the life out of me. I finally hit rock bottom and the only way out was up. I knew I had to make a big change in my life, [...]

Good morning! As you may have seen in my 11 in 2011 resolution list, one of my goals for 2011 is to write a vegan cookbook proposal and sell the idea to a publisher. During Project Food Blog, I was contacted by a few literary agents and I am currently in the process of figuring [...]

Thanks so much for your well wishes for my Grandpa this morning! I will be sure to pass along your kind words. Oh were the tears flowing when my mom read through the comments…she was very touched. I thought it would be fun to change it up a little today and show you some of [...]

Murphy’s Law of Vegan Baking: When you desperately want a new recipe to work out, it won’t. This is why you got a 1,000 words post yesterday instead of the recipe that Eric and I made! We made vegan banana bread and while it turned out pretty good, it needs a few tweaks until I [...]

Merry Christmas! I hope you are enjoying a day filled with delicious food, loved ones, caffeine, laughter, chocolate, and fun. Did I mention chocolate and caffeine? Ok. Just making sure we are on the same page here. We have had a great day at my in-laws place. We didn’t end up opening our gifts until [...]

Good evening! I thought it would be fun to show you a behind the scenes look at my preparations for Challenge #10 of Project Food Blog. Sometimes it is fun to see what craziness is ensuing behind the posts. It isn’t always glamorous behind the scenes! My kitchen wept. I sustained my energy levels on [...]

When I first heard about Project Food Blog, I was shaking in my boots. You want me to do…what exactly? I felt as small as an ant. For how many months? My eyes were wide in horror. I thought about it for a while as I read over the challenge descriptions. And then it hit [...]

Surrounded by acres of cattle fields, cowboy boots, and hay stacks, the last place you’d expect to find a thriving vegetarian restaurant is in the centre of a beef-loving city known by many as Cowtown. Calgary, Alberta is known for their juicy beef and world-famous Calgary Stampede, but many aren’t aware of the vegetarian movement [...]