Working from home on and off this past year (currently teaching from home, could change sometime, who knows?), I’ve come to appreciate a few silver linings. Whilst it’s definitely not the ideal situation , it does afford me the luxury of eating a proper meal in the middle of the day and sometimes there’s even … Read more
Today’s recipe is inspired by my new work setup. Yup, we’ve been back teaching in-person for 2 weeks and it’s … a lot … to say the least. The way my classes are set up, I cannot be in-person with them all so I teach half my classes from a different building in the school. … Read more
Today, school heads back (virtually here in Ontario) and even though I’ve enjoyed the lack of routine for the last few weeks (so much napping!), I’m ready to get back to some sense of “normal” (though I use that terms very loosely!). It honestly feels like nothing we’re living is anything we’ve lived before, which … Read more
Cookies for breakfast? Why not when you can include all the best parts of a granola bowl, only make it portable! I’ve been trying to recreate a favourite granola cookie from a local coffee store for a while now and I *think* I’ve just about got it with this iteration. The cookies in question are … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was one I’d been looking forward to for ages – I do love me a good breakfast cookie! For me, a breakfast cookie is like a bowl of cereal in portable form and these looked great, from the list of ingredients! Dorie says: While these started … Read more
This fall has been a bumper season for new cookbooks and I was particularly interested in Gather: A Dirty Apron Cookbook when is arrived in September. Written by Chef David Robertson of The Dirty Apron Cooking School in Vancouver, I could tell right away that David and I share a passion for teaching the next … Read more