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Sourdough maple sticky buns

February 11, 2018 by Ariel 2 Comments

If you’re nursing a sourdough starter, there’s always this one day where you have too much of it and, before feeding it, you have to discard some. Since I don’t like thinking I’ve been “wasting” all this precious flour and water, this recipe is a delicious way to use your discarded starter.

There’s only one word to describe these… AMAZEBALLS. They are drenched in maple and brown sugar and the bread texture is soft and elastic. I really hope you’ll get a chance to try this recipe because it’s absolutely delicious and really easy to do.

Definitely one of those sweet treat worth cheating on your diet.

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Low Sugar – Almond & Sugar Cookies

April 6, 2015 by Ariel 1 Comment

These little gem are the result of a “cookie experiment” which did not end up the way I expected. Although it created these little babies that are the perfect cookies to eat if you don’t have a sweet tooth but still crave something sweet.

They are simply delicious, plain as they are, and can also become something much more extravagant like sandwich cookies or dipped in chocolate.

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BBQ Lamb Spring Rolls with Sweet Maple Sauce

March 30, 2013 by Ariel 4 Comments

It’s Easter tomorrow and since lamb is one of the preferred meat to eat on this day, I thought this recipe was perfect for the occasion. I don’t think I need to explain again how I like to mix cultures because I have talked about it quit often in my previous posts. Today I’m doing it all over again with these BBQ lamb Spring rolls with sweet maple sauce. Yes maple again… lol I think I’m seriously addicted and you can blame it on the fact that I’m Canadian 😉

They are fairly easy to do, you will only need a bit of patience. The only “tricky” part would be if you never worked the rice paper but the only thing you need to make sure is you roll it tight. My first goal was to make a step by step photo with this recipe to explain you how to roll the rice paper but I found this very useful and well explained link on VietWorldKitchen that I think will be perfect.

You can keep your spring rolls for one day in the fridge between layers of wax paper so they don’t stick together and what I like to do is to add a wet towel at the bottom of my container (under a wax paper) to keep some sort of moisture.

Bon appetit!

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Homemade Cajun Spice Blend

December 11, 2012 by Ariel 3 Comments

Creating my own spice blends have been such an adventure up to date and I’m proud to say that I found some pretty fun mixes that I think you guys might enjoy. Let me know what you think about this festive Cajun spice blend! Why am I calling it festive? well only because I added a touch of cinnamon in it.. Don’t be scared, it’s true that it’s something that we don’t usually find in cajun blends but just try it out as a dry rub on fish, seafood, chicken or even meat! Oh and it’s also great for many type of sauces! Enjoy!

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Apple Crumble Pie

October 26, 2012 by Ariel 4 Comments

I wish I had the time to go pick up apples myself in the trees but I don’t… instead, I’m doing like a ton of city people and I bought them at the grocery store. Next year, I will make the time to go outside the city and go pick them up myself to them prepare a ton of tasty goodies for this blog but this year I have to make sacrifices to work on my online business full time with barely any time to play. Boohoo so sad 🙁

I was stressed out yesterday before making this. Not for any particular reason but I guess I was just working too much and because of my overdose of productivity I started getting all annoyed and stressed out so I decided to step away from my computer for an hour to be creative in my kitchen. Removing the skin of the fresh apples, touching the flour and smelling the aroma of cardamon and cinnamon was exactly what I needed because right after making this apple crumble pie, I felt amazing and accomplished. Then the day went by, I had to go to my yoga class and the second I came back, the only idea I had in mind was to try my crumble. It was orgasmic! I sincerely hope you get around to try out this recipe because it’s worth it 🙂 I used Spartan apples because they were the only fresh one at my grocery store but feel free to use the one you prefer. I honestly prefer a more sour tasting apple so that was perfect for me. I’m even thinking on trying out this recipe with green apples this winter. If you do it before me, let me know how that turned out!

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Soft and Chewy Pumpkin & Oatmeal cookies!

October 5, 2012 by Ariel 7 Comments

I’m on a pumpkin rampage, I bought some fresh pumpkins to make my own puree and some canned just because sometimes I can be lazy. My goal is to make as many recipes pumpkin flavored as possible. These cookies are amazing… I had to make 3 different batches before being able to take some photos because everybody just kept eating them before I had the time to take a single picture. If you like soft and chewy cookies that dip in milk perfectly, these are going to be your new favorite ones to celebrate pumpkin season.

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Pumpkin Fudge

October 5, 2012 by Ariel 6 Comments

Ahhh fudge… it’s something sooo tasty but you don’t want to make it too often because you will gain an extreme amount of weight… You can do like me and make a nice batch and give it all away to others will gain the weight hehe #evill 😛

If you never made fudge before (it was my first experience) the only details you need to remember is that it NEED to get to the right temperature during the boiling process and it takes more than a few hours to be the right texture. When I first tried to make it, after 5-6 hours looking at it (no kidding), it still had a very gooey texture more like a spread and I thought that I ruined it but only the next day that I realized that it was actually perfect. I just had to be more patient.. Witch I’m not really… I have to work on that lol

I hope you will enjoy this tasty fall sugar treat with your loved ones 🙂 I love pumpkin season 🙂

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Anastasia Bread…

August 31, 2012 by Ariel 5 Comments

My boyfriend bought me this book where some professional cook from Quebec are cooking great meals and deserts with the famous Kusmi teas. I am for myself a HUGE fan of all sort of tea (drinking tea is my almost my only way to drink water in a day) in general and I find the Kusmi tea incredible so I absolutely wanted to created my own Kusmi recipe 🙂 I hope you enjoy this quick and easy bread!

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My First Mini Cherry Pie with Crumble top…

July 2, 2012 by Ariel 5 Comments

These are looking pretty decent, maybe not as good as I had in my mind but I’m still very happy with the result knowing that it was my first time making a cherry pie and overall a fruit pie. It wont be my last either, I have planned on making different versions of the cherry pie and hopefully I’ll get better at it every time.

I got to say that I had fun tweaking a bunch recipes that I found online to finally come up with this one… Hope you enjoy the touch of maple syrup in the filling and dried mint in the crust, I think they are adding a new dimension of flavor to the typical cherry pie you can find out there.. So try it out and let me know 😉

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Raspberry lemonade Squares

June 26, 2012 by Ariel 2 Comments

A fusion between the classic and oh so delicious Raspberry/Lemon bars and the date crumble bars… It’s pure heaven.. and it’s healthy too!

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