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Mini Pumpkin & Spices Cupcakes

October 29, 2012 by Ariel 2 Comments

Can I really post too many pumpkin recipes? I don’t think so.  After passing over all the homemade pumpkin puree and a couple of cans of pumpkin puree, I still have a bit left in my fridge and a ton of fun ideas of what I could do with it.  Two weeks ago, somebody asked me on twitter if I had a good recipe for some easy and fast pumpkin cupcakes so here it is!  I brought these little bites to a party I went to on Saturday and they were a hit!  Hope you like them to 🙂

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Filed Under: Cupcakes, Recipes, Snacks, Sweets Tagged With: cardamon, cinnamon, clove, coconut oil, cream cheese, cupcakes, dairy free, dessert, egg, fall, frosting, ginger, light, mini, pumpkin, recipe, rice milk, snack, sugar, sweet

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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Filed Under: Pies and Tarts, Recipes, Sweets, Zesty Tagged With: apple, baking, brown sugar, cardamon, cinnamon, crumble, fall, juice, lime, oats, pie, recipe, sweet

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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Filed Under: Cookies, Nuts, Recipes, Sweets Tagged With: brown sugar, cane sugar, cardamon, cinnamon, cookies, desert, fall automn, ginger powder, nut, nutmeg, oat, oatmeal, pena, pumpkin, recipe, sweet

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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Filed Under: Candies, Recipes, Sweets Tagged With: brown sugar, cardamon, cinnamon, corn syrup, desert, fudge, ginger powder, milk, nut, nutmeg, pecan, pumpkin, recipe, sugar, sweet

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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Filed Under: Bread, Nuts, Recipes, Snacks, Sweets, Tea Tagged With: Anastasia, bread, brown sugar, cardamon, coconut oil, desert, egg, kusmi, macadamia nuts, maple syrup, milk, recipe, sugar, sweet, tea

3 Easy, Fast and Favorful Dipping sauces ready for BBQ season!

June 30, 2012 by Ariel 3 Comments

These sauces are good with fries, raw veggies, sandwiches and more!  Try them out and bring me back some comments!

2 tablespoon of Mayonnaise

1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard

2 teaspoons of crushed, dried Rosemary

Pinch of crushed black pepper

2 tablespoon of Mayonnaise

1/4 teaspoon of coriander seed, crushed

1/2 or 1 teaspoon of grounded Cardamon

1/4 teaspoon of ginger powder

Pinch of Cayenne Pepper

2 tablespoon of mayo

1 teaspoon of honey

2 teaspoon of crushed dried thyme

Pinch of cayenne pepper

Filed Under: Recipes, Sauces Tagged With: cardamon, coriander, dijon, dipping, fries, ginger, honey, lime, mayo, mayonnaise, recipe, rosemary, sauce, sauces, seed, thyme, veggies, whole

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