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Join Rebecca at The Wellness Show Jan 31-Feb 1!

Join Rebecca at The Wellness Show Jan 31-Feb 1!

NOTE: Read to the end for a code for FREE tickets to the show!  It’s one of my favourite times of the year, because I get to do something I genuinely love, love LOVE to do. I get to host the cooking stage at the 

Mood Drinks: Alcohol-Free Cocktails to Create the Perfect Mood by Gabriel Cabrera

Mood Drinks: Alcohol-Free Cocktails to Create the Perfect Mood by Gabriel Cabrera

Helloooooo January! Specifically, Hellooooo DRY January! In case you’ve never heard of it, Dry January is when you commit to making the month of January alcohol-free. The idea here is to take a break and reset after a month of excess over Christmas. I’ve never 

Sticky Toffee Pudding from The Dirty Apron Cookbook

Sticky Toffee Pudding from The Dirty Apron Cookbook

What do you serve at your Christmas dinner for dessert? For many, it’s pie; apple or pumpkin, similar to Thanksgiving. For some, it’s fruitcake. For a large chunk of time, for me, it was a Bailey’s Cheesecake. A more British Christmas tradition is to serve 

Oven Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Oven Roasted Brussels Sprouts

I challenge you to find a vegetable more despised and polarizing than brussels sprouts. Kale, maybe. When we were kids growing up, we hated them, but it turns out that most of the reason we did was because of how they were prepared. If you 

Aceto Balsamico di Modena PGI

Aceto Balsamico di Modena PGI

If you asked me what’s on my top ingredient list, things that I use all the time, Balsamic Vinegar would definitely make the top 10. What I love about balsamic vinegar is that it easily straddles the line between savoury and sweet, and it tastes 

Marzipan Cookies {Vegan, Gluten Free}

Marzipan Cookies {Vegan, Gluten Free}

This post was originally published in November, 2021. I’m genuinely flummoxed at gluten-free baking, and to be quite honest, I’m a huge fan of gluten, so it’s not generally something I go out of my way to avoid. But I do have a lot of 

Autumn Apple Cake  {Vegan}

Autumn Apple Cake {Vegan}

This post was originally published in November, 2021. Well, it’s November. It gets dark at 5 pm and here in BC we appear to be living in some kind of environmental apocalypse. Large chunks of our province are currently under water, and any land routes 

Pasta e Fagioli {Vegan}

Pasta e Fagioli {Vegan}

This post was originally published in November, 2018.  Ugh. This is the only word I can think of right now to describe the weather. November in Western Canada–it’s dark at 5pm, it’s raining all the time, and it feels like we haven’t seen the sun 

White Chocolate, Pecan & Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies {Vegan}

White Chocolate, Pecan & Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies {Vegan}

It’s November! and World Vegan Day! I don’t know where the year has gone, but here we are smack dab in the middle of fall and starting to think about Christmas. One thing I like to do every year is bake batches of cookies (which 

Dream Destination: La Paz, Mexico

Dream Destination: La Paz, Mexico

Given what’s been happening in *ahem* international relations with our neighbour to the south these days, travelling to the US for a vacation is becoming less and less popular. Traffic to the US from Canada is way, way down. Canadians, instead, are travelling more in