Chocolate Strawberry Blondies

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Today, I am excited and honoured to be featured as a guest poster on my friend Cara’s wonderful blog – Fork and Beans. Cara asked me over a month ago to contribute a guest post to her blog and it’s taken me almost that entire month to choose a recipe to present. After much thought (and some trial and error in the kitchen), I decided to do present these delicious, moist vegan chocolate strawberry blondies. Fresh local strawberries were on sale this week for 3 pounds for $5.00! I could not pass up the opportunity to make something delicious with them….

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18 With 12 Years Experience

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Over the past 2 years, The Fig Tree has become a place for me to express myself, be creative and connect with passionate and inspiring people. It has been a place for me to keep track of all of my experiences in the kitchen – all the successes and failures. It has been a journal to record my progress as a photographer and it’s somewhat been a place to keep track of daily ongoings. On average, I have liked to keep the focus of this space on the food. However, today I feel like I would like to talk about…

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Mexican White Bean Cakes with Avocado Cream

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One of my favourite snacks is sliced avocado with a squeeze of lime juice and a sprinkle of salt. Its such a simple, flavourful snack. And healthy too! The list of health benefits of avocados seems to grow daily. Avocados are high fibre, high in protein, can lower cholesterol, and improve the condition of your skin + hair. And they are delicious and creamy! My friend Kristen calls avocados “nature’s mayonnaise”. *hah* Love that.   Avocado + lime can make for a great garnish as well. This past weekend, it rained + rained + rained. Saturday afternoon, I found myself without…

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