Chickpea Potato Soup with Lemon Rosemary Broth

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Hello! Hope you all had a great weekend. My weekend was quite nice. Temperatures have returned to what can be expected here on the Canadian Prairies after a much appreciated warm start-to-the-winter. Now that temperatures are below zero, snow is finally staying on the ground and the skating rinks are actually able to stay open. In honour of the chilly weather, Jesse and I went skating today at my favourite park in the city – Kildonan Park. My attempt at skating was very reminiscent of Bambi trying to take his first few steps. I was terrible! Although, I only had…

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Homemade Bruschetta Mix

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Over the holidays, I made a few batches of my favourite homemade bruschetta mix. I figured it would be nice to have on hand to serve on melba toasts if any people made a surprise visit during Christmas and New Years. I normally like to serve this mix with a cheese ball, so people can spread a little cheese on slices of baguette and top it off with the bruschetta mix. My go-to cheese ball is a basil infused goat cheese cheese ball with parmesan crust. It’s delicious! Everyone loves this homemade bruschetta mix and I guarantee it will be…

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Gingerbread Trifle with Cinnamon Custard

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This past Boxing Day, I hosted the first annual vegetarian Christmas dinner at the condo. I had a long list of dishes I wanted to make this Christmas, but I only ever get asked to bring the vegetable side dishes to holiday functions. I guess people assume vegetarians know how to cook vegetables. *hehe* I never get to bring tasty vegetarian main dishes! So, I invited my parents, sister and her fiancé Jonny for Christmas dinner on the 26th (like we all needed to eat more food!) and I made a huge spread of vegetarian food. I made a fresh…

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