Cinnamon Sugar Apple Cake

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After only 1 week back to school somehow I’m swimming in assignments already. But busy is a good thing, and with a to-do list ten pages long, things are getting done! Besides organizing school and work, since being back from Costa Rica I’ve began marathon training, made my 2012 goals for baking (I’ll share these [...]

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Curried Butternut Squash Soup

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I’m baaaaack! From beautiful Costa Rica. Another world, really. Filled with various monkeys, butterflies, spiders, flowers, and sea creatures. Much different from the winter wonderland I’m experiencing here in Ottawa. Although I had the time of my life, after a two week vacation it’s good to be home. There’s nothing quite like coming back to [...]

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Taco Pizza

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Hello from Costa Rica! I hope everyone is having a happy holiday. This Christmas was very non-traditional for me. Instead of spending time with my family, I decided to go away with my boyfriend and his family. Of course I missed having a morning at home – waking up a bit too early to snoop [...]

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Nanaimo Bars

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Christmas is this weekend! Whoa. Have I told you that I work in a shopping mall? Well, I do. While I’m going to school I work in a bookstore so that I can pay for college, but it’s more than that. I really like the people I work with, I like talking to customers about [...]

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Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

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I love when things go right. You know? Like when you do well on that test you studied so hard for? Or even better – you change your hair colour and get a happy surprise when you look in the mirror. I love that. Seriously. Sometimes I want to take my hair stylist out for [...]

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Carrot Cake {and Happy Birthday to Me!}

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I made a cake. Yesterday was my 24th birthday and I wanted to celebrate with something sweet that makes me happy. Having a December birthday is weird. As a kid, there were a few “Christmas-Birthday” gifts (a 13 year olds worst nightmare) and I often got money which I then spent on other peoples Christmas [...]

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