I hadn’t ordered a good food box from the Anne Johnston Health Centre in months but something in my head tweaked a couple weeks ago and I put my name down. Am I ever glad, look what I got: 1 Romaine Lettuce 2lb carrots 3lb potatoes 3lb pears 3lb apples 2 lb onions 2 red […]
Archive for the ‘food’ Category
September 17, 2009
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Put the lime in the coconut
By Caitlin Jane in foodOr maybe the other way around? I have been trying recently to expand my horizons by cooking food outside my comfort zone. This means baking-mostly-non out of the box deserts. I’ve already made 2 of these apple cakes (which really are the best apple cake I’ve ever had and it gets totally eaten here-unusual) in […]
September 14, 2009
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Daring Cooks, #2
By Caitlin Jane in foodThe second Daring Cooks challenge was presented as vegan and the author insisted that it be completely vegan. Well. We aren’t a vegan household and the only 2 things I changed-honestly!-was that I used cow milk (which we have in the fridge at all times) instead of almond or soy milk (which we never have, […]
August 31, 2009
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The Treachery of Baking
By Caitlin Jane in food, hahaAn homage to René Magritte. This is actually a cupcake in the form of a cake. So maybe it is a cake?
August 28, 2009
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Cookin’
By Caitlin Jane in a good day, foodI was inspired today by a post on foodgawker for apple crumble. Or is it crisp? Then I thought, well hey, it’s summer and Ontario peaches are taking over the universe, why not use them? So I went to the store and got a basket of them, some raspberries (non-Ontario, or non-tario) and a bunch […]
August 14, 2009
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Be gentle, it’s my first time!
By Caitlin Jane in foodI’d always admired Daring Bakers challenges on foodgawker but never had the nerve to join as I am so far from being a baker it’s not even funny. Then a couple months ago they added a new challenge, daring COOKS! Sadly, I signed up on the very worst day and had to wait a month […]
July 30, 2009
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Filth! Smut! Carrots!
By Caitlin Jane in foodI’ve become the farmer’s market queen, obsessively riding my bike from one to another almost daily. I never buy much, there hasn’t been much to buy…mid-August we should be up to our eyeballs in tomatoes and other wondrous things. On Monday I went to the Sorauren Market and picked up a sack of mini mutant […]
July 23, 2009
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Birthday Cupcakes
By Caitlin Jane in crochet, foodWe’ve already established that I am no cake decorator (although not quite a wreckorator either) so these cupcakes, while cute, are not super duper. They tasted great and that’s all that counts, right? I used a box mix, one specifically for cupcakes that only used egg whites, rather than whole eggs. It was delicious. The […]
July 21, 2009
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I also bake cookies
By Caitlin Jane in foodSort of. These were from a President’s Choice mix, Oatmeal with raisins and dates. I rolled the first batch in coconut and the second in pignoles. Truth be told, they’re not that great. They’re an odd texture, crumby and grainy, and they fall apart easily. They’re also oddly spiced, too much nutmeg or something. Eh. […]
July 19, 2009
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Cooking on Sunday
By Caitlin Jane in food, making stuff is goodI rode my bike to the Liberty Village farmer’s market and it was worth it. The market’s not huge, but it’s nice, a good variety and there was a band playing. Here’s what I got for about $20: The gooseberries are amazing, and lucky for me, neither Shannon nor Ari like them. Ha. I made […]