Yesterday I was soaking cashews to make a cashew sour cream and after measuring out what I needed for the cream I made a dreadful discovery! I had about a cup of soaked cashews I didn’t need. Okay, it was actually a wonderful surprise. Because 10 minutes later I had turned the extra cashews into this: which we enjoyed after [...]

The rainy season has begun in Portland, Oregon and while 8 months of rain is a bit drearisome, I always look forward to the first few weeks. The coziness of hunkering down in the house, a fire in the fireplace and the dog sitting at my slippered feet; the feeling is irreplaceable really. The days are getting shorter and wetter [...]

The other day I wrote an article about eating well while traveling…see it’s right here. Turns out I still have some learning to do. I kind of forgot about my insatiable sweet tooth when preparing for the trip. So my mom and I had to make an emergency drive into the closest town to satisfy these cravings. The result…Sticky Toffee [...]