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  • Pumpkin Challenge 2017: Days 26 – 31 + Farewell!

    Pumpkin Challenge 2017: Days 26 – 31 + Farewell!

    Each year, I endeavor to consume one pumpkin thing per day for the month of October. This is my 7th annual Pumpkin Challenge – welcome!

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    Day 26: Pumpkin Quesadilla, HappyHealthyLife

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    This was one of my favourite new things that I tried for this year’s challenge.

    I think I’ll be returning to Happy Healthy Life for more recipes in the future because this one was really unique and tasted great! Pumpkin, maple syrup, vegan (Daiya) mozzarella cheese, and I threw in some veggie chick’n for protein (these tortillas were also stacked with protein!). I highly recommend this for the various potential modifications and health benefits you can get from a twist on the traditional quesadilla!

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  • Pumpkin Challenge 2017: Days 16 – 20

    Pumpkin Challenge 2017: Days 16 – 20

    Each year, I endeavor to consume one pumpkin thing per day for the month of October. This is my 7th annual Pumpkin Challenge – welcome!

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    Day 16: Pumpkin Cheerios, Cheerios

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    My eyes LIT up when I saw these at the grocery store! They are made with real pumpkin and tasted like it, too! They definitely made a simple breakfast much spicier.

    If you can find these in your grocery store, I would definitely recommend grabbing them! Before they’re gone.

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  • Pumpkin Challenge 2017: Days 6 – 10

    Pumpkin Challenge 2017: Days 6 – 10

    Each year, I endeavor to consume one pumpkin thing per day for the month of October. This is my 7th annual Pumpkin Challenge – welcome!

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    Day 6: Pumpkin Chocolate, Lindor

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    Arriving late off a flight, I was not sure what my pumpkin item would turn out to be, but I was pleasantly surprised to be presented with pumpkin chocolate spheres upon my arrival! I didn’t find the pumpkin spice flavour to be very prominent in the chocolate, but the mild flavour paired well with it nonetheless.

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    Day 7: Mini Crustless Pumpkin Pies, Chocolate-Covered Katie

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  • Pumpkin Challenge 2017: Day 1 – 5

    Pumpkin Challenge 2017: Day 1 – 5

    Each year, I endeavour to consume one pumpkin thing per day for the month of October. This is my 7th annual Pumpkin Challenge – welcome!

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    Day 1: Pumpkin Spice Pancakes, Hot For Food

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    It only felt right to start the challenge off on a Sunday morning with pancakes!

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  • Hot Chocolate Festival VII: Stops 21-27, Farewell

    Hot Chocolate Festival VII: Stops 21-27, Farewell

    When it launched in 2011, The Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival was the first city-wide festival of its kind in the world.  This January it returns for its 7th year, bigger and better than ever, with Vancouver’s best chocolatiers, pastry shops, bakeries, cafes, gelato and ice cream makers coming together to make the humble hot chocolate hotter than it has ever been before.

    This Festival is a fundraiser for the Downtown Eastside women’s job training
    program of the PHS Community Services Society and East Van Roasters.

    – Hot Chocolate Fest

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    Stop #21: Pretty in Pink, Bel Café

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    Always a lovely stop to find a seat at one of the daintily decorated tables in Bel!

    The flavour for this half of the festival had no non-dairy option if I wanted the full experience, so I braced myself and dove into the rose-infused beverage first thing in the morning.

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  • 12 Days of Plant-Based Cookies: Days 10, 11, & 12

    12 Days of Plant-Based Cookies: Days 10, 11, & 12

    A short-term challenge for the month of December courtesy of Earth Balance! I am pretty excited to have some motivation to do some vegan baking this month. Some of the recipes are out of order from the website’s sequence, but I’ll make sure we cover everything.

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    Pumpkin Cookies

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    It was a beautiful thing to revisit my pumpkin days with this new recipe (that I will definitely keep handy for next October)!

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  • 12 Days of Plant-Based Cookies: Days 8 + 9

    12 Days of Plant-Based Cookies: Days 8 + 9

    A short-term challenge for the month of December courtesy of Earth Balance! I am pretty excited to have some motivation to do some vegan baking this month. Some of the recipes are out of order from the website’s sequence, but I’ll make sure we cover everything.

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    Donut Icing Cookies

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    These cookies began with a great struggle.

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  • 12 Days of Plant-Based Cookies: Days 6 + 7

    12 Days of Plant-Based Cookies: Days 6 + 7

    A short-term challenge for the month of December courtesy of Earth Balance! I am pretty excited to have some motivation to do some vegan baking this month. Some of the recipes are out of order from the website’s sequence, but I’ll make sure we cover everything.

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    Chocolate Snowball Cookies

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    These might not be your mama’s snowball cookies, but as a first-time baker of such a treat, I deem them a success (and so does C.C., who affectionately calls them “crack”).

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  • 12 Days of Plant-Based Cookies: Days 4 + 5

    12 Days of Plant-Based Cookies: Days 4 + 5

    A short-term challenge for the month of December courtesy of Earth Balance! I am pretty excited to have some motivation to do some vegan baking this month. Some of the recipes are out of order from the website’s sequence, but I’ll make sure we cover everything.

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    Dark Chocolate “Walnut” Cookies

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    A few substitutions later, and here were the results.

    The recipe called for many oats, but I used flour, and it called for walnuts, but I used pecans. In the end, I believe I missed out on some fun texture but still had a delicious batch of cookies – simple and good.

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    Vegan Eggnog Cookies

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    I dropped the ball on what I hoped would be the best recipe of the whole bunch.

    This recipe was so exciting to me! I love vegan eggnog. The batter was tasting pretty good, but I could feel it turning to glue as I tried to mix in some liquid – I think the biggest problem was in neglecting to mix the leavening agent at the right time, so the dough remained doughy even after baking.

    I will try these again one day, though, because there is TOO MUCH potential to not give it another go!

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