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Garlicky Sour Cream and Onion Dip

Garlicky Sour Cream and Onion Dip

You know that salty powdery onion soup mix you used to make sour cream and onion dip with Lays Regular chips? Delicious right? I still have a special place in my heart for it. This recipe is like the grown up version of that dip.…

Garlicky Pickled Jalapeños

Garlicky Pickled Jalapeños

In my humble opinion, pickled jalapeños make everything they touch taste better. Whether it’s nachos, tacos, salsa, or chilaquiles, pickled jalapeños add a delicious (mild) spicy tang to every dish. If you’re thinking to yourself right now, but I don’t like spicy food… please hear…

Chocolate Hazelnut Energy Balls

Chocolate Hazelnut Energy Balls

Well, aren’t you just the perfect little snack? Or breakfast. Or healthy dessert. I love keeping a container of my Chocolate Hazelnut Energy Balls in the fridge for whenever the mood (or craving) strikes. Energy balls are the perfect grab-and-go guilt free treat for whenever…

Cheater’s Chilaquiles with All The Toppings

Cheater’s Chilaquiles with All The Toppings

Chilaquiles are a recurring breakfast (or dinner) meal in our home. How can you go wrong with soft, spicy, soaked tortillas piled with a plethora of toppings? You cannot.  In February 2020 my husband and I went on a road trip in Mexico, driving from…

Breakfast Burritos

Breakfast Burritos

Warning: bringing these burritos to your workplace and heating them up may result in extremely jealousy from your colleagues due to the intoxicating burrito aroma. Unless you bring enough to share, of course. I am not a meal prep-er. I really don’t love eating the…

Baba Ghanoush-ish Dip

Baba Ghanoush-ish Dip

Dear Baba Ghanoush, You are beautiful, creamy, and completely addictive. I love how you taste amazing with all foods, including, but not limited to: pita, veggies, and halloumi. I’m not quite sure why I haven’t been making you for all my life. I promise that…

My Favourite Victoria Cheap Eats

My Favourite Victoria Cheap Eats

Victoria is full of lovely cozy cocktail bars and fancy-pants restaurants which, don’t get me wrong, I am also obsessed with – I would never turn down an invite to inhale the Mussels de Cha Cha Cha at The Tapa Bar, let me tell you.…

Spinach and Garlic Stuffed Mushrooms

Spinach and Garlic Stuffed Mushrooms

Holiday? Stuffed mushrooms. Dinner party? Stuffed mushrooms. Potluck? Stuffed mushrooms. Any sort of event or just a regular day that requires a scrumptious appetizer? My Spinach and Garlic Stuffed Mushrooms are the answer. Believe it or not, I have friends (you know who you are)…