Super Secret Rainbow Unicorn CUPCAKES! Summer: Part 3

My friends and I were bored one day. So we decided to go to Georgetown and get cupcakes at Georgetown Cupcake. Unfortunately, we just had to go on a weekday, so when we got to the metro station, the parking lot was completely full. We were forced to park at a meter, which meant we had limited time to...

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Blackberries Picking: Summer, Part 2

This is completely out of chronological order, but whatever. Summer is my second favourite time to go to the farm. Autumn is my favourite because of apple picking, picking bright orange pumpkins from the pumpkin patch, and sneaking through corn maizes (I know, I know..). Nothing is better than...

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Summer Memories: Part 1

I've had some pictures left on the back burner that I never got to post. Among the many things I made over the summer, I made green tea ice cream. I fell in love with green tea ice cream the first time I tried it. That was quite a few years ago, and I think I had it either in a Japanese restaurant or...

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Days of Simple Eating

I swear I'm not dead. Although I haven't posted since June, I have been cooking lots of food all summer. I was just too lazy to write about it. This summer was the summer of salads, sushi rolls, bubble tea, homemade froyo, store bought froyo, basil lemon ice cream, peach smoothies, fruit tarts, noodle...

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Picnic Eats

For our picnic, I contributed two loaves of rustic bread and fruit tarts. The bread dough gets a long, slow rise in the refrigerator, which develops flavour and a beautiful crumb. If you want to make the bread in a day, skip the rise in the fridge and place it in a warm spot to rise for 1.5 to 2 hours....

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Picnic and Strawberry Fields

How hobos picnic: Find a secluded spot by the water and spread out lots of yummy foods  Make dragonfly friends Take photos, skip rocks, act sketchy while glaring at people in boats Being the hottest day of the year (at least it felt like it), we just had to go to the farm to pick strawberries...

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Sunsets

Haven't seen such a beautiful sunset in a long time...

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Fro yo, my love

I'm obsessed. Got an ice cream maker that I've been wanting for years, and the first thing I had to make was frozen yogurt. Original Frozen Yogurt 4 cups plain, lowfat yogurt2/3 cup sugar To make frozen yogurt rich and creamy, most of the whey needs to be strained out of it. You can skip this step...

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