A couple weeks ago, Trevor took me to my favourite restaurant, Fresh, for pre-birthday brunch. For the last few months, I had been raving about all the good things I had been hearing about their brunch menu, especially their pancakes. Trevor took this as a hint and instead of going out for birthday supper later that day, we made our way downtown for brunch.
Since moving to Toronto, Fresh restaurant has become a regular staple in our downtown dining experience. Their menu consists of delicious vegan options that shuts down all stereotypes in thinking that meat/milk/egg/cheese and sometime gluten free foods are bland and unsatisfying. Although salads are on their menu, they also offered filling burgers, wraps, assorted baking (chocolate!) and their famous fresh bowls. Trevor’s personal favourite is their flavourful BBQ burger and I will never turn down their broccoli and vegan cheddar soup and an order of crispy quinoa onion rings. As someone who doesn’t eat meat often and with Trevor’s lactose intolerance, it’s great to know that their menu can satisfy both of us without making us feel bad afterwards.
This Valentine’s Day-ish treat has been brought to you by the flavour vanilla.
I know, I know. You’re all sitting there scratching your heads thinking “but where is the chocolate? Won’t somebody think of the chocolate?”
As it goes, every year sometime between the months of December to February, I always find myself growing sick of chocolate. I see it littering the grocery store seasonal aisles and instead of feeling inspired, I just want to run. This year is no different and now I feel that if I see another foil-covered shaped treat, I’ll throw it to the floor and step on it.
Where did January go? I feel like it was just yesterday that I was celebrating the new year. Now every time I go into the grocery store, I’m being bombarded by flowers and chocolates and everything that goes hand-in-hand with Valentine’s Day.
Not that I mind having another reason to buy more chocolate. Mmmmm, chocolate.
Does anyone remember the last time I tried to make healthy bars? Yes, the photos were not the best, but the most embarrassing thing about that post was that the bars I made didn’t even fill up the whole pan. Who wants a recipe to make only half a pan of bars? Why, past Jessica, why did that even make it on the blog in the first place?
Weather wise, January has been a very confusing month. For a while, we had really unnaturally warm weather and then by the next day, it would turn on you. Sticky, wet snow. Strong, blustery winds. After a braving this weather each day after work, I’ve taken to spending my first hour at home curling up on the couch with a hot mug of tea, a good book and a warm blanket.
After a few days of enjoying this new routine, I knew I would have to bake something to enjoy with my tea. A girl can only eat so many snacks of carrots and apples before she starts salivating at every bakery she passes by.
Canadian food blogger, baking and eating her way through life. Musical theatre fanatic. Personal finance nerd. Sometimes runner/yogi. Green smoothies are pretty amazing.
