2022 Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 16 – Coquito. Instead of eggnog, I’m serving up a classic Puerto Rican treat made with coconut cream, condensed milk, and baking spices. I’ve swapped the recipe’s usual base spirit of rum for tequila. This cocktail is rich and creamy – tastes like a cinnamon bun. …
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Amarula Plant Based Banana Daiquiri
If you’ve been a long-time reader of this blog, you’ll likely know I have a pretty adventurous palate. There are very few foods/dishes that I don’t like (I’m looking at you papaya) and I’m always open to trying new flavours. Unfortunately, there’s some dissonance between what I’m willing to eat and how prepared my body…
Raspberry Coconut Croissant French Toast with Honey Chamomile Syrup
After finishing Whole30 at the beginning of the month, I was craving a decadent brunch dish but wanted to be mindful of my dairy intake. Much like Antoni from Queer Eye – I’m a dairy freak – but sadly, it doesn’t always agree with me. So, while this recipe isn’t entirely dairy-free, thanks to the…
Santiki Claus
Let’s Get Blitzen: Cocktail Advent Calendar – Day 7 – Santiki Claus. Long-time readers of the blog will know I’m obsessed with Tiki culture. I’ve waxed poetic about my Kokeshi Doll Tiki mug in this recipe for the Monk’s Respite and gone on about the entire tradition of Tiki in this recipe for the Daisy…
Raspberry Mango Smoothie
You know what they say, “health is wealth,” so make a deposit first thing in the morning with this delicious, tropical smoothie. Frozen mango, raspberries, lime juice, coconut milk, almond milk, shredded coconut and plenty of ginger make for a flavourful return on investment. Maybe one of your new year resolutions was to have more…
Curried Pumpkin Soup
PSL season is upon us. The lines at your local Starbucks have become overrun with sorority sisters in blanket scarves coveting their favourite fall sipper. Honestly, I don’t like pumpkin spice lattes. I’ll stick with my dirty chai latte thank you very much. I just don’t think the combination of pumpkin and espresso tastes…
Monk’s Respite
Pretty much all I want to talk about in this post is how obsessed I am with this vintage Kokeshi doll Tiki mug from Benihana of Tokyo. I found this gem a couple of years ago on Etsy. I got her for a steal at $27.95. This particular vintage Tiki mug is fairly rare…
Strawberry Coconut Semifreddo
Ice cream! No ice cream maker required! This low-tech, easy to make cool treat will have you wowing guests in no time. It’s as beautiful as it is delicious and is dead simple to prepare. I was feeling patriotic and made this on Canada Day before venturing out into the sweltering heat. Was everyone…
Pumpkin Coconut Cream Tartlets
Starsky and Hutch, Thelma and Louise, Bonnie and Clyde, Jay and Bey, PUMPKIN AND COCONUT; a shortlist of all-star dynamic duos. Sure, maybe the unlikely pairing of pumpkin and coconut doesn’t jump to mind when you’re playing Scategories and have 60 seconds to rhyme off all the would-be Brangelinas…pumpkonut? Just tossing it out there….
