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So delicious and the brioche buns make it!
I made these at work today, we actually make a lot of these. One of our most popular appetizers! Homemade, fresh baked brioche buns, beef hamburgers glazed with bbq sauce, cheddar, mayo and grainy mustard and garnished with a gherkin or whatever else I can find. 
Brioche can be a bit of work to make, but it’s truly worth it for these little guys. Really any fresh baked bread will do, the key is fresh baked!
Brioche is also great because it freezes very well in it’s dough form, so if you want you can make this ahead and freeze it for any appetizer emergencies!
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8 comments | tags: appetizers, baby burgers, BBQ, bbq sauce, beef burgers, brioche buns, burger buns., burgers, cheese burgers, cornichons, gherkins, hamburger buns, kids meals, mini burgers, mini cheese burgers, mini slider buns, mini sliders, sliders, snacks, tiny burgers | posted in Easy Meals, Food, Savory
Surprisingly AMAZING! Is that a thing people say?
I had some chickpeas for falafel rehydrating, and I thought I’d take a shot at making pita bread. First time ever. I always risk making things I’ve never made before, but dinner always seems to turn out. Now that I’ve said that, I’ll probably burn the kitchen down next time!
These are a must make. MUST! Must make, and eat immediately after making. So awesome.
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12 comments | tags: appetizers, baking, bread, brunch, butter, cooking, dinner, easy, easy baking, falafel, flat bread, flour, food, food blog, greek, healthy, Lebanese, pita bread, recipe, recipes, savory, side dishes | posted in Baked, Breakfast, Easy Meals, Food, Savory
Carbs. Perfect for everything.
I like using heart shaped cookie cutters, molds, stamps, whatever. My middle name is Love (seriously), and I’m normally a huge cheeseball. I like to draw heart shaped sriracha on food I give to Michael.
Love love love love hearts *puke*. I make myself sick!
It was our 3 year anniversary yesterday, so I post something heart shaped in lieu of a proper related post.
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12 comments | tags: appetizers, baking, biscuits, bread, breakfast, brunch, butter, cooking, dinner, easy, food, food blog, garlic, green onion, healthy, oil biscuits, olive oil biscuits, parsley., recipe, recipes, savory, scones, side dishes, spicy | posted in Baked, Breakfast, Easy Meals, Food, Savory
Moist salmon with a sticky savory glaze, topped with a lively and bright chimichurri.
We don’t eat as much fish as I’d like. Michael is slowly warming up to the idea of fish, although he eats sushi which is a jump. Apparently raw fish is better than cooked! 
But since my parents always give me fish, it was time to make some. I’ve never made my own chimichurri before so I grabbed a recipe from epicurious.
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2 comments | tags: appetizers, argentina, argentinian, baking, chimichurri, condiments, cooking, dinner, easy, entree, fish, food, food blog, garlic, green onion, healthy, hot sauce, jalapeno, recipe, recipes, salmon, sauce, savory, side dishes, spicy, supper | posted in Baked, Easy Meals, Food, Savory, Spicy
Put this on macaroni, cauliflower, fries, dip things into it. Dear god.
Killer as in awesome, not deadly. That wouldn’t be good.
This recipe is for a creamy cheese sauce, with a blend of sharp white cheddar and regular cheddar, cracked black pepper and cayenne pepper. You get the sharpness of the cheese cutting through the richness of the cream, and a little pop of heat from the peppers. Amazing.
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15 comments | tags: 7 year old cheddar, appetizers, blog, breakfast, brunch, butter, cauliflower, cheddar, cheddar cheese sauce, cheese, cheese sauce, comfort food, cooking, dinner, easy, food, food blog, french fries, healthy, hot sauce, jalapeno, recipe, recipes, sauce, sauces, savory, sharp cheese sauce, side dishes, spicy, spicy cheese sauce, white cheddar | posted in Easy Meals, Food, Savory, Spicy
Nostalgia, alll over the place.
Just a quick-ish post. My mother made these for Michael and I last weekend 
I asked. It was one of my favourite things she used to make!
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7 comments | tags: appetizers, blog, blueberry polish crepes, breakfast, brunch, compote, cooking, crepes, delicious, dessert, dinner, easy, food, food blog, healthy, nalesniki, pancakes, polish crepes, recipe, recipes, sweets | posted in Baked, Breakfast, Easy Meals, Food, Sweets
Yeah these were good AND easy!
So I went to Donalds Market earlier in the week and they had whole cartons of peaches for $2.99! So I had to buy them and I had to make something.
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15 comments | tags: appetizers, baking, blog, bread, breakfast, brunch, butter, cooking, dessert, dinner, easy, food, food blog, healthy, lunch, okanagan peaches, pastry, peach pastries, peach pies, peaches, recipe, recipes, side dishes, summer baking, sweets | posted in Baked, Breakfast, Easy Meals, Food, Sweets
Yaayy!
We haven’t gone to a real Beer Thursday in forever. But we were finally able to and quickly decided on sushi, as it’s too hot for pub grub.
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8 comments | tags: agedashi sushi, appetizers, beer, beer thursday, blog, booze, brunch, cheese, chicken, chicken karaage, cooking, dinner, dynamite roll, easy, food, food blog, fried tofu, green onion, healthy, hot sauce, jalapeno, japanese food, lunch, recipe, recipes, savory, shrimp tempura, side dishes, spicy, spicy fried chicken, sriracha, sushi, vegetarian dragon roll, vegetarian sushi | posted in Easy Meals, Food, Restaurants, Savory, Spicy
I have a new soup related love.
There’s this new place down the street that we go for our Pho nowadays, but they have this one type that just blows me away.
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8 comments | tags: appetizers, asian food, bao chao, bau chao, blog, breakfast, brunch, cooking, dessert, dinner, easy, food, food blog, green onion, healthy, hot sauce, iced tea, jalapeno, lemongrass chicken, lunch, pho, recipe, recipes, side dishes, soup, sriracha, vietnamese food | posted in Breakfast, Easy Meals, Food, Restaurants, Savory, Soup, Spicy
It's just you and me noodles. (And Michael) But mostly you an' me.
You know I love spicy, asian-y, cilantro-y, peanut-y, whatever else-y can describe my tastes. This is a dish I’ve started to make much more often because it’s just so easy. And I have not just one, but TWO ways to make this! Golly! (there’s way more ways than two, I might have lied)
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13 comments | tags: appetizers, bok choy, breakfast, brunch, chicken, Chicken breast, chili sauce, chow mein, cilantro, food blog, garlic, green onion, hot sauce, jalapeno, lime, lunch, peanut sauce, recipe, recipes, red pepper, sambal oelek, savory, side dishes, spicy, spicy peanut noodles, sriracha, stir fry, yellow pepper | posted in Breakfast, Easy Meals, Food, Restaurants, Savory, Spicy
I looked everywhere for a sesame street reference, but this will have to do instead.
Well I’ve been tagged so I guess I have to participate!
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7 comments | tags: 7 facts, appetizers, Art, baking, BBQ, blog, blogging, booze, bread, breakfast, brunch, butter, cheddar, cheese, chicken, chocolate, chocolate cake, cookies, cooking, dessert, dinner, easy, food, food blog, food buzz, garlic, ginger bread cookies, glico curry, Goat Cheese, green onion, healthy, hot sauce, icing, Italian Sausage & Sundried Tomato Alfredo, jalapeno, jalapeno infused vodka, jalapeno vodka, lunch, pasta, peanut butter mousse cake, recipe, recipes, sausage, side dishes, soup, spicy, sriracha tortillas, stuffed mushrooms, sweets, tomato | posted in Baked, Breakfast, Drinks, Easy Meals, Food, Salads, Savory, Soup, Spicy, Sweets, Uncategorized
I'll show YOU who's crazy.
So I made a roast beef in the middle of summer. You might say blasphemous, but I say delicious!
We’re lucky because of this new place, I’m not limited with what I can cook depending on temperature. It’s always nice and cool down here
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10 comments | tags: appetizers, baking, blog, bread, brunch, butter, cooking, dinner, easy, food blog, garlic, gravy, healthy, jus, lunch, medium, mustard, perfect roast beef, popovers, rare, recipe, recipes, roast beef, rosemary, rosemary roast beef, savory, side dishes, steak, traditional roast beef, yorkshire pudding | posted in Easy Meals, Food, Savory
Rare Beef Pho
I know you’re probably sick of hearing about all this pho I eat, but it really is amazing. It’s the most wonderful comfort food on the planet. Warm, spicy, rich, beefy, but doesn’t leave you feeling heavy and full like other dinners.
We went down to Pho Central on Davie st. We have this problem of wandering up and down Davie or Robson trying to decide what to eat and just end up getting grumpy and hungrier.
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3 comments | tags: appetizers, banh mi, cooking, cucumber, davie st, davie st food, dinner, easy, food, food blog, garlic, green onion, lemon grass chicken, lunch, pho, pho central, rare beef pho, recipe, recipes, review, side dishes, soup, spicy, sriracha, vietnamese food | posted in Easy Meals, Food, Restaurants, Soup
Such a good last minute idea!
Today I’ve left the house 3 times, washed and folded 3 loads of laundry, done 2 loads of dishes, made burgers, potato salad, guacamole, these puppies and banana bread.
So in the interest of my sanity I wasn’t going to post this.
But since it was SO good, and I had some okay lighting, posted it is!
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21 comments | tags: appetizers, baking, blog, brunch, chevre, cooking, courgette, courgettes, cream cheese, creamy, delicious, dinner, easy, food blog, garlic, Goat Cheese, green onion, grilling ideas, jalapeno, jalapenos, lunch, mushrooms, recipe, recipes, savory, side dishes, spicy, summer ideas, zucchini, zucchini boats | posted in Baked, Easy Meals, Food, Savory
Will make again, and again.
I don’t wanna call these thai, maybe moreso “thai inspired”, or “east asian inspired” but whatever. They’re DAMN good and that’s all that matters.
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5 comments | tags: appetizers, blog, bread, breakfast, brunch, burgers, cheap, chicken, delicious, dinner, easy, father's day, father's day recipe, food blog, garlic, green onion, grill, grilling, lunch, main course, recipe, recipes, sausage, savory, side dishes, spicy, sriracha, thai burgers, thai turkey burgers, turkey burgers | posted in Food, Savory, Spicy
Spicy and doughy! Just like me!
Payday isn’t until the 10th, so I’m still working with what I got.
You all know about my Sriracha obsession, but did you know we also have a problem with Frank’s Red Hot?
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13 comments | tags: appetizers, baking, blog, bread, breakfast, brunch, butter, cooking, dinner, easy, focaccia, food, food blog, franks red hot, honey, hot sauce, lunch, recipe, recipes, side dishes, spicy, sriracha | posted in Baked, Food, Spicy
Mushroomy Goodness!
Unexpected bills sometimes make you broke, as a result of one we’re a bit broke until next pay. So, for frugality’s sake, I’m going to dig into the recesses of my cupboards to make dinner for the next few days. I am only going to use what’s in my pantry/freezer/fridge.
I probably should’ve done this a long time ago, there are a lot of random things in there… I think I need to do a “cupboard inventory” just to make sure I actually USE what I have!
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10 comments | tags: affordable, appetizers, bread, breakfast, brunch, butter, campbells mushroom soup, canned food, cheap, cheap food, cheese, cooking, course, dinner, easy, easy food, food, food blog, lunch, main course, mushroom soup, pantry, recipe, recipes, sausage, savory, side dishes, stovetop, stuffing | posted in Easy Meals, Food, Savory
Perfect for the bbq! Srsly!
My favourite is Pho, Michael’s favourite is lemongrass chicken. (although he’s been ordering pho lately, I am a converter of all. The United Church of Beef Broth.)
So for my wonderful, amazing, mass amount of chicken consuming- significant other. I decided to try making it!
I’ve made it with packet lemongrass mixes before, but it never tastes right. Nothing from a package ever tastes right.
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10 comments | tags: appetizers, asian recipes, blog, brunch, chicken, cooking, dinner, food blog, garlic, grilled chicken, herbs, jalapeno, lemon grass, lemongrass, lemongrass chicken, lunch, recipe, recipes, savory, side dishes, vietnamese food, vietnamese recipes | posted in Food, Savory
Rare beef Pho! Beautiful colours, but not quite there yet.
I can’t get enough Vietnamese food. Plus most pho goes for under $7, and affordable amazingly delicious food is generally a good thing.
So I wanted to try and make it. I’ve tried before, and it was kinda..eegh. This time was better, but still not perfect.
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24 comments | tags: appetizers, beef broth, beef knuckle, beef noodle soup, blog, chili, cooking, dinner, easy, food, food blog, garlic, green onion, healthy, jalapeno, lime, lunch, pho, recipe, recipes, side dishes, soup, sprouts, sriracha, thai basil, vietnamese beef soup, vietnamese food | posted in Food, Soup
Gorgeous!
I’ve been bad lately. I have so many things to post about, but have been really lazy. The busy-ness at work has finally subsided, so I’ll be good and post lots, I swear! Plus michael starts working again soon, and I’ll have $$ for more food related frivolities!
FRIVOLITIES!
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17 comments | tags: appetizers, baking, bread, butter, cheddar, cheddar sriracha swirl bread, cheese, cheese bread, cheese loaf, cheese platter, cooking, dinner, easy, food, food blog, garlic, hot sauce, lunch, potluck, recipe, recipes, savoury swirl bread, sharp cheddar, side dishes, spicy, spicy cheese loaf, sriracha, sriracha bread, swirl bread | posted in Baked, Food, Spicy
What a gorgeous day for a $4.75 beer! $4.25? I don't remember, doesn't matter!
Happy Beer Thursday! I’m pushing for this to become a holiday, but we’ll see.
We headed down to Belgian Fries today!
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13 comments | tags: appetizers, bar food, beer thursday, belgian fries, belgian fries commercial drive, booze, comfort food, commercial drive food, commercial drive restaurants, fried food, fries, frites, grandville island honey lager, granville island brewery, granville island IPA, poutine, pub, pub grub, vancouver | posted in Drinks, Food, Restaurants
Yes! I did.
I bought some corn tortillas to make tacos for dinner one night. Was great, but I ended up with (and still have) a TON of them left.
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13 comments | tags: appetizers, appys, baked chips, baking, breakfast, brunch, chili sauce, chips, cooking, dinner, DIY, entrees, food, food blog, hot sauce, lunch, recipe, recipes, rooster sauce, snacks, spicy, spicy food, sriacha, sriracha, sriracha nachos, sriracha tortilla chips, tortilla chips | posted in Food, Spicy
Smells like movie-theater popcorn and toasts like brioche!
I can’t make soup and not have bread. Or crackers. Mostly bread. And butter. Mostly butter.
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18 comments | tags: appetizers, baked, baking, blog, bread, breakfast, brunch, butter, comfort food, cooking, dinner, easy, easy recipes, food, food blog, hot buttered popcorn bread, popcorn bread, recipe, recipes, side dishes, soup sides | posted in Baked, Food
A nice lunch!
I wasn’t sure what to make for lunch, I was thinking pasta, but I had some bacon and eggs and it sounded perfect!
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5 comments | tags: appetizers, bacon, baked eggs, baking, Black Bean, black beans, breakfast, brunch, butter, cooking, easy, eggs, entree, food, food blog, garlic, garlic sauce, local, lunch, main course, Mushroom and Bacon Baked Eggs, mushrooms cheese, parsley., recipe, recipes, side dishes, smoked bacon, thick cut bacon, thyme, toast | posted in Baked, Breakfast, Food
Ah. My favourite dip!
I love avocados. I especially love guacamole. And I generally make it the same way.
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7 comments | tags: appetizer, appetizers, avocado salsa, baking, dips, food, guacamole, recipe, recipes, salsa, side dishes, superbowl, superbowl dips, vegan, vegetarian | posted in Food, Salads, Savory
