Bailey is an aspiring journalist, eggs benedict connoisseur, and future trophy wife.
Gluten free blueberry muffins, made with fresh blueberries, homemade blueberry jam swirled throughout, and topped with a fresh lemon zest+sugar coating to give them a delicious, sweet crunch. These are now my favourite muffins. A recipe for the books!
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The definition varies for everyone. What’s your ideal brunch?
There is nothing better to me than being able to wake without an alarm on the weekend. Get the Saturday paper off the front steps, and enjoy it over a cup of coffee and some easy breakfast. Ease in to the day.
That would be my perfect Saturday. But my perfect Sunday? Brunch! And eggs Benedict at that.
I am a self-proclaimed eggs benedict connoisseur – this is true. Also one of the many reasons I could never be a true, life vegan. While I can do without a lot of things dairy, there is nothing more quintessential to my taste buds than the combination of hollandaise and a poached egg, placed on a bed of spinach, and a toasty english muffin. Mmm. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.
Once the weather warms up again, I’ll continue my quest to try all the eggs benny this city has to offer. I know what you’re thinking, and of course I plan on writing about it. Bailey loves Benny.
So far, my favourite comes from By the Way Cafe, a restaurant found in the Annex, on the corner of Bloor and Brunswick. Served seven days a week (bonus for those mid-week benny cravings) they add dill to the hollandaise. I always order the florentine (spinach), but they do a traditional benny, and one with salmon as well. Sided with potatoes, which compliment perfectly, and a few pieces of fruit. If you dine, ask for their homemade hot sauce. The cafe has a lot of Middle Eastern cuisine, and their hot sauce is infused with flavour, and just the right amount of kick.
I swear they’re not paying me to write this (but it would be really nice if they were). I have many photos of my past bennies, but for this blog, I’ll post my most recent one. It’s from yesterday.
Perfection on a plate.
So, my perfect Saturday is a lazy, slow to start day, that is the equivalent of being woken up by daylight and casually stretching your arms over your head, knowing the day ahead of you will be easy breezy.
But my perfect brunch? An hour to myself at By the Way, with my benny, my Moleskine, and an endless cup of coffee.
This post was written on a Sunday afternoon while wearing the comfiest clothes, drinking coffee, and snacking on a fresh cinnamon scone from Cobs bakery.
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For the past 30 days, I have been following a strict vegan diet. Now that the end of the month has arrived, I’m able to reflect back on the experience – the good, the bad, and the tasty.
I will be doing a 30-day vegan challenge starting tomorrow! I may have to have a one-day ease-in period because I have a lot of food in my fridge I don’t want to go to waste. But, my solution to this is to find recipes to make over the weekend and use them up! Baking treats for others, of course.
I went for my first big vegan grocery shop today! Spent $78. I have every intention of making a copy and putting it online to track how much/what I’m using it for, etc. As well, I want to try and shop once-a-week exclusively. This will take some getting used to as I might have to pick up ingredients and figure out recipes, but I’m going to try to make it work.
Step one is getting used to not having milk in my coffee, eating muffins, bagels, pizza.. ha. I didn’t think I directly consumed a lot of dairy but in hindsight I do. I have become accustomed to go for convenience over health, and that has to stop. Regardless of what people think, I know and believe a vegan diet will be healthy and will do wonders for my body. I am more concerned about the inside than the out, though. And I know my body, I know that by changing my diet it will also change.
Excited. Bring on the challenge.
I’ve decided to do a 30-day challenge to eat vegan, for the month of November. I used to live with a pair of raw food vegans, so I have an idea of what eating completely vegan is like. I’ve requested some books from the library, primarily The 30-Day Vegan Challenge by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, and a book on balancing body pH levels, but they won’t arrive for at least another two weeks.
I will do my best to update bi-weekly on the experience. I’m doing it for my health, and for a personal challenge.
And because the pizza will taste that good in December.
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