For the second week running I’m featuring something on the blog that doesn’t contain sugar! Don’t worry, we’ll get back to our regular baked goods next week. In the meantime, these salmon cakes will probably change your life. These are loosely adapted from a recipe …

Allow me to introduce you to my favourite snack. Roasted chickpeas. Or garbanzo beans. Whatever you want to call them we’re roasting them and tossing them with the spices of our choice. I’m a cumin and coriander girl, but you do you. This is a …

Chocolate and coconut is a seriously underrated combination. The freshness of coconut and simultaneous sweetness/bitterness of chocolate are a match made in heaven. I only added shredded coconut to these cookies, but you could definitely up the ante with some coconut oil. These are mostly …

So 4th of July isn’t really my thing. After all, I’m English. I do like having the day off work though and I’ve lived here for almost 17 years so I guess it isn’t all bad. I don’t really celebrate it though. I don’t make …

It has been HOT in Portland. I’m not talking 85°, wish there was a breeze hot, I’m talking 100°, can function kind of hot. My dog basically spent the weekend lying on one of the air conditioning vents on the floor. I honestly wish I …