My favourite ingredients...

Hi! Wow, it feels like it's been ages since I've posted. It's been business as usual around here - I've cooked a few great meals this week (chopped salad with creamy cannellini beans, stuffed spaghetti squash and fettuccine with zucchini and mixed peppers), but shame on me for not getting photographic evidence of any of them! Tsk, tsk. Anyway, hopefully this week I'll feel more inspired to capture my dishes on camera, but in the meantime here are some of my favourite ingredients of the moment:

Indulge: Bunner's Vegan Bakery

This place just opened in Toronto and it's sooo amazing- they have everything from vegan cupcakes to donuts to homemade pies. My fav was the red velvet cupcake with the heavenly icing. Mmm, I can't wait to go back!

Watch: The End of the Line

Although its cinematography may not compare to Planet Earth or The Cove, The End of the Line is a powerful documentary that I encourage everyone to watch. It offers a chilling account of the extreme over-fishing of our oceans that has been occurring since the fifties and the toll it is taking on our planet. It doesn't hurt that the film is narrated by vegan/silver fox Ted Danson either.

Remix: Kitchenware

Don't worry, this is not my foray into interior-decorating. But I did happen to have an extra sugar dish lying around and a ceramic egg container looking quite lonely in my fridge, so I decided to put them to good use on my usually over-cluttered dresser. I used the egg dish to hold earrings and rings I wear often, and the sugar bowl turned out to be the perfect container for all my favourite lipsticks!

I am very fortunate to get to enjoy these small luxuries, and have been feeling very grateful lately in light of recent global events. I am trying to appreciate the small things in life that bring me comfort and I hope you all take a moment to do the same.

xo robin