This month’s Recipe ReDux theme is “Trimming the Table.” The holiday baking season is upon us. Time to pull out all the stops. Show us the healthy holiday dessert you will be sharing with family and friends this season.
To keep this holiday season colorful and “healthy-ish,” I made a fall fruit crisp with fuyu persimmons, apples and fresh cranberries. I love all of the naturally bright colors in these fruits! The topping is made with spelt flour, oats Continue reading
At the end of September, I hopped over to Montreal for a long weekend filled with sleeping in, eating, drinking, site-seeing and taking power naps (more sleeping) in grassy fields. The city seems young and easily walkable and bike-able. And there is no shortage of food spots and coffee shops open late into the night.
Below is my rough guide for some of the places I visited while I was there.
*I am obsessed with starring places that I want to visit on Google maps. It is especially useful for traveling because I can pinpoint where I want to go and what else I want to do in that area. So if you are traveling somewhere new, I suggest you get starring.*
One of the first places I went to in Montreal was Chez Boris, where they specialize in Russian beignets. I tried all three flavors: cinnamon sugar, plain sugar and cocoa sugar. All washed down with a decadent iced matcha tea.
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