{lauren’s latest} crispy beef

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when i first started coming to toronto, we used to go to this great restaurant on king street called fortune cookie for their fried rice and the crispy beef. it was so perfect, we ordered it every time. but, like many restaurant’s in this fickle city, it shuttered in favour of an oyster bar. i […]

the vonderful vegetti

the-vonderful-veggetti

most “as seen on tv” products are ridiculous. garbage. don’t waste your money. the shake weight? how is this a thing? i fully believe the board that agreed to funding, producing, and marketing this product was made up of pre-pubescent / college aged men children who snickered and giggled their way through the presentation, and […]

{aberdeen’s kitchen} savory cheese & veggie muffins

savory-cheese-and-veggie-muffins

another muffin recipe? i know, right? she’s obsessed! chill out, guys, it’s only the second one. but these tasty little flavour bombs are so deliciously buttery you don’t need to butter them and the crazy news is there’s no butter in them! (don’t you enjoy how many times i said butter?) another sneaky way to […]

creamy leek soup

the-finished-product-im-with-dylan

currently i’m on vacation with the babe and familia in paradise, which is my excuse for not posting anything lately. it’s hot here! so hot hur… but before we left it was so cold in the city and all i wanted was soup soup soup. i love soup, who doesn’t? it’s like a comfy sweater. and there’s […]