December has run away with me. My dad arrived from South Africa and we have been doing some local sightseeing and I've been fully present and having a social media cleanse. I plan to be back to my normal blogging schedule from January after my epic fail since having Leo. Let's just say I took a maternity leave and at first I felt so guilty about it. Now I'm glad I did it to be fully engaged. Hopefully, you will all still remember me right? Remember my series of letters to Leo? Well here is his 2nd month. 15th December…
I wanted to start a series of letters to my baby Leonardo. I know these are not food-related but my life right now is revolving around this sweet boy. I don't want to post a million pictures on facebook so if you want to follow the journey of our sweet boy, this is the place it will happen. :) 15th November 2019 One Month Old One month ago today marks the day you came into the world. It was a tough delivery. One that taught me I’m so much stronger than I ever knew I was. From the minute…
Vegan chocolate crinkle cookies Who doesn’t love a good chocolate cookie? I’ve always baked peanut butter cookies or choc chip cookies because those always hit the sweet spot but I decided to try something new. These vegan chocolate crinkle cookies were inspired by gimme some ovens recipe. I had never made a crinkle cookie before, but these were so easy I'll definitely be baking them a lot more frequently Eggs in vegan baking I often get asked what I use to replace eggs in vegan baking. I know so many recipes call for flax eggs or chia eggs and while I…
Last week on Monday, I started getting contractions. I knew it would soon be time to bring this little person into the world. After an exhausting, long, unmedicated labor, on Tuesday 15th October, it was announced that we had a little boy. The level of excitement in Sam's voice was something I hope to never forget. The birthing story is a long one and one that I want to share as soon as I have had time to properly process what all happened. I held my little guy on my chest and just knew that life would never be the…