Do you remember these Hummus Cakes?  I made them last year when I was doing my Elimination Challenge. Since I couldn’t have tomatoes, mushrooms and eggplant at the beginning of the challenge, I missed out on the Caponata Stew, which is a slightly spicy vegetarian dish. Alexis’ mother-in-law made this for us a few summers ago when […]

Today we’re celebrating Martha Stewart’s birthday with a classic yellow cake/chocolate icing combination from Baked Occasions. Matt has a deep love for Martha which he writes about in the book, and while I wouldn’t consider myself a disciple, I can appreciate her domestic goddess-ness and attention to detail. This recipe is very straightforward, and I […]

May 27, 2015 Travel This post is WAY overdue, but I’ve recently had a few friends and co-workers ask me for New York bakery and restaurant recommendations, so it’s time to get this recap going! First a little background. My friend Lydia and I take a trip to New York City every five years. Our […]

Our Baked Sunday Morning project for this week was an Orange Buttermilk Picnic Cake with Chocolate Chips to celebrate the Fourth of July. The idea behind it is that it’s a single layer, easily transportable, sturdy cake that would be perfect to bring along to a picnic. I loved reading the Baked boys intro to […]

Like so many other things in my foodie life, I had never heard of an Icebox Cake until I saw it on Smitten Kitchen a few years ago. The idea behind it is that you stack up chocolate wafer cookies with whipped cream, and let the whole thing set in the fridge overnight. The cookies […]

In his 5 short years, Johnny Mac has been obsessed with a variety of things, including, but not limited to, ladybugs, Curious George, gorillas, and other jungle animals of all kinds (“Auntie O-byn, did you know orangutans are the largest tree living mammals in the WORLD?”).  But this year, he is obsessed with Star Wars. And for […]

I was so happy to realize that this is my one year anniversary of writing these monthly recaps! I think I shall continue to do so. My friend Kathleen told me she loves reading them (Hi Katy!), and I like looking back at my month and seeing what I was up to. Now that I’ve […]

My high straightenence brain decided I needed a page to keep track of all the Gastropost Missions I’ve completed. So here it is! Links to the original mission are included, as well as links to my blog posts…since sometimes I have a bit more to say than the sentence or two that ends up in […]

January 9, 2014 Breakfast It’s hard enough to return to work post-holiday vacation bliss, but do we really need a POLAR VORTEX to make things more difficult? It was -40 here yesterday, which makes it just a little bit harder to deal with life, especially under 526 layers of clothes (tights, long janes, yoga pants, […]

So it was already a good foodie week for me a couple of weeks ago after meeting Matt and Renato from Baked at Yorkdale. The next day I found out Chuck Hughes would be at Walmart in Mississauga on Saturday afternoon. Kind of random, but obviously a must attend for me.  When my co-workers and […]

The last time I made enchiladas must have been about eight years ago. I was trying to re-create what I was frequently eating at Mexican chain restaurants near my office, and the version I came up with (pieced together from a few recipes on allrecipes.com) was okay, but I remember it being very messy and time […]

March 11, 2014 Beef & Pork I love knowing what other people eat for dinner during the week. Do they cook a regular rotation of favourites or try new things? How do they grocery shop? One big shop on the weekend or little shops throughout the week? Do they plan specific meals or just create […]

January 9, 2014 Breakfast It’s hard enough to return to work post-holiday vacation bliss, but do we really need a POLAR VORTEX to make things more difficult? It was -40 here yesterday, which makes it just a little bit harder to deal with life, especially under 526 layers of clothes (tights, long janes, yoga pants, […]

May 27, 2014 Brownies & Blondies It’s Janelle week on Planet Byn! Who’s Janelle, you ask? She’s one of my favourite co-workers and friends, and she LOVES treats. She also has an identical twin, which I find endlessly fascinating, and two super cute little daughters. Now personally, I’m the type of a person who will […]