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Blueberry Protein Bars

christinajbartlett — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 01:40:31 +0000

Calgary has been smoked out for the last few days, the forest fires from Washington creeping up and settling like smog over the city. We actually witnessed one of the fires in its early stages while driving through Montana a couple of weeks back with my parents (visiting from NZ). It was unreal. A massive […]

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Spiced Sweet Potato Chocolate Cake

christinajbartlett — Wed, 13 May 2015 01:20:06 +0000

It dawned on me, after three years of living in Canada, that we don’t get kumara here. We have sweet potato (yellow kumara) and yams (orange kumara) but none of the beautiful dark red/purple skinned potatoes we get back home. The typical New Zealand kumara, which we used to roast alongside lamb for Sunday dinner […]

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Matcha Green Tea Protein Bars

christinajbartlett — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 00:23:02 +0000

I’ve been enjoying reading over at Anna Sward’s ProteinPow – the girl who created a whole cookbook of recipes using protein powder, who makes Triple Chocolate Layer Protein Cakes and Lemon Meringue Protein Pie, where basically every element includes a form of powdered protein. I know how crazy difficult certain protein powders can be to […]

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buckwheat & rye scones

christinajbartlett — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 03:16:55 +0000

Of our many items in storage in NZ, it’s my cookbooks I most miss. Cookbooks carry so many memories – the dinners Jesse and I would bake during our first year of marriage straight from Jamie Oliver’s 30 Minute Meals, the revitalizing meals Mum and I would make for one another from The Detox Cookbook, […]

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hearted brownies & blondies

christinajbartlett — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 20:00:56 +0000

I first made these before I had started blogging on De La Casa, when Smitten Kitchen posted them. I was still learning how to bake and had never made blondies before. Despite being a bit of a white chocolate snob (preferring only the darkest dark chocolate) I was convinced by her post that white chocolate […]

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individual chocolate baked alaskas

christinajbartlett — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:56:19 +0000

A simple chocolate cupcake, stuffed with top quality (Village) chocolate icecream, drizzled with baileys and smothered in soft meringue before being grilled. A classic 1970′s dessert, the Baked Alaska is nowadays rarely enjoyed (other than on Baked Alaska Day in the US on Feb 1). The meringue acts as an insulator, allowing the entire icecream […]

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cinnamon chai bundt cake

christinajbartlett — Fri, 16 May 2014 04:13:19 +0000

I’ve been flicking through the pages of the latest Little & Friday Cookbook, themed Celebrations and full of wonderful, celebratory recipes for a host of occasions. And every time I bookmark yet another recipe that needs to be tested, ie that I am dying to taste. Chocolate Beetroot Salted Caramel Cake for a Chocolate 21st, […]

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black forest crepe cake

christinajbartlett — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 04:01:02 +0000

I’ve never been a fan of Black Forest cake. I grew up with a distaste for whipped cream and funnily enough, chocolate cake. I did, however have a thing for those sticky, sweet, ‘unbelievably’ bright red cherries.. Having been introduced to the joy of fresh, Canadian cherries, those artificial candies garnishing the Black Forest cake […]

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red wine chocolate quinoa cupcakes

christinajbartlett — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 04:02:53 +0000

An amalgamation on my two favourite cakes – Red Wine Cupcakes and Quinoa Chocolate Cake – these Red Wine Chocolate Quinoa Cupcakes certainly take the cake. I’m all about things in moderation, but dark chocolate (and perhaps, maybe, sometimes, red wine) are the two that require brute force to keep in moderation. For those who […]

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pumpkin chocolate brownies

christinajbartlett — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 03:16:41 +0000

It was time to whip out the studio lights this week – not ideal but despite living in the sunniest city in Canada it is still darn-well pitch black by the time I finish work and take public transit home (never thought I would be a daily public-transit-er! However, I never thought I would live […]

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