Taco Night

Christmas Party Baking!

I have invited a few of my close friends over for a Christmas Pot luck tomorrow evening. I am so excited to have everyone over all dressed up and finally having a lovely dinner together to celebrate Christmas. Of course for the pot luck I decided to make dessert! I whipped up some home made quinoa brownies as well as some vanilla cupcakes! Here are a few pictures of the baking process as well as the table I have set up for the night! Enjoy! 

Of course I can't go through a whole night of baking without listening to Christmas music. 

My mom was supposed to give me this in my stocking for christmas but gave in and gave it to me early! She clearly knows me too well! I love making cupcakes! 

 Vanilla cupcakes from scratch

Quinoa brownies (as usually), I had to add some red food colouring to make it a little more festive though :) 

 My mom and I love baking! 

Wreath cupcakes!

Birthday Celebrations

Today is my roommates birthday and we have been celebrating all weekend! Friday we went out for delicious dinner and drinks at Moxies and yesterday we had a big celebration at our house! Almost all of our good friends made it and we drank and danced the night away at a club downtown. 

Every year for my friends birthdays I bake them a cake and we always try to be creative in some sort of way with it. For my other roommates birthday we made a cake with a barbie throwing up sprinkles... it was perfect! This year, for my roommates birthday we decided to ice her! 

There are only a few pictures from the beginning of the night, which is a bummer, but at least we got a few of the gorgeous birthday girl! 

 My roommate Arielle's birthday cake and cupcakes

These drinks were so delicious at Moxies 

For everyones birthday we go all out in decorations! Balloons, streamers, cake, birthday buttons, signs etc.

The next few pictures are a sequence of events. From the beginning (bringing out the cake) to the end where Minjee is finishing her ice. 

Curried Chickpeas

Start with chopped garlic and onion, cooking until onion is translucent. 

While you wait for onions to cook, dice up your tomato

Add your carrots and curry powder

Add tomatoes to the mix and deglaze the pan with a little bit of white wine. 

Add chicken stock and cover. Let the mix sit on low-medium heat for 10-15 minutes, or until stock has reduced.

The final product, paired with naan bread! Delish