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Macaron Tips: Do’s and Don’ts of Baking Macarons
After countless hours of reading written guides and watching video tutorials about baking macarons, I had both successful and unsuccessful attempts when I baked macarons. I learned a lot from these experiences, so I decided to compile my knowledge into … Continue reading
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Easter Treat: Chocolate Bird Nests
When I think of the Easter season, one of the first things that comes to mind are pretty, pastel coloured Easter eggs. With my Polish background, it’s tradition for my family to colour Easter eggs on Good Friday, and then … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, bird nests, cadbury mini eggs, chocolate, chocolate mini eggs, coconut, dessert, easter, Easter dessert, macaroons, no bake, spring, treat
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Valentine’s Day French Tip
This year I decided to put a cute and fun spin on the traditional French manicure, and spice it up with some bright pink accents! With a few small heart details, I think this Valentine’s Day French tip design is … Continue reading
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Tagged french manicure, french tip, LA Colors, LA Colors Art Deco, LA Colors color craze, manicure, nail art, nail polish, nails, neon pink, pink, pink french manicure, pink french tip, sally hansen, valentine, Valentine's Day, valentine's day french tip, valentine's day nail art, valentine's day nails, valentine's french tip, valentine's nails
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Chocolate Covered Frozen Bananas
I just discovered an amazing summer dessert that is both healthy and extremely delicious: Frozen Bananas. Okay, the fact that they’re covered in chocolate contributes more to the deliciousness than the healthy aspect of them, but it’s dark chocolate, which … Continue reading
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Tagged banana, cashews, chocolate, dark chocolate, dessert, frozen banana, frozen bananas, healthy, ice cream, nuts, peanuts, popsicle, recipe, snack, summer, summer treat
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Sunset Gradient Nails Tutorial
A few months ago I found a sunset-inspired manicure on Pinterest, and I’ve been waiting all summer to try it out for myself. My nails have been quite short for some time now, so now that they’ve finally stopped breaking … Continue reading
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Tagged DIY, gradient, gradient nails no sponge, gradient nails without sponge, gradient without sponge, manicure, nail ideas, nail polish, nail polish gradient, nail tutorial, no sponge, ombre, ombre nails no sponge, ombre nails without sponge, ombre without sponge, revlon glimmer gloss, sally hansen new lengths ceramics, summer, summer nails, sunset manicure, sunset nails, wet n wild wild shine
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Recipe: Swiss Roll Cake
This year for my dad’s birthday, I wanted to bake him a really unique kind of cake. I opened an ancient recipe book for inspiration, and stumbled across a page labelled “pinwheel cake.” If you couldn’t tell from my recipe … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, chocolate, chocolate ganache, cream filled, jelly roll, pinwheel, spiral, sponge cake, swill roll cake, swiss roll, whipped cream
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Mango Tofu Pie Recipe
Recently, I’ve been experimenting with different meals that incorporate tofu. To many, it may sound like an unpleasant food choice, but I actually really enjoy it! Maybe it really depends on how it’s cooked, but my stir fries have turned … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, cheesecake, dessert, dessert tofu, easy, healthy dessert, healthy pie, lactose-free, mango pie, mango tofu, mousse, peach tofu, pie, protein, recipe, tofu, tofu dessert, tofu pie, tofu recipe
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Fix for a Broken/Unresponsive iPhone Home Button
Just before ringing in the new year in December 2010, I traded in my ancient Motorola e815 for the iPhone 4. I’ve been an avid iPhone user and fan ever since, and have gone to great lengths to protect my … Continue reading