Cardamom Crescents

Cardamom Crescents  |  Amandeleine

Hey folks, sorry for the missed week last week! I was busy doing businessy things on a business trip in California in meetings. Lots and lots of meetings.

I was going to edit photos in the evenings when I had no meetings, but instead I hung out with my brother and his lovely wife who I barely see since they moved from Seattle to the Bay Area.

But instead of typing out long word of forgiveness, let me tell you about my time in California.

I ate a lot of meat.

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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookies

Reese's Peanut Butter Cookie  |  Amandeleine

Guys, I have blunt bangs.

I mean my hair. I have Cleopatra style, straight, blunt bangs for hair.

This may seem inconsequential to you, but let me be a huge girl for a moment and dwell on these bangs, and the fact that I have had them for about 48 hours and every time I look in the mirror, it’s all wtf. Not in a bad way, just in a ‘whoa, hey, what now?” way.

Also, the last time I had blunt bangs, I was tiny little girl version of myself.

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Chocolate Malt Bars

Chocolate Malt Bars  |  Amandeleine

I grew up with a big green can of Milo in my kitchen cupboard. Is that stuff available here or is that a Canadian/European thing? All I know is that my local grocery store doesn’t sell it so I have to use Ovaltine instead.

Well in case it’s a Canadian childhood thing, Milo is a lot like Ovaltine, AKA chocolate malt mix, best enjoyed dissolved in a mug of hot milk.

Or, added to cookie bar dough.

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Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Banana Bread  |  Amandeleine

My Banana Banana Bread is currently my most popular post by far, thanks to a little viral repinning on Pinterest.

I have a feeling that the prefix “gluten-free” on this recipe will prevent it from ever reaching that level of success, but that’s okay.

I didn’t make it for views, I made it so my friend would have one more thing to eat at Easter Brunch.

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Rocky Road Cookies

Rocky Road Cookies  |  Amandeleine

Every Tuesday evening after work, I come home and I work on my blog.

I upload photos off my camera.

I select a reasonable number of those photos (usually around 7-9) to edit.

I bring the selected photos into Photoshop for some mild tweaks in terms of levels and colour tones.

I upload the edited photos to WordPress and finally, write a blog post to go along with them and the recipe.

It is currently Tuesday evening at 10:56pm.

I don’t usually start this late…

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