my lavender blues

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i’ve really been into eating multiple breakfasts these days. with a full dose of remorse come breakfast numero three. i don’t fully understand WHY i do that to myself. i think it’s actually because my bellyache doesn’t come around until three hours later – post consumptions. which is total poo, my brain & stomach have […]

White Chocolate Creme Fraiche ‘Puddin-Cotta’ with Brandied Blackberry Sauce

My Lavender Blues

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life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. or in my case, when you’re busy watching crap hit the fan. mostly because i 100 percent avoid the planning bit and allow my anxiety to build over the lack of control I have (even though it could be a totally controlled situation) and then […]

Vanilla Coconut Sweet Rice with Persimmons

My Lavender Blues

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So i just got back from spending a week in Tennessee and am madly in love. no joke. those cowboys are b-e-a-utiful. oh, and the state is pretty charming as well. but still, the men (well, i admired the view from afar, i find that I am becoming increasingly more and more creepy as I get older). […]

Instant Vanilla Coconut Chia Seed Pudding

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Most of the time I need to produce a dessert hack to convince myself that what I am eating is actually indeed healthy for me, in which case, portion control is handed a “get out of jail free” card and can be guiltlessly tossed out the window. Which in turn allows me to fully participate in a […]

Cozy Coconut Spiced Brown Rice Pudding

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  Valentines day. While people profess their undying love to one another, us singletons are reminded that we are still single and are on the road to having extreme liver failure or type 2 diabetes with the amount of sweets and alcohol we must inhale consume  to make ourselves feel momentarily better for 24ish hours.  Or maybe […]

Creamy Creme Brulee

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  With holidays literally only weeks away, and chestnuts being a major A-lister among the nut family (cough the christmas song cough) I knew I had to incorporate these hunks of shells into my dishes. Or at the very least, attempt.  I remember my first experience with ever trying a chestnut. To me they only existed […]

Holiday Chocolate Mousse with Roasted Chestnuts