Welcome to Toronto…
It’s been a crazy last two weeks.
On January 28th, our apartment in Ottawa was loaded into a truck, and on January 30th, it was unloaded here in Toronto. Ever since, we’ve been trying to organize our belongings and generally figure out what to do with all our stuff. This, of course, has meant we haven’t had a lot of time to enjoy Toronto or cook things in our new (to us) kitchen!
Last night we decided to make chocolate chip cookies as our inaugural baked treat. Instead of going to one of our standby recipes, we decided to try a different one, courtesy of David Lebovitz. His version packs a whole lot of chocolate chips into a single cookie, which is exactly what we wanted. We did half with just chips, and half with walnuts. Yum.
This also marks the very first post on Mmm, Tasty! instead of Epicurean Ottawa. Welcome to our new blog! We’re still working on the overall design, but it’s functional, at least.
More Toronto posts coming soon.
Welcome to the city! I like Ottawa a lot but could never convince the boy to move there. The first thing I bake in a new place is always cornbread, for some reason, and I end up giving a loaf to my new neighbours in the hopes they’ll call the police if the robbers come while I”m out. So far, so good.
Thanks! We’ve actually been here over a year now but appreciate the belated welcome all the same. :) These cookies are super tasty, btw. Not vegan, though – I do need to find a good vegan version of this recipe!
Oh and: That’s a great idea, giving treats to your neighbours. I should try that.
Oh, I followed the link from Twitter and thought this was the move you’ve been discussing! Yeah it seemed weird you were coming by the school all the way from Ottawa for weekend courses :)
I think there’ll be some vegan chocolate chip stuff at the Panacea fundraiser today if you’re near the Annex and want vegan milkshakes: plus, everyone likes desserts!
Have you ever made vegan cheeses? I just tried a cashew/tofu cheese and after about 6 tries I got something edible, but otherwise I think I”ve given up on making that happen.
Oooh, we live in the Annex (since last weekend) and shop at Panacea all the time! I’m going to pop by there today if I get a chance. Yum, desserts!
I haven’t tried to make vegan cheese, but Rich and I are both intrigued by the idea. We love regular dairy cheese and probably won’t ever go completely vegan, but we also really like adding more vegan stuff to our diets so may attempt vegan cheese at some point. Besides, I love a challenge…