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Joy The Baker's Classic Lemon Bars
Joy The Baker's Classic Lemon Bars
about a day ago

I’ve posted about Joy The Baker’s Classic Lemon Bars once before. If you love a crisp, buttery, shortbread base topped with ooey, gooey, lemon curd then you NEED this recipe in your life.

Oven Roasted Spiced Pears
Oven Roasted Spiced Pears
about a month ago

Combined in a casserole dish with brown sugar, spices, and a small amount of liquid for one hour at 350ºF yields supple, lightly sweetened, spiced fruit that is versatile in both sweet and savory dishes.

Easy Minestrone Soup Recipe
Easy Minestrone Soup Recipe
about a month ago

After a month of practically living on shortbread cookies, Quality Street chocolates, and BBQ chips, I decided it was TIME TO EAT SOME VEGETABLES. A quick, easy minestrone soup recipe fit the bill quite nicely.

Dark Chocolate Brownies with Clementine Cream Cheese Swirl
Dark Chocolate Brownies with Clementine Cream Cheese Swirl
about 2 months ago

A mash-up of two recipes from The Brown Eyed Baker, these dark chocolate fudgy brownies are swirled through with clementine zest-flavoured cream cheese.

Chocolate Shortbread Sandwich Cookies with Vanilla Mint Frosting
Chocolate Shortbread Sandwich Cookies with Vanilla Mint Frosting
about 2 months ago

I came up with the combo of rich, buttery chocolate shortbreads, sandwiched together with vanilla mint frosting, and rolled in crushed candy canes just in time for Christmas!

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Last Tuesday I collaborated on a beautiful shoot with @aimeebourque. Friday night I photographed one of the @savourfw events and had great chats with Anna Maria and @shevaghn. Saturday morning I had a lovely phone conversation with @grahamsherrie, about the past and nostalgia. Saturday night I had a client question, messaged @eatwithjessie for advice, and she replied instantly, ready to help. Sunday afternoon I was invited into the gorgeous home of @handbuiltpittsceramics, where we sat talking about art and life for almost two hours. Yesterday I shot with @kathyjollimore, one of my most favourite things to do, and next Monday I'm having coffee with @jenny.osburn and @shipshapeeatworthy. . Isn't it better when we're together?👭 . . . . . Lemon bars styled and 📸 by me. Recipe by @joythebaker.🍋 #lemonbars #lemon🍋 #lemondessert #lemony #lemonflavor #instayumm #dessertlove #dessertpics #feedfeed #feedfeedbaking #bakeoftheday #sweeteats #sweettreat #dessert🍰 #delicious_food #buzzfeedfoods #fbcigers #womeninspired #womeninspiringotherwomen
@habanerosmtb BBQ Pulled Pork Carnitas Burrito Bowl is a fresh, colourful pick me up on a cold day.🧡💚 . Shot for The Terrace at Halifax Shopping Centre. @shophsc . . . . . Food styling: @kathyjollimore Photography: Kelly Neil #halifax #halifaxns #halifaxfood #halifaxlocal #discoverhalifax #halifaxphotographer #halifaxnovascotia #halifaxeats #foodphotographyandstyling
@aimeebourque brought these tiny Lemon Poppy Seed Tea Cakes over to my house, and I can 💯confirm they are amazing, but now I'm going to be a big meanie on Valentine's Day and tell you the recipe won't be posted on Aimée’s blog for a few more weeks.💔🙈 . . . . . 💐Food styling by Aimée from @aimeebourque 🍋Prop styling by Aimée and myself 💗Photography by me🙋‍♀️ 🍑Peach plates top left by @potsbykw #bakefromscratch #feedfeedbaking #f52grams #huffposttaste #bhgfood #thatsdarling #thebakefeed #foodwinewomen #beautifulcuisines #foodblogfeed #marthafood #abmlifeissweet #marthabakes #bakersofinstagram #teacakes #lemonpoppyseed #eatpretty #citrus #foodphotographyandstyling #valentinesday2019 #pastelove #pastel_lover #halifaxns #halifaxfood
New work for Halifax Shopping Centre ➡️ Manchu Wok's classic combo plate, available at The Terrace.🥡🥢 . . . . . food styling : @kathyjollimore photography : Kelly Neil #foodphotographyandstyling #foodphotoshoot #foodphotograhy #foodphotografy #foodstylists #comboplate #beefandbroccoli #sweetandsourchicken #friedrice #eggroll #soyasauce #fortunecookies #canadianfood #fbcigers #halifaxns #halifaxfood #manchuwok @shophsc
Colour is a great starting point to tell a story with photos. I was at my dad's house and he had these old green and red booklets, each one filled with prints from a roll of black and white film. The photos were so fun and casual, literally a day in the life of my grandmother and her sisters as they wandered through Dartmouth on a summer's day when they were young (you can see the booklets in the top of this shot, and a photo of Barbara Ellis, my gorgeous grandmother, in the foreground). The green and red "Snapfolios" inspired me to pull props that matched; Fresh apples plucked from an orchard outside of Wolfville completed the scene. I chose rich, vibrant tones, with soft pretty linens, and a harder light with deep shadows to evoke a mood of age, femininity, strength, and sadness. What do you think - did it work?🍎 . . . . . #becolourinspired #createtoinspire #feedfeed #eattheworld #beautifulcuisines #realsimple #gatheredstyle #foodflutter #apetitejournal #wherewomencreate #vzcomake #storyofmytable
Heading to @hfxbrewerymarket for photo shoot/personal goodies this morning. Last night when I asked, "Elodie, what are you going to buy at the farmers market tomorrow morning?" she replied, "Sausage". . That's my girl. . Bought this ruffled beauty at Hutten's last week then wrote about it in my @thechronicleherald column called “In Season”, out every second Friday in the Lifestyles section. . . . . . #halifax #halifaxnovascotia #halifaxfarmersmarket #farmersmarketinspo #novascotialife #visitnovascotia @marketfreshns
Nanny.❤️ . . . . . #nanny #grandmothersrecipe #applerecipes #greenandred #childhoodnostalgia #bakingwithapples #foodphotoshoot #foodph #thenannyproject #storytellingphotography
Today we are chopping, roasting, baking, and slow cooking, filling the house with warmth and coziness. Happy Sunday friends!🍠🍠🍠 . #sweetpotatoes #rootvegetables #winterveggies #cozysunday #foodphotographyandstyling #🍠
The biscuits are gone (we’ve moved on to homemade oatmeal molasses bread, toasted with peanut butter 🤤), but the recipe is still in my profile if you need a cheesy comfort food fix. . #cheddarcheese #bakingideas #bakedfromscratch #biscuits #butter
This easy minestrone soup recipe (vegan/vegetarian/dairy and gluten free) is a perfect compliment to the cheese biscuits I posted yesterday(just saying!). Recipes for both are linked in my profile.🍲🍅🥦 . #souprecipe #minestronesoup #healthylunchideas #winterfoods #foodphotographyandstyling #foodphotooftheday #foodphotograpy #simplerecipes #feedfeedvegetarian
So far today we’ve eaten pancakes with strawberries, built blocks, sorted laundry, read stories, run races (while crawling), had a tea party (with tea, cookies, and pretend soup), and cleaned up toys, all the while wearing our flannels, and drinking bottomless cups of coffee, and apple juice. Soon, we’ll start the laundry, wash the breakfast dishes, and Elodie and I will bake a batch of my Nanny’s cheese tea biscuits. Later, we’ll watch a movie together in bed (maybe Toy Story - last weekend we watched Coraline - the first movie E has ever watched from beginning to end, which she loved, and I thought was scary af), as we snuggle, and eat snacks. For us, snow days are a perfect mix of cleaning, keeping cozy, and living in the moment, because we literally have nowhere else to be. 🌬❄️ . If today is a snow day for you too, I hope you are bundled, and cozy, and warm, and, if you feel like baking a batch of my Nanny’s cheese tea biscuits too, you can find the recipe in @baked_theblog’s Insta profile. . #snowday❄️ #cozydays #cleaninghouse #snowdaybaking #snowstorm2019 #thebakefeed #thefeedfeedbaking #thenannyproject #grandmotherrecipe #bluepottery #homemadebiscuits #easyrecipes #f52butter #f52grams #comfortfoods #foodfluffer #shareyourtable #halifaxns
"I've been taking pictures with my phone," he said. "But they don't match what’s in my mind." . We were sitting at a table in a cozy café, he with his latte, me with my drip. . "Tell me," I said. "Where does it start?" . He starts talking. A tale of school. Of new directions, new jobs. Of taking a risk, throwing himself in, applying to be a market vendor. . "I want people to know it’s quality, that I take it seriously, but I also want it to be fun, and vibrant, and colourful. Because if it's not fun what's the point?" he said. . "Exactly," I thought, my mind swirling with ideas the colour of petite pink peppercorns and glistening golden grapefruits. . Later that night, sitting at the kitchen table, I hold his words close, a mug of tea steaming. Sheets of blank paper sit yawning before me, and then, suddenly, . I sketch. . I sketch his words. I sketch his product. I sketch his story. Soon, we will bring those drawings to life with images that celebrate his journey, his energy, his spirit. And though the process will be serious - very serious - we will capture the boldness, the essence, the pure vivid joy of his craft. . And it will be so much fun. . #halifaxns #halifaxblogger #halifaxphotographer #halifaxphotography #halifaxfood #foodphotographers #foodphotography📷 #storytellingphotography

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