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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Tofu and veggie stir fry and petite spring salad

Tofu and veggie stir fry and petite spring salad with almond rice vinegar garlic olive oil and salt & pepper

Quick business trip to Victoria

Vancouver - Victoria for a business meeting

Lunch at Bliss Victoria so goodGreat vegan restaurant

Victoria all in spring bloom

Dinner at bliss again so Good

Well it time to get back to Vancouver what a beautiful spring day to get back home

Lot of foot space at the door but a cold breeze for the 35 Min ride and this is the reason I love hoody's

Super beautiful British Colombia

Nougat! Recipe

The Gourmandise School
of Sweets and Savories

Scroll down for our Nougat recipe.

So this bunny laid

an egg...

...and filled it with corn syrup and palm oil.

Hmmm...I can taste the ensuing sugar high and subsequent brain drain as we speak. I like it sweet, I do, but I like the slow, flavorful kind, because sugar isn't a flavor.

We have been working for the last couple of years to recreate childhood and modern favorites without the plasticized ingredients that commercial products use to manufacture candy. We've replaced those sticky sweeteners with honeys, molasses, agave nectar, coconut and date sugars and industrial fats with Straus butter, olive and coconut oils.

Hadley put up two Easter-ready classes for next week. Ruth's Spring Confections will focus on Homemade Peeps, some insane PB chocolate eggs (I love adding rice krispies to the recipe) and Fruit jellies, while Hadley'sGrain, Nut and Dairy free Candy class will make every kid in your life enjoy Caramel Chocolate Eggs, Gummy Candies and more.

The recipes in these classes are simple to execute, totally customizable and leave you with the bright flavors that nature intended you to enjoy. We've mastered the art of coloring with natural and fruit colors and ordered some sweet bags and boxes for your adorable confections.

Nougat!

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and place a piece of wafer paper (about 6"x10") over the parchment, reserving another piece of wafer paper nearby. Made from rice, wafer paper can be purchased at Surfas, online or in cake and candy supply shops.

In a small saucepot, place:
1/2 cup honey
1 1/2 cups sugar

In the bowl of a stand mixer, place:
1-1/2egg whites

Set aside:
1/4 cup powdered sugar
Wafer paper

Set aside (you can use any combination of dried fruits and nuts):
2 cups toasted whole almonds
1 cup dried apricots, sliced
2 cups toasted whole pistachios

1. Heat the sugar and honey to 310 degrees F. Remove from heat and cool to 290 F.
2. While cooling, beat the egg whites to soft peak stage. Add powdered sugar and beat to just before stiff peaks.
3. Pour the sugar syrup, slowly, while the egg whites are beating at medium speed.
4. Beat for 3-4 minutes, or until very thick and sticky. Fold in nuts.
5. Pour over wafer paper and press the second wafer over the nougat, pressing the top with another flat cookie sheet or flat, opened hand. Let set for an hour. Cut with warm bread knife.

Wishing you a delicious day,

Clémence and Hadley

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Yesterday a Men end his life by jumping the Granville bridge

Yesterday a Man end his life by jumping down from the Granville Street Bridge to land on a car before it final drop on the pavement of Granville Island, his reason are unknown to me. No mentions of this event in any media & life have continued as it supposed to be, I do not understand what kind of pain this Men was to plunge to his death but today I did have a moment thinking about you.