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2026 Contest Wins

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I like to have a yearly blog post of the contests I win. It is nice to have these posts to look back on for memories. You can see the previous posts here  2024 Contest Wins  and  2025 Contest Prizes I haven’t won anything since October last year. If you know me I usually have some decent luck but it’s been an unlucky few months for me. I currently have been out of my apartment for almost two weeks because of my buildings water valve breaking right outside my unit. I have had so many more things happen lately but let’s go back to contest winnings. Yesterday my old boss texted me after a long time and I was remembering how I used to win big prizes after I met him. Well I won a contest right after that so he definitely brought my good luck back. The mall had a contest for its newsletter subscribers for a $25 gift card it was an instant win, I received the gift card today. It was a little bit of a pain to get the card because I had to download an app and then I was able to ad...

The best vegan gluten free chocolate chip cookie recipe

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I have mentioned a few times on social media that a cookie made with a banana, almond flour and a few optionals like chocolate chips, vanilla, maple syrup, and baking powder makes the best bakery good cookies. I know everyone wants a recipe but I’m not a recipe person I really just throw ingredients I have in my house together and see what happens. What I can give you is a blog post with instructions and pictures. Recipe attempt is at the end.  The cookies in the pictures above look different. This is because I change the optional ingredients all the time. If you want crunchier cookies omit the baking powder. If you want a different flavour go wild. The only thing that is really required in this recipe is a banana you can even change the flour if you wanted to. I find almond flour the easiest to work with and I always have a Costco size bag of it at home. I have not tried other flours but I think chickpea, gluten free, and all-purpose would all work with this recipe as long as you ...

Vegan Eggnog Latte’s that were available in Ottawa December 2024

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The world has been changing so rapidly. It is now March 2025 and I tried all the vegan eggnogs in December 2024. It is still snowing in Ottawa so it’s still winter. I don’t know if these businesses will still have the same drinks next year and thought about not posting this because it’s so late but I still want to showcase these businesses. They may not have eggnog latte’s anymore but they have other seasonal drinks.   The drink that inspired this post was a vegan eggnog latte from Les Moulins La Fayette Hintonburg. This is one of my favourite cafes in Ottawa they have amazing vegan sandwiches and even some vegan bakery items. Until I saw the sign outside last year I didn’t know they had vegan eggnog. I drank this drink for months last year it but I had forgotten about it. They use a house made syrup that I really enjoyed. Since getting a Nespresso frother I haven’t gone out for coffee as much as I used to. I was reminded about the latte from their Instagram post. I really looked f...