I’m not much of a ‘sweet’ sweet tooth person. I like my chocolate and cookies, but when it comes to candy or anything overly sweet, that’s not for me. So when it comes to Asian sweets, I’ve been burned a couple of times with over sweetness that I’m wary of trying more again. When you “accidentally” buy a big bag of chickpea flour, it forces you to consider foods you never thought you would try to get rid of; especially when chickpea flour doesn’t last as long as regular flour. Interesting in nutritional facts of chickpea flour? I found this site to be a good reference.

When I saw Bal Arneson create these on her Spice Goddess show I was a little bit wary, but plunged in non the less. To be honest, on the first little nibble I had while it was cooling I was wary of the taste. Its different then our western palates are used to. The more I sampled the more I enjoyed, to the point of addiction. An 8×8 square pan of these didn’t last very long. Pistachios are on the expensive side for me, next time I’m going to try adding some seeds for a different salty crunch.

If you need to see the recipe enlarged, feel free to click on it, it will bring you to a new window with an image you can enlarge. :)

Danger Will Robinson. This post is insanely long showcasing what a true Canadian winter looks like. None of that sunny or raining west coast weather.

Point Pelee (pronounced ‘ee’ at the end not ‘eh’ as I found out) is a national park and just happens to be the farthest south you can go in Canada. Even as far south as Barcelona or Rome, crazy! Yet when I froze my face, had my hair whipped in every direction causing me to stumble along in the slush filled path it was hard for me to think I on the same latitude of places that remind me of warmth … what was that again? Nope, can’t remember what warmth means.

The point itself juts into Lake Erie and is tossed around between a warm and cold current on each side. It felt weird looking out at a lake and not seeing the other side, no wonder why they call them great. With the s shape of sand and ice on each side, with a soft purple glow in the horizon I couldn’t help but feel like I was staring at some barren wasteland up in the Arctic. What does warmth mean? Instead of a place that is known as an ecological haven for migratory birds and butterflies.

It happened to be gorgeous in it’s snowy glory though, which may be why this is one of the longest posts I have ever done. I couldn’t stop picking and choosing photos I wanted to showcase. I will let the photos do the talking.