Recipe for Relieving Growing Pains

January 1, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

We grow through experiences. Duh, right? While positive experiences (like landing a new awesome job for example) are huge, it’s usually the difficult experiences – the really really crappy ones – that launch us forward. So what should you do when life serves you a shit sandwich? For those of you out there currently cursing […]

Homemade Holiday Scent

December 11, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Is there anything better than the smell of Christmas? (Other than the smell of freshly baked cupcakes of course, but my opinion is a little bias in that regard.) While I had so many plans lined up this holiday season that have yet to take shape, like erecting the tree for instance, I was able […]

Homemade Chex Mix

December 5, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

As a child, I grew up with all kinds of holiday food traditions: a Christmas goose, cipaille (a French Canadian staple in our corner of the world), a giant party sub from Subway… the list goes on. Homemade Chex Mix, however, didn’t come into my life until I met my boyfriend. His mom makes homemade […]

Apple Cider Mimosa

September 27, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Let’s raise our mimosas and toast to my youngest starting daycare, betches! To all the first-time moms out there sobbing in the daycare parking lot, I get it. I was you once. I too cried as I drove off to work, wishing more than anything that I could quit my job and become a stay […]

The Classic Margarita

June 17, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Hi everyone and welcome to cashmere & cocktails! To kick start the blog, I’m sharing my favourite margarita recipe because, well, I fucking love margaritas. I’d like to advise those who partake in these delicious alcohol bombs that they should be drank in the privacy of your own home, surrounded by people who won’t […]