About Dawn McNaught

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Dawn McNaught |

Canadian Kitchen and Creative Living

 

Welcome and Hello!

 

I am a creative personality, an author, artist and food educator with a passion for many things.

 

That sounds like a lot of things and a lot to live up too, but really, it's simply all of my hobbies, decades of experiences and interests all wrapped up in one person.

 

I'm never bored, and I get to share what I create plus what I've learned along the way, here on the website.

 

You can browse this site for a hand picked selection of recipes, unique artwork, and various kitchen or household images, or printable materials which I have designed to make your life easier, or for you to enjoy and share.

 

My recipes have been decades in the making and the one you find on this site are not always available on the old blog or on YouTube. I offer recipe packages for your convenience, informational sheets baking journals and recipe cards or journals which you can download and make your own notes, adjustments and create your own recipes on.

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Recipes, Baking and the Kitchen

 

My recipes have been decades in the making. Some have evolved through years of cooking and baking, while others are the result of experimenting with what I have in my kitchen.

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You will find new ideas and variations of what you find on the blog or YouTube. The website gives me a place to collect and organize recipes in a way that makes them easy to use and revisit from your kitchen.

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I also create recipe packages, informational sheets, baking journals, recipe cards and printable pages where you can make your own notes, record adjustments and eventually create recipes of your own.

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I believe recipes should be useful, but they should also leave room for the person making them because we all have different challenges.

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Creative Living

 

Food is only part of what I do.

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I’m a food educator, but I am also an artist and an author. (Why pick just one lane?)

 

As a designer, I create in watercolour, mixed medias and digital artwork. My art will expand to kitchen and household images, printable materials, cards and other creative pieces.

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Some are simply meant to be fun, a relaxing distraction and enjoyed. Others are designed to be educational or printed, used, shared or given as gifts.

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I especially enjoy creating seasonal artwork and holiday materials. You can use my printable recipes and images to make your own baked goods, package them up and give them to someone you care about. You can use one of my recipes, or add your own family favourite.

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Stories and Books

 

I’m an author, too, storytelling and creating has always been part of how I think and create.

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I’ll be adding short stories, activity PDFs and eventually books here as that work develops. I think we should put or phones down sometimes then sketch, work on a word puzzle or another activity to relax. Plus, there will be stories.

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Some stories begin with an idea that refuses to leave me alone. Others grow out of the things I observe, the history I discover or simply the rabbit holes I tend to wander down.

There is usually a story somewhere.

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Come Explore

 

This website is a place for all of those interests to come together.

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You can explore the recipes, follow along with the blog, watch my cooking and creative videos, discover artwork and printables, or find something you can use in your own kitchen.

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I’m interested in practical cooking, baking, creativity, food history and the simple pleasure of making something yourself.

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So welcome.

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I hope you find something here that inspires you to make something of your own.

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Please Enjoy!

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Dawn McNaught

Artist, author and food educator