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Recipe: Cake Batter Waffles
Cake batter waffles for what? For a birthday, what else?! These sweet treats are such a delightful way to celebrate a special occasion. It’s like having a birthday cake for breakfast. Cake batter waffles are the way to go. Let’s get started! Ingredients 1 1/2 cups of flour 3/4 cup of sugar 2 eggs 1 cup of milk 1 teaspoon of vanilla your favourite treats – I added sprinkles to half this recipe and chunks of Toblerone to the other half. First you need to…
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Edmonton International Fringe Festival
Fringe North America’s oldest and largest Fringe Festival – right here in Edmonton! More than 200 plays. Busking Acts. Local Vendors. More Buskers… The food…so good! Samosas and Shave Ice! It’s T-I-double gg – er…Tigger! Maybe next year you’ll visit! Actors, buskers, and tourists, from all over the world, flock to Edmonton in late August every year…we’re expecting you! This year is the first year (2012) that fringe tickets sales produced more than $1 million in revenue for artists! The Edmonton International Fringe Festival holds…
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Orangina Floats
Birthday morning – what other way to celebrate than Orangina floats!! When else can you eat ice cream for breakfast and kind of get away with it?? Ingredients 2 iced mugs Orangina – 1 liter vanilla ice cream – 2 scoops Are your ready for a delicious treat for breakfast? These Orangina floats are going to be so good – like I want that for breakfast everyday good. Big mugs are a must. Cold mugs are also a must. Put the mugs in the freezer…
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Recipe: Peanut Butter Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwiches
Hot day? Ice Cream Sandwiches are on the way! Ingredients 1 1/3 Peanut Butter 3/4 Sugar 2 eggs 1 tablespoon Vanilla Your favourite ice cream – in this case, President’s Choice Chocolate Crunch! I sometimes add chocolate chips – you decide. Set your oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients and roll into balls – then flatten with a fork. Bake for 13 minutes at 350 degrees. Keep an eye on them…you don’t want them too soft, otherwise they’ll crumble. Also, be sure to let…
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Tutorial: Burp Cloth
Baby?! No, not me…2 of my bosses are having boys. One had his last week – happy and healthy, and the other is due in about 2 months. What could be better than homemade a burp cloth as a little welcome gift? They are precious, soft, and always needed! What You Need 0.6 of a meter of cotton 0.6 of a meter of backing machine matching thread iron ironing board scissors pins First, select some fabric. I like to make a set out of 3…
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Recipe: Banana Nut Muffins
Banana Nut Muffins – Mom’s famous for them! Plus, they’re wearing very cute pyjamas! These muffins are the kind that make your lunch box sing when you’re 8 (or even 16). They smell like a warm snuggly weekend morning. I generally make them whenever we have house guests or when I’m missing family. It’s a nice welcome to wake up to, and not to mention, a protein potassium punch! Want to be extra loving to your family this weekend? Make these banana nut muffins, watch…
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Recipe: Summer Spinach and Berry Salad
The market had some ‘too good to pass up’ berries! But for some reason, today I didn’t feel like berries – I felt like spinach salad! So, here you have it – the summer spinach and berry salad. Ingredients • about 1 ½ cups of blueberries • about 2 cups of strawberries • one pack of spinach (5 oz.) • 1 cup of Brazil nuts • lemon poppy seed dressing Variation – add: 1 cup of feta and use a balsamic vinaigrette instead of the poppy…
