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2013 Top 3 Recipes from 3ten
As 2013 comes to a close I want to celebrate some of the best recipes from 3ten.ca. Popular on both 3ten’s Facebook Page and on Pinterest, the top 3 are: Corn Salsa, Holiday Cookies, and Lamb Roast. Let’s check out 2013 top 3 recipes from 3ten. Corn Salsa! This salsa is light, yet packed full of flavour – over 50 pins – and is perfect for fajita night, with burritos, or just as good with chips. Eat up! Top 2013 Recipes The second most popular…
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Recipe: Brown Bag Popcorn
Popcorn is a must for a Friday night movie, right? Well, let’s try this brown bag popcorn. Do you remember those old air popcorn poppers? They stand up right and have a little measuring scoop at the top – which I actually think has a dual use of measuring the popcorn and melting butter. We don’t have one of those, and although I love popping popcorn on the stovetop, like old fashioned popcorn, sometimes I’m in the mood for something lighter. Brown bag popcorn! Ingredients…
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Recipe: Broccoli Salad
Salad time! Broccoli salad is a great salad when you have to bring something to a potluck or when you need to make the salad ahead of time. Why? The broccoli doesn’t wilt like regular salad. Plus, it’s hearty and colourful. Ingredients 2 bunches of broccoli 1 carrot 1/4 cup of red cabbage and red onion 1/2 dried cranberries and pecan pieces 1 pack of turkey bacon 2 cups of mayo 1/2 cup of sugar 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar First – dice up…
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Project: Arm Knitting
Arm Knitting – have you heard of it?! It’s amazingly easy and beautiful ta-boot! One of the girls I work with walked in one day with this stunning chunky scarf. “Wow…that’s a great scarf” I said. She made it…WHAT?! Arm knitting – I’m intrigued. While she was on her break I watched her pump out a scarf in less than 45 minutes. Seriously? Seriously! Her suggestion, to watch a YouTube video. Within days I had stopped at Michael’s craft store and browsed YouTube. Audra’s tutorial…
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Recipe: Chimichurri Sauce
Chimichurri sauce time. What is chimichurri? Well, it’s a South American sauce that is used with grilled meat – and, it’s fresh and delicious! Try it today. I first saw chimichurri when I watched Master Chef this summer. It was the firefighter challenge and one of the contestants kept bragging about this awesome chimichurri sauce they could make that would compliment the NY steaks well. This beautiful green sauce is so bright and I love the vibrant colour. Plus, it tastes amazing, too! This recipe…
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Recipes: 12 Days of Cookies
Okay – Christmas is 5 days away…WOW!! Have you done any baking? Best get on it. Baking yourself is so much better than buying at the store – so warm and fresh. Don’t you just love freshly baked goods? 3ten.ca celebrated earlier this month with the 12 days of cookies, now, here are all the recipes, brought together. You can make them all in one day, like I did! It was a 14 hour cookie making day, so I don’t suggest that, yet it’s possible.…
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Photos: Holiday Christmas Card
Merry Christmas!!! This is our family holiday Christmas card – and, oh what fun it was!! First, the average temperature here in Norther Alberta has been right around -23 degrees C. Yucky. The couch is real – it’s really in the snow – no photoshop. The couch lives in our basement and well, this photo shoot took 6 hours, spread over 2 days (about 6 days apart). So, not only was this a photo shoot, it was also an arm workout, and well, I won’t…
