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Recipe: Dipped Sprinkle Cookies
Need a quick festive treat? Try these dipped sprinkle cookies! Ingredients White cake mix 2 eggs 1/2 canola oil sprinkles – a lot wilton chocolate melts First – gather your ingredients. Next – mix the first 3 ingredients together well – add in some sprinkles…not all, since you’ll want to use some for decoration, too. Spread in a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 16-18 minutes. Let it cool for about 15 minutes. Cut the sheet of cookie into rectangles. Melt your wilton…
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Recipe: Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Sweet Potato Fries. Baked right in your own oven…from scratch. So good! Last winter I made fresh cut fries and this time I wanted to try it with sweet potatoes…worked out so well. Ingredients 1 sweet potato 1 1/2-2 tablespoons of olive oil few dashes of salt and pepper few dashes of rosemary Gather all of your ingredients and peal the sweet potato (wash it, too). Now, carefully cut it up into fries. Place in a bowl and toss in the oil, salt & pepper,…
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Recipe: Pinwheel Chicken
Tired of plain chicken? Roll your sleeves (and your chicken) up and get ready for this delicious dish. Pinwheel chicken here we come, let’s get cooking. Ingredients 2 chicken breasts 30 grams of goats cheese 2 cups of fresh spinach 1/2 of roasted red peppers (I was lazy and couldn’t find the jar kind…so I used sun-dried tomatoes…hi, and welcome to 1992). 2 tablespoons of olive oil As always – gather all of you ingredients. Now, place some plastic down, pound out your chicken. I…
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Sewing: Ironing Board Cover
So, I sew a lot, which means I use my iron and ironing board a lot. My old cover hit the trash – full of fray check and discolouration. Let’s sew up this new ironing board cover. Time for chevron! Which one to pick? Small print or large print? I pick small! What You Need ironing board (and foam) 1 yard of fabric matching thread machine spray adhesive ribbon or string This is my old cover…not so nice. Look, it doesn’t even cover the sides…yuck!…
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Recipe: Waffle Iron Grilled Cheese
A perfect Sunday Funday lunch – waffle iron grilled cheese – with bacon! Ah, yes, please! It’s delicious, and it’s easy to make for just one. Ingredients 2 slices of bread 1/2 tablespoon of butter 2 strips of turkey bacon, chopped 30g of old cheddar cheese, sliced 2 tablespoons of white onion, chopped waffle iron Gather your ingredients. First – get the bacon and onion mixture on the stove. Turn on the waffle iron. Butter the bread. Check on the bacon and onion mixture –…
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Project: Paw Print Art
Paw print art! You could even do this with kids hands, feet, or little noses! What You Need canvas paint bowl paws First – get your canvas and paint ready. I did this outside and used an everyday household paint. The best part about this little project is that the deck (it’s old and rundown) got extra paw print marks on it before I could clean up the pups. Oh, and one of Lily’s paw prints on the hot tub cover. I just love her.…
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Recipe: Fresh Stuffed Avocado
Time for lunch! This healthy snack is bright, fresh, and full of flavour. Have you ever heard that you should eat the rainbow? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple…in this fresh stuffed avocado recipe we’re only missing the blue. Eat up! Ingredients 1 avocado (will make 2 halves) 6 heirloom cherry tomatoes, cut in 6 2 tablespoons of corn tablespoon of diced red onion large pinch of chopped cilantro 2 teaspoons of crumbled goats cheese First – gather all of your ingredients and cut…
