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Photos: Sweet Potato Dog Treats
Sweet potato dog treats! Yes – especially for this princess birthday. Miss Bella (or as I mostly call her – Bella-rama) turned 11 yesterday. She’s had some close calls over the last couple of years, so it’s quite special that she’s still with us and in relatively good health. Dogs are wonderful – so cuddly and just fun to hang out with. This little recipe is easy. Recipe 1 – buy sweet potatoes 2 – slice them thinly 3 – bake at 250 degrees for…
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Recipe: Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s Thanksgiving here in Canada and I wanted to share a few of my favourite holiday recipes from the past while. Happy Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie Roasted Turkey Beet Stacks The perfect items to make for your holiday meal. We celebrated yesterday with a full spread and I was working my butt off in the kitchen – it’s a happy place and a wonderful day to be thankful for all the fabulousness in our lives. Smile and be thankful. Oh, and eat up! All will be…
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Recipe: Jalapeño Popper Quesadilla
Jalapeño popper quesadilla – the perfect lunch on this fine Saturday. It’s the long weekend here in Canada – Thanksgiving and Columbus Day in the USA, so you have a bit of extra time, right? Haha…I know, there sometimes never enough time. This recipe is delicious and worth the time. Here we go! Ingredients 4 corn tortillas 2 tablespoons of butter 4 oz of cream cheese, soft 3 green onions 100g of shredded old cheddar cheese 5 jalapeños First up, get out those fresh jalapeños!…
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Recipe: Cookie Dough Bars
Cookie dough bars. Yes! I made protein cookie dough bars a while back, yet these are the real deal. 100% treat. Trust me, they are good. Ingredients 1/4 cup of salted butter 4 oz of cream cheese 2 cups of flour 1 cup of white sugar 1/2 cup of brown sugar 1 tablespoon of vanilla 2 cups of chocolate chips (dough) 1 cup of chocolate chips (topping) 3 tablespoons of peanut butter As usual, first up, gather all of your ingredients. Cream the butter, cream…
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Sewing: Baby Girl Shower Gifts
Baby Girl Shower Gifts In purple – the perfect way to celebrate. At work two of the girls who I supervise are having babies and both are girls. We held a surprise baby shower for them a few weeks ago and I wanted to share what I made. Taking old tutorials and giving them some fresh new colour. For this project I used my burp cloth tutorial and my cotton bag tutorial. The whole project took about 2 hours, which includes stopping to take some…
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Recipe: Recap of Five Fabulous Fall Recipes
Recap of Five Fabulous Fall Recipes It’s that time. Time for fall recipes. Here’s the recap of five fabulous fall recipes. The lentil chili is probably my favourite…unless it’s a cozy morning and in that case, I’ll take the pumpkin muffins. Yes, please. Bring on the pumpkin and the cooler weather. I’m ready. Are you? This is a recap of the last week and the fabulous (and gluten free) recipes that I featured. Don’t forget to enjoy this sunny Sunday. Spend the day with family…they…
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Recipe: Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Spinach and artichoke dip. Such a great fall classic – and a perfect snack for watching the game on Sunday. This recipe has white beans, which makes it rich in protein and light in calories, so you don’t need to feel bad about eating a whole bunch. This is the fifth and final recipe in our celebration of five fabulous fall recipes. Let’s get cooking! Ingredients 4 blocks of frozen spinach (about 4 cups) 15oz can white beans 2 cans of artichokes 8oz of cream…
