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Recipe: Steak Fries
Steak fries on this fabulous Friday. Why steak fries? Because I love potatoes and they are chunk and will hold up to the juices of a steak, not that I eat steak. Oh, and the steak spices. These fries are similar to the baked fries I made a while ago. Yet, these ones have the skin on them still – extra nutrients! Don’t get me wrong – you don’t need to eat these with steak. They are great to eat as a snack, with a…
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Photos: Woof Wednesday 2.0
Woof Wednesday 2.0 The perfect little day to share some adorable picture of some of my favourite pups and to share a silly one of me and Lily. I did a Woof Wednesday post last year and I like them – it’s just a little pick-me-up mid week. As most of you know, we said goodbye to Bella a month ago – that was hard. What’s been so fun, though, is learning more about Lily and seeing how much she loves attention, the word R-I-D-E,…
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Recipe: Fresh Zucchini Boats
Fresh zucchini boats – the perfect dinner on this beautifully sunny spring day. Not only are they fresh (well, by fresh I mean not all hot and filled with melted cheese), but they are tasty, too. In this recipe I cook the zucchini first and then add the other ingredients – I don’t bake them all together. Let’s get cooking. Ingredients 1 zucchini cup of corn 2 cups of black beans (I soak my own, better than using a can) 3 tablespoons of fresh cilantro…
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Sewing: Week Fourteen Rice Filled Pattern Weights
Square rice filled pattern weights – it’s about time I’ve made some of these! Enough with pins, these pattern weights will save time and save my patterns from pin snags. I’m so excited! Okay – this tutorial is adapted from positively splendid – yet she uses metal BBs in her pattern weights. That’s just not safe to have around my pup. If Lily for some reason finds one of them and decides to eat it, well, with BBs it’s gave over. So, I’ve decided to…
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Recipe: Whoopie Pies
Whoopie pies from the chocolate cake cookie recipe I shared a couple of weeks ago. They are the perfect chocolate cake cookies, yet turning them into whoopie pies is so much fun! This recipe is for the filling – let’s get started! Ingredients chocolate cake cookies 1 cup of salted butter – room temperature 2 cups of icing sugar 1 container of marshmallow fluff 3 teaspoons of vanilla First – be sure you’ve got your cake cookies ready to go. Next, time for the filling…
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Photos: Jasper Park Lodge
Jasper Park Lodge We had a fabulous time in late February at this Fairmont Resort. Our plan was to visit earlier in the week, February 22-25 or so for a few nights, yet with work demands we had to put the trip on hold. We struggled with the idea of going for one night on the weekend, February 27-28, yet we are so happy we made the trip, especially since we recently said goodbye to Bella. The drive up from Edmonton was beautiful – clear…
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Sewing: Week Thirteen Pillow Case Apron
Week thirteen pillow case apron – yes, we’re at week thirteen already! That’s 1/4 of the way through the year. Time flies when you’re having fun, doesn’t it? This goal of 52 weeks of sewing has been so fun thus far and I’m excited to get into a few complicated projects this year, but I love simple ones like this 20 minute pillow case apron. It’s perfect for cooking and buzzing around the kitchen. Let’s get started. What You Need 1 high quality pillow case…
