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Recipe: Heirloom Potato and Bacon Salad
Heirloom potato and bacon (well, turkey bacon) salad. So good. This salad is a tad on the hearty side, yet it’s a good way to bring in spring…especially on this March-filled day. Heirloom vegetables are awesome – if you haven’t tried them yet, please do. The recipe here is adapted from the cozy apron – yet different, so give this one a try. Okay…on to this delicious salad. Ingredients 2 bags of heirloom mini potatoes 3 tablespoons of olive oil salt and pepper 1 red…
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Recipe: Spinach and Roasted Chicken Salad
Spinach and roasted chicken salad – the perfect way to ring in spring! We usually always have chicken in our fridge, whether it be roasted, baked, or bbq’d…we make extra. This salad was quick and easy because I had the roasted chicken already made. Regardless, it’s worth the time and the effort to turn this light salad into a dinner salad by adding a protein. This recipe is adapted from cooking classy…I’ve made a few changes (like adding arugula, using fresh juice in the dressing,…
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Seven Sensational Spring Salads
Spring is almost here – only 2 more weeks! Seven Sensational Spring Salads Celebrate the next 13 days with 3ten.ca as I share seven sensational salads to ring in spring. They are easy and good for you. Be sure to check back over the next two weeks or visit the tab above, under recipes, for the latest spring salads. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll share some quick, hearty salads and some more complex salads that will work for dinner time. The seasons are…
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Project: Host Gift
Host gift – why? Because my mother taught me well. I remember when I was a kid and she was telling me a story about remembering what people love, what they like, and what makes them smile. My dad had a friend, I think Jack…and Jack’s wife loved swedish berries, like loved so much she would eat them by the handful. My mom and dad went over the Jack and his wife’s house for dinner and guess what my mom brought? No, not wine. Not…
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Recipe: Chex Peanut Butter Bars
Chex peanut butter bars – so good. Why chex? A while back we cut out a lot of gluten and chex is now just a staple in our house, so why not! Also, peanut butter is so good…try these today. Ingredients 7-8 cups of chex cereal 4 cups of marshmallows 3/4 cup of peanut butter 4 tablespoons of butter 1/2 cup of reeses bits and pretzel pieces 3-4 oz of chocolate First – gather all of your ingredients…and don’t forget the good stuff. Melt the…
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Tutorial: Apron
This apron tutorial is easily made in 30 minutes. It’s adapted from a typepad blog, yet her instructions involve about 13 steps, my adaptations bring it down to 4. Check it out and sew it today! What You Need 1/2 yard of fabric Fat quarter matching thread scissors machine serger iron ironing board pins First – gather your fabric. I’m going to make 2 aprons. Both fat quarters are the cup cake pattern, and the pink and purple gingham will be the trim (the 1/2…
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Recipe: Chocolate Sprinkle Cookies
Chocolate sprinkle cookies – they are so fun to make and quite pretty, too. Bake up with the sprinkles or without…you pick. Ingredients 1/2 cup of salted butter 1/4 cup of white sugar 1/2 cup of brown sugar 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla 1/4 cup + 1 teaspoon of coco powder 3/4 cup of flour 1/4 cup of cake flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and salt 1/2 cup of sprinkles First – gather all of your ingredients. This recipe makes about 16 cookies. Cream…
