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Recipe: Baked S’more
S’mores! Yes, it’s summer and s’mores are the best. The only issue is we don’t always have a campfire ready to go, do we? This baked s’more summer treat is easily made in the oven and is great for picnics or to make before you go camping. Try it out! Ingredients 4 cups of honey graham cereal and marshmallows 3 cups of chocolate chips 1 1/2 cup of brown sugar 1 cup of butter (I used salted) Gather all of your ingredients. Why Honey Graham…
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Recipe: Oreo Poke Cake
Poke Cake? Sure…why not?! What about Oreo poke cake? Ah, yes – even better. Let’s get ready to bake up. This is a simple recipe for an easy dessert when you need to bring something tasty to a party, or to work for those people who often save you butt! What is poke cake? You poke holes in the cake and pour pudding over top – then the pudding sets in the holes and creates total yumminess! Ingredients devil’s food cake box (and ingredients to…
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Recipe: Beer Chicken
Beer? Chicken? Summer? Sounds like perfection! Let’s get BBQing this beer chicken. Summer is unofficially here. This recipe is delicious, even if it’s not summer. Try it today. Ingredients 1 whole chicken broken down 1/4 cup of olive oil 1/2 tablespoon of cumin and paprika 1 teaspoon of chili powder heaping tablespoon of chopped garlic 1/2 cup of chopped parsley a lime – juiced 1 can of beer (or, in my case, ginger beer) First – gather all of your ingredients together! Mix all of…
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Sewing: Rustic Curtains
This two toned home decor fabric is awesome – and I’ve had it for about 2 years. Originally, I purchased it for one of our living room windows, however, it turns out that window is one of our dogs favourite and since the sun doesn’t come in too much on the west side of the house. So, we decided to leave it open. What to do with this fabric? Last month we put it to use in one of the bedrooms. I had to play…
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Recipe: Summer Skewers
Summer is here and what better way to welcome company or add some flare to a neighbourhood BBQ than with some summer skewers. These are easy and delicious…plus, you can make them ahead of time – bonus! Ingredients 1/4 of a watermelon 300g of goat feta 12-16 mint leaves 1/2 a cantaloupe 300g of bocconcini 12-16 basil leaves 1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar 1/4 cup of olive oil First – you need to cut your watermelon and cantaloupe into 1 inch squares. You can use…
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Recipe: Canada Day Dipped Wafers
Dipped Wafers…again, I know. They are just too good to not make a few times a year, at least. Moreover, I just got my great-grandmother’s double boiler. It’s adorable…and I needed a reason to use it! Time for Canada day dipped wafers. Ingredients vanilla wafers (or any flavour, really) white chocolate (or dark, would work, too) sprinkles (you need these) Get all of your ingredients together – for this special celebration we’ve got white chocolate and red sprinkles – proud to be Canadian! You probably…
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Recipe: Canada Day Cupcakes
It’s Canada Day in 5 days – time to get your pride on! Canada day cupcakes, here we come. This treat is quick and easy…and they celebrate all that is wonderful about calling this red and white country home. Ingredients box of devil’s food cake red velvet emulsion ingredients to make boxed cake icing red sprinkles white mini cupcake liners mini cupcake pan Gather all of your ingredients and mix up the came mix box – add in the red velvet emulsion (I got mine at…
