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Recipe: Rice Pasta with Tomato and Garlic Sauce
This dish seems too simply and the kind of thing you’d make when you’re too lazy to go to the grocery store, however, it’s so good great. I first made this dish after my roommate in university made it – she got it from her boy friend’s mom. It’s simply and the kind of think you can keep your pantry stocked with. Let’s get cooking rice pasta with tomato and garlic sauce. Ingredients 1 bag of penne (I used rice pasta, thus it’s gluten free)…
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Recipe: Cookies ‘n Cream Marshmallow Squares
This recipe has 4 ingredients and it makes a chewy summer treat…and you don’t even have to turn on your oven! Bonus. It’s time for cookies ‘n cream marshmallow squares. Ingredients 15 Oreo cookies 2.5 cups of mini-marshmallows 1/2 a stick of butter 1 teaspoon of vanilla (optional) First – crush your Oreo cookies. I made this recipe with regular Oreo cookies and then with golden Oreo cookies. Both were great! Now, time for the marshmallow puff. Put your marshmallows in a microwaveable bowl and…
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Recipe: Nutella no-bake Cheesecake
Love Nutella? Do I always start a Nutella recipe with the same question…haha, I think so. Check out Nutella stuffed cupcakes to see. Today is a great day – why, you ask? In the summer our trees on our property fill out and make getting an internet signal difficult…and it it’ll take 9 hours to upload a photo if the service isn’t interrupted. On Wednesday we transferred to a new system – satellite internet – it’s a dream. 12 photos uploaded in less than 7…
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Recipe: Mexican Lasagna
I love Mexican food – it’s probably my favourite cuisine…and since I don’t live in Texas anymore, it’s a little more difficult to find great authentic flavours here in Northern Alberta. This dish, however, packs a punch of Mexican flavour and I always go back for seconds! Let’s get cooking this Mexican lasagna. This is an dish you can make a day or two ahead and then cook up on a busy night – it’ll feed 6-8 people (yet the leftovers are good…so if you…
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Sewing: Picnic Napkins
Picnic! Is it time for a picnic? You bet – it’s summer and it’s time for picnics. These napkins are the perfect accessory to any summer meal. Whether you’re having an actual picnic, using our picnic blanket, or decorating your patio table with our outdoor placemats, these picnic napkins will dress up the occasion. For the full tutorial, visit the napkin tutorial. What You Need 1 yard of fabric Serger Matching thread Scissors Iron Ironing board This fabric is so fun to work with. Be…
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Sewing: Chevron Outdoor Placemats
It’s summer time – time to dress up your outdoor table! I found this chevron outdoor fabric last month when I was in Ohio – it’s so awesome. The fabric is fade proof for up to 500 hours. Awesome! Let’s sew up these chevron outdoor placemats. What You Need 1 yard of front fabric 1 yard of back fabric machine matching thread First – decide on the size of your square. Mine are 14 inches by 14 inches. You can go as low as 12×12…
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Recipe: Chicken Wing Dip
Love chicken wings? Love dip? This is for you! Let’s get cooking this chicken wing dip. This recipe is quick and easy moreover, it’s great for get-togethers and as an afternoon snack while baseball is playing in the background. (okay…no baseball here, but you get the idea!). Ingredients 8oz of cream cheese 1 cup of wing sauce – I used Franks Buffalo Wing sauce 3/4 cup of blue cheese dressing 200g of poached and shredded chicken a cup of crumbled blue cheese 1 teaspoon of…
