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Recipe: Waffle Iron Grilled Cheese
A perfect Sunday Funday lunch – waffle iron grilled cheese – with bacon! Ah, yes, please! It’s delicious, and it’s easy to make for just one. Ingredients 2 slices of bread 1/2 tablespoon of butter 2 strips of turkey bacon, chopped 30g of old cheddar cheese, sliced 2 tablespoons of white onion, chopped waffle iron Gather your ingredients. First – get the bacon and onion mixture on the stove. Turn on the waffle iron. Butter the bread. Check on the bacon and onion mixture –…
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Project: Paw Print Art
Paw print art! You could even do this with kids hands, feet, or little noses! What You Need canvas paint bowl paws First – get your canvas and paint ready. I did this outside and used an everyday household paint. The best part about this little project is that the deck (it’s old and rundown) got extra paw print marks on it before I could clean up the pups. Oh, and one of Lily’s paw prints on the hot tub cover. I just love her.…
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Recipe: Fresh Stuffed Avocado
Time for lunch! This healthy snack is bright, fresh, and full of flavour. Have you ever heard that you should eat the rainbow? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple…in this fresh stuffed avocado recipe we’re only missing the blue. Eat up! Ingredients 1 avocado (will make 2 halves) 6 heirloom cherry tomatoes, cut in 6 2 tablespoons of corn tablespoon of diced red onion large pinch of chopped cilantro 2 teaspoons of crumbled goats cheese First – gather all of your ingredients and cut…
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Recipe: Bacon Jalapeño Deviled Eggs
Who doesn’t love deviled eggs? When I bring them to a party or a potluck they are always gone so quickly. I’ve made traditional deviled eggs and also avocado deviled eggs. This time, I added some heat and bacon. Try them! Ingredients 2 eggs, hard boiled 1 – 1/2 tablespoons of Hellmann’s mayo (anything else is too sweet) teaspoon of finely diced jalapeño 2 stripes of turkey bacon cooked and chopped First – gather all of your ingredients. I only made 2 eggs for me,…
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Recipe: Banana Cake
Banana cake! My banana bread and banana nut muffins are good…yet this cake, it’s moist and delicious. I couldn’t stop eating it. Next time, I’m going to turn it into muffins! Try it this weekend. Ingredients 1/2 cup of salted butter 1 cup of sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups of flour 1/2 cup of cake flour 2 teaspoons of baking soda 1/2 teaspoon of salt 3 ripe banana 1 cup sour cream (don’t use light or fat free)…
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Recipe: Strawberry Rhubarb Butter
It’s the end of summer so I wanted to get in one last summer recipe – strawberry rhubarb butter (no…no butter in it, it’s just thicker than jam, more like butter). No pectin, no canning, and no preservatives – moreover, it’ll keep in the fridge for about 3 weeks (or you can freeze it!). Ingredients 4 cups of rhubarb 3 cups of strawberries (I used frozen, because I had them) 3/4 cup of sugar Juice of one lemon First – harvest your rhubarb, cut it…
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Photos: Pacific Costal Highway
Pacific Costal Highway The highway was beautiful – I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking. We travelled down the Pacific Costal Highway over a couple of days – it was a little tricky in our Boler, yet Bryce managed well. Be sure to stop a long the way, enjoy the ride and take in the view. Elephant seals on the coast – playing and swimming ashore. Something funny – there are campsites right on the shore, you won’t be able to sleep much…
