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Halloween Loot Bags
No Tricks – Only Treats Last year I didn’t plan for Halloween like I should have. On the 30th I realized we didn’t have any candy…on my way home from work I stopped at the 7Eleven and grabbed a bunch of full size chocolate bars (our stores aren’t open 24 hours like in the states…I wish!). I paid just under 30$ for 16 pieces of candy. Sheesh! At least I had something, right? This year – far different story. Our local grocery store has a…
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Tutorial: Neck Cowl
It’s fall – time to stay warm. The list of things I can make for myself (or for women in general) is endless…but it’s hard to find things to make for a guy. This neck cowl is perfect – as long as you keep the fabric and colours masculine. What You Need 2 pieces of fabric that measure 30 inches by 9.5 inches matching thread serger sewing machine an iron. So – the easier thing to do is not cut the fabric in half –…
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Recipe: Wedge Salad
Wedge Salad – a steakhouse classic! The first time I ever came across the wedge salad was when my husband and I were living in Dallas, Texas. Steakhouse capital of the world! This salad is simple, fresh, and totally delicious. Ingredients Head of lettuce – cut in 4 3 tomatoes – seeded and diced Blue cheese – crumbled Turkey bacon – diced Blue cheese dressing – and lots of it! First – get your tomatoes ready. Now – get your bacon in the pan. Since…
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Photos: Wedding Day
Wedding Day Just a few shots from our wedding day! First – all of these photos are credit to Mark Cooper Photography out of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. All of the photos on my blog are mine and this is the first time I’m sharing…Mark does fabulous work and he gets all this credit! We were lucky, too, in that Mark came with an assistant. The best part is that Bryce and his family had one photographer while I had Mark. A nice way to take…
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Yellow and Green Juice
Juice, again! The juicer is so easy to use…and so good for you! We were in the city a few days ago and I stopped by Planet Organic to grab some wheatgrass – our local grocery store doesn’t sell it. Boo! Okay, let’s get started on this yellow and green juice. Ingredients pineapple lemon yellow beets wheat grass broccolini I also picked up some yellow beets (which caused some controversy, coincidently, on Top Chef this past Wednesday – “who stole my yellow beets!!”)…and I grabbed…
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Recipe: Apple Cider
Want the house to smell like fall? Don’t want to spend 8.99$ on mulling spice? Try this! Ingredients One jar of apple cider (about 1.99$ – you would need this with the mulling spice, too). 1 tablespoon of each of the following : cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice. Mix together and put on the stove around medium heat. Time to spice things up. Most of the time you already have the ingredients above – and if you don’t, they sell huge bags like the…
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Recipe: Pumpkin Parfait
Tired of the same old pumpkin pie for fall dessert? Try pumpkin parfait instead! I made this recipe since I love pumpkin pie and well, my husband loves chocolate…so I thought of this fun way to eat it all in one! Start with some empty, yet tall glasses and oreos! Crush up the oreos and put in the bottom – one of my cups has crushed graham crackers (I’m not a big chocolate person). Next layer is the pumpkin pie mix. When I was making…
