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Recipes: Chicken Enchiladas
Homemade Chicken Enchiladas – with homemade chicken enchilada sauce. They’re fresh, healthy and oh, so good…you need to try these! Ingredients 1 pack of corn tortillas 9oz can of whole corn 4 cooked and shredded chicken breasts homemade chicken enchilada sauce 1 cup of old shredded cheddar and jalapeño havarti cheese cilantro Roll 6-8 tortillas stuffed with corn and chicken – lay evenly in a 13×9 pan. Pour the chicken enchilada sauce over the tortillas. Smother with both cheeses and bake at 350 (un covered)…
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Personalized Dishes!
So…you may have come across this on Pinterest. Sharpie and dishes – bake and you have permanent design! The fun thing is, it actually works on black dishes with silver Sharpies, or even purple Sharpie on white. Try it! Okay, let’s get started. What You Need oven safe dish contrasting sharpie oven oven mitts cooling rack To start, preheat your oven to 350. Wash your dish and ensure it’s completely dry. You can even use a bit of rubbing alcohol on the spot you’re going…
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Snow Day
It’s a snow day! Lots of fluffy white stuff…the dogs love it! I’m mean and didn’t shovel the deck one bit – nope, time to play first and work after, right? Snow Day We live in Northern Alberta and the snow we get here isn’t as fluffy and dense as it is, say, in Ontario. Both Bryce and I grew up with heavy wet snow that was so heavy to lift, yet made great snowmen. I’ve heard that if you take 1 cup of Alberta…
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Recipe: Quick Asian/Mexican Salad
This salad is so quick and so good. Lazy because I use bottled dressing, but I do have a recipe for a delicious Asian sesame dressing – I’ll add it to the site soon. Ingredients 1 bunch of spinach 9oz can of whole corn 14oz can of black beans 1/2 red onion finely chopped 1 bag of coleslaw 1/2 cup of sliced almonds Asian sesame dressing Add all ingredients together – don’t forget to rinse off the beans! I like to add the dressing about…
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Project: Monogram Button Pumpkin
What You Need 1 large pumpkin glue gun or crazy glue matching buttons spay paint A different take on a Halloween Pumpkin – no carving needed here! This way is no fuss, no muss (which I think means mess). Plus, it’s great for kiddos since you don’t have sharp knives to hassle with. Just glue. Bella ready to help. Spray paint your pumpkin any colour you like and let it dry (overnight is best). Here I went with a dark theme, yet you could go…
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Recipe: Kale Chips
Kale Chips – have you ever had Kale? It’s a complete Super Food, for sure. I dislike it raw (far to fibrous) so cooking it like chips is a little treat. Ingredients 1 bunch of kale 2 tablespoons of olive oil 1 teaspoon of salt 1-1.5 tablespoon of seasoning (chile flakes, chipotle, even chicken and ribs seasoning works well!) Wash, rinse and dry the kale. Toss the kale in the olive oil, salt and seasoning. Lay flat on a baking sheet (make sure you only…
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Recipe: Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Pie – a Thanksgiving staple…it reminds me of fall and home. This is my first time trying out my pumpkin pie recipe. It’s a little on the spicy side, not overly sweet, yet the perfect way to end a fall feast. Ingredients 7 cups of pumpkin puree 2 eggs 1 cup of dark brown sugar 1.5 cup of milk 1 tablespoon of cinnamon (I like a lot of cinnamon!) 1-1.5 teaspoon of nutmeg pie dough – try my 1-2-3 pie dough This recipe makes…
