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Recipe: Southern Sautéed Kale
Kale – southern sautéed and delicious! The health benefits of kale – high in vitamins and antioxidants. A great side dish for any warm winter meal. Ingredients 1 bunch of kale 1/2 cup almond slivers and dried cranberries white onion 1 tablespoon of minced garlic 3 tablespoons of olive oil 1 1/2 cup of chicken stock 2 tablespoons of dijon mustard and rice vinegar 5 tablespoons of white sugar Start off by sweating the onions in the oil – with the garlic. Keep the…
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Eats: Super Bowl Snacks 2013
Super Bowl snacks 2013 – the Baltimore Ravens face the San Francisco 49ers – an epic showdown between two brothers – both head coaches. What is needed for this Super Bowl 47? Treats! Eats! and all while being a little healthy!! Super Bowl Snacks 2013 First, try my Spicy Salsa – so fresh, so good and a definite game winner! I made this recipe at a potluck last summer and it was a hit – like gone before everything else type of hit. Try it!…
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Recipe: Cranberry Bars
Have you ever had Starbucks’ Cranberry Bliss Bars? They show up under the clean glass display case sometime after the American Thanksgiving and make my holiday season blissful. I used to work at Starbucks in California when I was younger and I fell in love with the heavenly treat (that and coffee!). Below is my quick interpretation of cranberry bliss. Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs Can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk 1 cup flaked white chocolate, coconut and dried…
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Recipe: The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies – Oilers Edition
New York Times rated this recipe the best – like truly the best. One thing, however – you must cook them properly! In this edition, since the NHL decided to come back to life and wake up our city, I though, what better way to show some spirit than with some good eats. Ingredients 2 cups minus 2 tablespoons of cake flour 1 2/3 cups of all purpose flour or bread flour 1 1/4 teaspoons of baking soda, powder and coarse salt 2 1/2 sticks…
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Project: Heavy Blanket
Heavy blankets are key for comfy couch time – especially in the winter! I usually buy the discount fabric in the back of the store – it’s about 3$ a meter (I pick only fabrics that are 60 inches wide) and I get 2 meters of 5 different fabrics. So, it’s roughly a 30$ project – not bad for keeping warm! Pick out 5 fabrics that aren’t necessarily matchy-matchy but simply look good together. Different textures work well, too. As you can see above –…
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Recipe: Chewy Country Cookies
One of the best holiday gifts to give – cookie mix in a jar! They’re fun to make and even more fun to receive. Mix it up for a baby shower with pink and blue m&ms, or orange ones for Halloween…even all red for Valentine’s Day. Bakerella has inspired me and I was struck with the creativity this project can offer…soon I hope to come up with brownies in a jar. What You Need 1 Ball jar – or an 8 cup mason jar –…
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Snowman Time!
Snowman Time It’s not very often that the snow in Northern Alberta gets heavy and dense like it does in Ontario – the perfect snowman making snow. This kind of snow calls for a high-five, for sure! Bella supervising while Lily hunts for branches for arms in the background. Lily helping, or rather trying to eat the snowman. I didn’t have dogs growing up, and as an adult I’m more amazed by them – I can’t believe how much my pups love to eat snow.…
