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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.…
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Recipe: No Bake Ice Cream Cake
This is such a fun easy treat – no baking required and it keeps for about 5 days in the freezer (as long as it’s wrapped up in plastic wrap). Nice on a summer day or on a cold winter day when you’re going to have hot chocolate and pie! Ingredients 1 graham cracker crust container of Cool Whip 1 pack of chocolate pudding 2 cups of milk (as per pudding directions) your favourite chocolate bars – 2 of them (Toblerone) Skor chips Reese Minis…
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Recipe: Deadly Brownie
A Pinterest favourite – the peanut butter cup, layered with butter pretzels and cookie dough. The Deadly Brownie! Such a delicious, caloric treat! Ingredients 3 cups of crushed pretzels 1 cup of butter 1/2 cup of sugar brownie mix box (and ingredients to make) 1 box of cookie mix – either chocolate chip or peanut butter (and ingredients to make) 3 (or more if you like) packages of full size Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Crush up the pretzels and mix with butter (melted) and sugar…
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Photos: LA Zoo
LA Zoo Our visit to the LA Zoo in early October – we got there at 9:50 and were greeted by flamingos rushing towards us! So fun. This Koala is such a cute little site…he climbed on the roof of his structure. He got stuck and it took him about 5 minutes to try and figure out how to get back down – it was my favourite experience of the whole day. Plus, seeing a Koala makes me think of Sheldon Cooper and his Koala…
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Recipes: Chicken Enchilada Sauce
My Chicken Enchiladas are so delicious – but what makes them even better is my homemade chicken enchilada sauce… Ingredients 1 cup of cilantro 4oz can of chipotles 2oz can of green chilies 1 jar of roasted red peppers – thinly sliced small white onion – chopped 2 jalapeños – chopped 1 roma tomato – chopped 2 tablespoons of olive oil clove of garlic – minced 1 tablespoon of lime juice To start – put olive oil, garlic and the white onion in the pan…
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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…
