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Recipe: Butternut Squash Tacos
Butternut squash tacos – these sweet tacos are a great change from sweet potato and black bean tacos. They’ve got some good heat and the caramelized onions, along with fresh onions add some depth of flavour. Okay, let’s get cooking! Ingredients 8 corn tortillas 1 small butternut squash 1/2 a white onion teaspoon of cumin 1/2 teaspoon of paprika 2-3 tablespoons of canola oil salt to taste 1/3 cup of shredded jack cheese 2 tablespoons of chopped green onions jalapeño guacamole hot sauce First, set…
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Recipe: Mexican Favourites
Mexican favourites – here are some of my very favourite Mexican recipes from the blog. With the pandemic feeling like it’s dragging on forever I’m going to celebrate our favourite food over the next handful of weeks! Four new dinner recipes and four new breakfast or brunch recipes coming soon. I did some of the shopping today, poblano peppers, ripe right now avocados, and even some mango made it into the cart! Okay, let me share some favourites before we kick off the new recipes!…
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Recipe: Cake Truffles
Cake truffles – and they’re gluten free. These sweet and chocolaty bite sized treats are quick and easy to whip up for the holidays. Plus, they taste far better than boxed cake mix and a jar of icing – even thought that’s exactly what they’re made of! Okay, let’s bake up. Ingredients box of gluten free cake mix ingredients for the cake mix jar of cream cheese icing 1 cup of gluten free chocolate melts 1/2 cup of red, white and green sprinkles First, make…
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Recipe: Loaded Hash Brown Breakfast
Loaded hash brown breakfast – it’s so filling! Back in March I was taking my time going through the grocery store and stumbled across some hash browns. I picked up some as a treat for the weekend when we watched an F1 race. They were so good. Quick and easy to make right in the oven (and a great way if cooking for a crowd) that they became a weekend staple for our F1 season. Well, one race-less weekend we missed our treat, and on…
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Photos: Woof Wednesday 5.0
It’s Woof Wednesday 5.0! We’re celebrating Daphne’s 2 year gotcha day last weekend, full of fluffy memories and fun adventures. Daphne the Afghan Hound is one sweet pup – check out her before and after photos below. Two Year Gotcha Day! We lucked out with the warmish day on Saturday, December 11 – so I could keep up my blue theme with a t-shirt and hoodie. I joked with Bryce that one year it’s going to be minus 20 or so and I’ll need to…
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Travel: University of Alberta Botanical Gardens
The University of Alberta Botanical Gardens are such a wonderful place to visit – and every season is a different experience! We visited at the end of fall and guess what – for about two weeks each fall they allow dogs to visit for free – cool, eh? Daphne got to explore the gardens with us – it was so much fun! Okay, let’s check out some photos. University of Alberta Botanical Gardens You’ll probably want to spend about an hour and a half –…
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Recipe: Deviled Egg Salad
Deviled egg salad – the easiest way to get the goodness of deviled eggs without the pressure of having to peel the perfect egg. It’s a win-win! Plus, you can eat it with cucumbers, stuff mini-peppers, or with sweet potato crackers. All options are free of gluten! Okay, time to get deviled. Ingredients 6 eggs – hard boiled 1/4 cup of mayo 1 teaspoon of yellow mustard salt and pepper to taste 1 tablespoon of diced shallots 2 tablespoon of chopped green onions dashes of…
