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Recipe: Mexican Shepherd’s Pie
I love mashed potatoes and my Nana used to make the best ones. On Tuesday I was craving them, but in the mood for some Mexican spices. So, I whipped up this Mexican shepherd’s pie and it was delicious. Quick and easy to make on a week night and it makes left overs, too! Let’s get cooking. Ingredients 2 large chicken breasts 1 sweet potato 4 small potatoes 1/2 cup of salted butter 1 red onion can of corn 1 cup of edamame tablespoon of…
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Recipe: Triple Chocolate Mint Cookies
Triple chocolate mint cookies time! Last year I made these in jar form for some of my delightful co-workers. A couple of weeks ago one of them (she’s awesome and so hard working, I might add) asked for the recipe. Totally expecting it to be on the blog, I searched. What? Not there? How did I miss that? So, here I am, more than 14 months later, sharing this sweet and minty recipe. Let’s bake up! Ingredients box of devils food cake 1 cup of…
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Recipe: Chocolate Tahini Brownies
Time for more sweets. These chocolate tahini brownies were in the latest edition of Bon Appetit and they are good. Oh, and gluten free. I modified the original recipe from Bon Appetit for two reasons – I wanted a richer chocolate flavour and I didn’t have any brown sugar in my pantry. This recipe is delicious and tasty. Worth trying. Let’s bake up! Ingredients 3 tablespoons of cornstarch 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder 2 oz each of semi sweet, unsweetened and dark chocolate 3…
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Recipe: Loaded Queso
Loaded queso – tomorrow is the Super Bowl! Perfect timing for this loaded queso. It’s hearty, full of delicious flavours and fun to eat. Let’s get cooking. Ingredients 1/2 pound of ground turkey 1 tablespoon of grape seed oil 1 1/2 tablespoon of Tex Mex spice 3/4 cup of beer (I used ginger beer) 1/2 cup of jalapeño cheddar cheese 16 oz Velveeta 14 oz can of tomatoes 1 can of black beans 1/4 cup of cilantro First, in a large skillet cook the ground…
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Recipe: Salted Caramel Chocolate Tart
Salted caramel is one of my favourite things to eat – and it’s so easy to make. The issue is I usually eat too much and then get a sugar headache. I need to stop that. The first time I made this gluten free salted caramel chocolate tart was last March when we made dinner for Bryce’s parents. We watch Top Chef and hold a friendly competition, the losers cook. Well, that was us last March. This delicious tart finished off our Mexican feast. It’s…
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Recipe: Cream Cheese Cookies
It’s cream cheese cookies – bonus, they’re gluten free, too! I made these deliciously light cookies and I want to share. Let’s get baking. Ingredients 1/2 cup of salted butter 4 oz cream cheese 1 1/2 cup of powered sugar 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder 1 eggs teaspoon of vanilla 1 3/4 cups of gluten free flour First, get our your mixer. Cream the sugar, butter and the cream cheese. Then, add in the egg and vanilla. Sift in the dry ingredients and then roll…
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Recipe: Chili Chocolate Cookies
Have you ever heard of hot chocolate cookies or Mexican chocolate cookies? Well, these chili chocolate cookies are similar to those, yet way better in my opinion. They bring together the heat of chili with the richness of dark chocolate. You need to use at least 70% dark chocolate, otherwise the balance is off. Okay, let’s get baking! Ingredients 1 1/3 cups gluten free flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon of salt 1/2 teaspoon of both cinnamon and chili powder 3/4 cup coco mix…
