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Recipe: Beef Stew
Beef stew freezer meal here on the blog today. About 3 weeks ago I made our neighbour some freezer meals. This one, beef stew, and the recipe I’ll be sharing on Saturday – noodle bake. Gordon lost his wife in the summer and she was such a good cook, so I though around the Canadian Thanksgiving I would share some of the love and bring him over 8 meals and some muffins. So, here we have the first one – beef stew freezer meal. It’s…
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Recipe: Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes
Sour cream mashed potatoes are the perfect side dish to any winter meal. Roast? Lamb? Or even black bean burgers – yes, these potatoes are creamy and delicious. Try them today! For this recipe, I doubled it because I used it for both a beef stew I made for our neighbour and for our thanksgiving meal. I never know what a normal serving of mashed potatoes looks like because I just love them so much – I think I eat like 2 or 3 servings.…
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Recipe: Roasted Chickpeas
Roasted chickpeas – with chili? The perfect snack. These are easy to make – and being a celiac, I use these as ‘croutons’ in caesar salads. They are so good! You won’t be able to stop snacking on them. First, I use bagged chickpeas that I have to soak and cook first. They are better than canned, yet use what you have access to. Second, the spice is important. Recently, when my in-laws were here they introduced us to The Silk Road Spice Merchant and…
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Recipe: Quinoa Fall Salad
Quinoa fall salad – the perfect protein power lunch. Recently we watched Cowspiracy a film on Netflix that is produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and one of the environmentalists commented on how ‘meatless Monday’ isn’t a good campaign – what it does is validate that you can do the ‘wrong’ thing 6 days out of 7. I’m not too sure I agree, but I certainly get the point. To me, meatless Monday is a way of affecting change among those who are heavy meat eaters, those…
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Recipe: Halloween Candy Bark
Halloween candy bark time! Yes. It’s that time of year when orange and purple bring fright…spiders creep about…and ghosts yell ‘boo!’ Fear not, this candy won’t frighten you, but delight you. It’s quick, easy, and ever so festive. Try it today – or at least in the next 2 weeks. Ingredients 1 pound of white chocolate melts 12-15 oreos 1 cup of candy corn 1/4 cup of halloween smarties 2 tablespoons of halloween sprinkles First up – gather all of your ingredients. Oh, you’ll need…
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Recipe: Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s Thanksgiving here in Canada and I wanted to share a few of my favourite holiday recipes from the past while. Happy Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie Roasted Turkey Beet Stacks The perfect items to make for your holiday meal. We celebrated yesterday with a full spread and I was working my butt off in the kitchen – it’s a happy place and a wonderful day to be thankful for all the fabulousness in our lives. Smile and be thankful. Oh, and eat up! All will be…
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Recipe: Jalapeño Popper Quesadilla
Jalapeño popper quesadilla – the perfect lunch on this fine Saturday. It’s the long weekend here in Canada – Thanksgiving and Columbus Day in the USA, so you have a bit of extra time, right? Haha…I know, there sometimes never enough time. This recipe is delicious and worth the time. Here we go! Ingredients 4 corn tortillas 2 tablespoons of butter 4 oz of cream cheese, soft 3 green onions 100g of shredded old cheddar cheese 5 jalapeños First up, get out those fresh jalapeños!…
