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Recipe: Black Bean Lentil Taco
Black bean lentil taco? Yes, please! I know, it’s not Monday…but perhaps it’s TACO TUESDAY?! Yes…let us start that tradition! haha. So fun. These corn tacos are the perfect snack or dinner to enjoy on this fine sunny spring Tuesday. They are hearty, filling, all while being light and full of flavour. Try them. Ingredients 2-3 cups of cooked lentils 2 cups of black beans 1 red onion 2 garlic cloves, minced 3/4 teaspoons of cumin 1/2 teaspoon of chili powder 1/3 cup of chopped…
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Recipe: Cream Cheese Stuffed Pumpkin Muffin
Cream cheese stuffed pumpkin muffin. So good. I took my pumpkin bread recipe and simply stuffed it with cream cheese and made it into muffins. Why? Because who doesn’t love pumpkin cheese cake? Well, this recipe has the same flavours – bake up. You need to try this today, or this weekend at least. Ingredients half a stick of butter 1/4 cup of brown sugar 3/4 cup of white sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups of pure pumpkin 1/3 cup of plain greek yogurt 1…
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Recipe: Black Forest Cupcake
Black forest cupcake. Check. Turning 33. Check. What! Yes…today is my birthday and I made black forest cupcakes. Why? Well, it’s an adorable story. When I was in senior kindergarden, back in 1988, I was turning 6 and we had a professional baker come to our class on the Friday, April 29. My parents were having a party for me with family and friends the next day, Saturday. Anyway, back to my class. We all sat on the blue rug at the front of the…
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Recipe: Chickpea and Quinoa Burger
Chickpea and quinoa burger for meatless Monday. Last time we made bean burgers and they were good. These chickpea burgers were just as tasty and filling. That’s the key, they fill you up. Also – you’ll notice me holding up a bowl – looks so silly. Usually when I make recipes I do so during the day, or with a lot of light so that the pictures are well exposed. I was making us dinner and using the natural light from all the windows and…
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Recipe: Chocolate Cupcakes
Chocolate cupcakes. When you’re in the mood for a little sweetness and you don’t have any butter in the house – that’s where this recipe comes from – innovation, people, innovation. Remember when I made butterless cookies? I don’t always have butter in the house and that’s when I have to get creative. For Christmas I got these silicone cupcake liners – they are awesome! One draw back, my husband works in an environment where employees are coming and going all the time, so if…
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Recipe: Fudgy Brownie
Fudgy brownie. This one is good. I made a brownie back in the fall, the chewy brownie, and it was good, yet this one is thick and has way more calories. Perfection. When I made the other chewy brownie I took them on a trip to California where I was visiting my husband – he was in school, fine woodworking, for three months. He was talking one night about how the instructors would go to this coffee shop around the corner and they had the…
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Recipe: Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin bread – but it’s not October?! I know. Yet it’s still so good. The pumpkin is known as a fall food, kind of like lemonade is a summer drink. Time to toss out the ‘you can’t wear white after labour day’ rules and just do what you like. Today, we like to eat pumpkin bread. The main reason I developed this recipe is because I had a container of greek yogurt and a can of pure pumpkin that weren’t being used. Now, you know…
