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Recipe: Rice Pasta with Tomato and Garlic Sauce
This dish seems too simply and the kind of thing you’d make when you’re too lazy to go to the grocery store, however, it’s so good great. I first made this dish after my roommate in university made it – she got it from her boy friend’s mom. It’s simply and the kind of think you can keep your pantry stocked with. Let’s get cooking rice pasta with tomato and garlic sauce. Ingredients 1 bag of penne (I used rice pasta, thus it’s gluten free)…
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Recipe: Cookies ‘n Cream Marshmallow Squares
This recipe has 4 ingredients and it makes a chewy summer treat…and you don’t even have to turn on your oven! Bonus. It’s time for cookies ‘n cream marshmallow squares. Ingredients 15 Oreo cookies 2.5 cups of mini-marshmallows 1/2 a stick of butter 1 teaspoon of vanilla (optional) First – crush your Oreo cookies. I made this recipe with regular Oreo cookies and then with golden Oreo cookies. Both were great! Now, time for the marshmallow puff. Put your marshmallows in a microwaveable bowl and…
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Recipe: Nutella no-bake Cheesecake
Love Nutella? Do I always start a Nutella recipe with the same question…haha, I think so. Check out Nutella stuffed cupcakes to see. Today is a great day – why, you ask? In the summer our trees on our property fill out and make getting an internet signal difficult…and it it’ll take 9 hours to upload a photo if the service isn’t interrupted. On Wednesday we transferred to a new system – satellite internet – it’s a dream. 12 photos uploaded in less than 7…
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Recipe: Mexican Lasagna
I love Mexican food – it’s probably my favourite cuisine…and since I don’t live in Texas anymore, it’s a little more difficult to find great authentic flavours here in Northern Alberta. This dish, however, packs a punch of Mexican flavour and I always go back for seconds! Let’s get cooking this Mexican lasagna. This is an dish you can make a day or two ahead and then cook up on a busy night – it’ll feed 6-8 people (yet the leftovers are good…so if you…
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Recipe: Chicken Wing Dip
Love chicken wings? Love dip? This is for you! Let’s get cooking this chicken wing dip. This recipe is quick and easy moreover, it’s great for get-togethers and as an afternoon snack while baseball is playing in the background. (okay…no baseball here, but you get the idea!). Ingredients 8oz of cream cheese 1 cup of wing sauce – I used Franks Buffalo Wing sauce 3/4 cup of blue cheese dressing 200g of poached and shredded chicken a cup of crumbled blue cheese 1 teaspoon of…
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Recipe: Baked French Toast
Love french toast? Hate eating in shifts or eating a lukewarm breakfast? This recipe for baked french toast is here to save you! Try it…it’ll make a great father’s day treat! Ingredients 1 loaf of artisan french bread (about 450g) – next time I’ll use two…I explain below 8 eggs 500ml of half and half a cup of milk 2 tablespoons of sugar 1/4 cup of brown sugar a tablespoon of cinnamon 1 teaspoon of nutmeg and all spice a tablespoon of vanilla salt butter…
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Recipe: Quinoa Salad with Lemon Basil Dressing
Summer salads are here! This one packs a protein punch, too. Quinoa is delicious and fun to eat – I love the texture. Moreover, I cooked it super easily in my rice cooker! Total bonus. Okay, let’s get cooking this quinoa salad with lemon basil dressing. This salad keeps for about 5 days in the fridge, so make a lot and eat up. This recipe will give you about 12 servings – so half it if you like. Ingredients 2 cups of uncooked quinoa a…
