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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…
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Recipe: Apple and Carrot Salad
When I was at the grocery store last week we picked up about 5 gala apples and a 2 pound bag of carrots – the intent was to use them in juices. That didn’t happen. Instead of letting them go bad, I checked out the pantry and found cranberries and pecans – perfect. Apple and carrot salad it is! Ingredients 4 gala apples about 1.5 pounds of carrots 1 1/2 cups of dried cranberries 1 cup of chopped pecans Dressing 1 cup of mayo 1/4…
