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Recipe: Fava Bean Hummus
About 3 weeks ago I purchased a can of fava beans and chick peas – I figured I would make a bean salad or something. Then, I though, why not hummus?! So, here we go – fava bean hummus. This recipe is easy and worth trying out! It’s good for a quick snack or a light lunch and it’s homemade. Ingredients 1 1/4 cups of chicken broth 3/4 cup of water 1 540 ml can of fava beans and chickpeas tablespoon of chopped garlic teaspoon…
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Recipe: Mango Roll-up Snack
Fruit is always a good snack, but sometimes it’s not so much fun to eat. This recipe turns mango into a fun roll-up snack! I’m sure you’ve seen the long post on Pinterest about mango fruit roll-ups – this one is a tad different – has more balance as far as flavour, but doesn’t compromise the natural fruit goal. Ingredients 3 mango 1 tablespoon of agave syrup 1/2 teaspoon of salt First – peel and cut the mango into chunks. Next – put them in…
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Recipe: Butterfinger Brownie
It’s not very often that the grocery store has butterfingers – and little ones, ta-boot! This recipe is a combination of a couple and it’s fantastic! Remember my deadly brownie? Or my cake mix cookies? Those two are combined here, but with butterfingers, of course! Ingredients 20-24 mini butterfingers bars 1 box of marble cake mix 1/2 cup of reese’s peanut butter chip 2 eggs 1/2 cup of canola oil 3 cups of salted pretzels 1 cup of butter 1/2 cup of sugar First –…
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Recipe: Natural Red Velvet Cake
It’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow! Perfect time for a natural red velvet cake – and it’s naturally coloured, not with a whole bottle of chemical food colouring – yuck. What’s the secret? Beets! Also – my recipe is a bit on the healthier side with using bananas instead of butter. Ingredients 3 cups of cake flour 2 1/2 tablespoons of cocoa powder 1 teaspoon of kosher salt 2 teaspoons of baking powder 1 cup of mashed bananas (about 3) (or butter) 2 tablespoon vanilla extract 2…
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Recipe: Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
What else can you do with a box of cake mix? Make cookies!! Let’s get baking these chocolate cake mix cookies. Ingredients box of chocolate cake mix 2 eggs 1/2 cup of canola oil 3/4 cup of Skor bits 3/4 cup of Reese’s peanut butter chips Mix the first 3 ingredients together. I find that it’s better if you mix it all by hand – using your mixer adds in too much air. Next, gently stir in your candy. Roll into 1 inch balls and…
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Recipe: Salad Rolls
I love salad rolls – yet paying 8.99$ each time at the store for them seems a bit ridiculous when they’re easy to make. Great for lunches, too! For these salad rolls, I used 22cm rice papers, they do make them bigger, but I find it difficult to make them tight when they’re too big. Your choice! Ingredients 7-9 rice wraps 4-6 leaf lettuce leaves a cucumber 2 carrots 1 avocado Dipping Sauce Ingredients 2 1/2 tablespoons of rice vinegar 1 1/2 tablespoons of fish…
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Recipe: Poutine
Yesterday we had fresh cut fries – oh, so good! Today we have poutine! Last week, February 1st was the kick off to poutine week in eastern Ontario – many restaurants in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal were whipping up their lavish versions!! This is a very basic version, yet it’s tasty and will fill you up. Oh, just don’t snack on all the cheese curds before you build your dish. These are little bits of goodness. Ingredients fries – or fresh cut fries gravy cheese…
