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Recipe: Lazy Juice
It’s lazy juice time. I know, juicing is fun, but can sometimes be a lot of work. Cleaning spinach, kale, or seeding a pomegranate (although, one day I’m going to try and put the whole pomegranate it the juicer) can be a hassle. This recipe is lazy – why lazy? …because all you have to do is put the fruit in a bowl, rinse it off, and then cut it up a bit. Lazy Juice Lemon, beet, orange, carrot, kiwi, tomato, apple, and a pear.…
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Recipe: Protein Bars
Healthy protein bars – without all the preservatives or fillers of store bought bars. They are yummy! Ingredients 1/5-1/4 of an apple 1 scoop of protein powder (we use True Protein – no fillers) 1/2 cup raw brown sugar 1 1/5 teaspoon of baking soda pinch of salt 1 cup of almond butter First – cut up the apple into small squares – add a tad of water and microwave for about 2 minutes. Mash up with a fork. Mix the apple with the almond…
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Recipe: Cinnamon Rolls
What’s for breakfast this Sunday morning? How about a treat? Cinnamon rolls it is! Yummy in my tummy. Yeast, of course, is a vital ingredient in this recipe! Here’s what else you’ll need: Ingredients 1 cup milk 4.5 tablespoons of butter 3 1/2 cups of flour 1 packet of activated yeast 1/4 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 large egg 1 cup brown raw sugar 2 tablespoons of ground cinnamon 3/4 cup of butter…I know, more butter. pinch of salt First – warm the…
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Recipe: Monster Cupcakes
Monster Cupcakes with purple vanilla buttercream. Yummy and just in time for Halloween. Ingredients Make your favourite white cake recipe (or use a box if you wish) and add 4 drops of deep green food colouring…mosterlicious! These green bat cupcake liners are from Bulk Barn – and so are the monster sprinkles. Perfect for monster cupcakes. I love the purple. Fill your liners to the top…makes for big cupcakes! Time to make the icing! Vanilla Buttercream 1 cup butter (soft) 3 cups icing sugar 1…
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Recipe: Wedge Salad
Wedge Salad – a steakhouse classic! The first time I ever came across the wedge salad was when my husband and I were living in Dallas, Texas. Steakhouse capital of the world! This salad is simple, fresh, and totally delicious. Ingredients Head of lettuce – cut in 4 3 tomatoes – seeded and diced Blue cheese – crumbled Turkey bacon – diced Blue cheese dressing – and lots of it! First – get your tomatoes ready. Now – get your bacon in the pan. Since…
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Yellow and Green Juice
Juice, again! The juicer is so easy to use…and so good for you! We were in the city a few days ago and I stopped by Planet Organic to grab some wheatgrass – our local grocery store doesn’t sell it. Boo! Okay, let’s get started on this yellow and green juice. Ingredients pineapple lemon yellow beets wheat grass broccolini I also picked up some yellow beets (which caused some controversy, coincidently, on Top Chef this past Wednesday – “who stole my yellow beets!!”)…and I grabbed…
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Recipe: Apple Cider
Want the house to smell like fall? Don’t want to spend 8.99$ on mulling spice? Try this! Ingredients One jar of apple cider (about 1.99$ – you would need this with the mulling spice, too). 1 tablespoon of each of the following : cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice. Mix together and put on the stove around medium heat. Time to spice things up. Most of the time you already have the ingredients above – and if you don’t, they sell huge bags like the…
