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Recipe: Chewy Country Cookies
One of the best holiday gifts to give – cookie mix in a jar! They’re fun to make and even more fun to receive. Mix it up for a baby shower with pink and blue m&ms, or orange ones for Halloween…even all red for Valentine’s Day. Â Bakerella has inspired me and I was struck with the creativity this project can offer…soon I hope to come up with brownies in a jar. What You Need 1 Ball jar – or an 8 cup mason jar –…
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Recipe: No Bake Ice Cream Cake
This is such a fun easy treat – no baking required and it keeps for about 5 days in the freezer (as long as it’s wrapped up in plastic wrap). Â Nice on a summer day or on a cold winter day when you’re going to have hot chocolate and pie! Ingredients 1 graham cracker crust container of Cool Whip 1 pack of chocolate pudding 2 cups of milk (as per pudding directions) your favourite chocolate bars – 2 of them (Toblerone) Skor chips Reese Minis…
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Recipe: Deadly Brownie
A Pinterest favourite – the peanut butter cup, layered with butter pretzels and cookie dough. The Deadly Brownie! Such a delicious, caloric treat! Ingredients 3 cups of crushed pretzels 1 cup of butter 1/2 cup of sugar brownie mix box (and ingredients to make) 1 box of cookie mix – either chocolate chip or peanut butter (and ingredients to make) 3 (or more if you like) packages of full size Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Crush up the pretzels and mix with butter (melted) and sugar…
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Recipes: Chicken Enchilada Sauce
My Chicken Enchiladas are so delicious – but what makes them even better is my homemade chicken enchilada sauce… Ingredients 1 cup of cilantro 4oz can of chipotles 2oz can of green chilies 1 jar of roasted red peppers – thinly sliced small white onion – chopped 2 jalapeños – chopped 1 roma tomato – chopped 2 tablespoons of olive oil clove of garlic – minced 1 tablespoon of lime juice To start – put olive oil, garlic and the white onion in the pan…
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Recipes: Chicken Enchiladas
Homemade Chicken Enchiladas – with homemade chicken enchilada sauce. They’re fresh, healthy and oh, so good…you need to try these! Ingredients 1 pack of corn tortillas 9oz can of whole corn 4 cooked and shredded chicken breasts homemade chicken enchilada sauce 1 cup of old shredded cheddar and jalapeño havarti cheese cilantro Roll 6-8 tortillas stuffed with corn and chicken – lay evenly in a 13×9 pan. Pour the chicken enchilada sauce over the tortillas. Smother with both cheeses and bake at 350 (un covered)…
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Recipe: Quick Asian/Mexican Salad
This salad is so quick and so good. Lazy because I use bottled dressing, but I do have a recipe for a delicious Asian sesame dressing – I’ll add it to the site soon. Ingredients 1 bunch of spinach 9oz can of whole corn 14oz can of black beans 1/2 red onion finely chopped 1 bag of coleslaw 1/2 cup of sliced almonds Asian sesame dressing Add all ingredients together – don’t forget to rinse off the beans! I like to add the dressing about…
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Recipe: Kale Chips
Kale Chips – have you ever had Kale? It’s a complete Super Food, for sure. I dislike it raw (far to fibrous) so cooking it like chips is a little treat. Ingredients 1 bunch of kale 2 tablespoons of olive oil 1 teaspoon of salt 1-1.5 tablespoon of seasoning (chile flakes, chipotle, even chicken and ribs seasoning works well!) Wash, rinse and dry the kale. Toss the kale in the olive oil, salt and seasoning. Lay flat on a baking sheet (make sure you only…
