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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: Homemade Apple Sauce
Who doesn’t like homemade apple sauce? Even for the simple fact that it makes your house smell glorious – like a cool fall afternoon…the kind of day you feel like watching a football game outside. Yes, please! Ingredients 10 apples (a variety) 1 orange half a lemon 1/2 cup of brown sugar 1 stick of salted butter 2 tablespoons of cinnamon 1 teaspoon of all spice and nutmeg First – you need to peel and core all of your apples – then cut into quarters.…
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Recipe: Nutella Stuffed Cupcakes
Love nutella? Love chocolate cupcakes? Well, here’s a treat for you! This morning I felt like baking, but no way my husband was going to eat 24 mini cupcakes and 6 full size ones – so I baked away and brought them to my gym – the staff were super happy!! Ingredients cake mix box (plus ingredients to make) 1 cup nutella box of chocolate pudding mix white chocolate chips The secret to this recipe – it’s quick. The trick, however, is that the pudding…
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Recipe: Square M&M and Oreo Cookies
Love Oreo cookies and M&Ms? No, you don’t…well, then pick something you love and add it to this square cookie recipe! But…if you do, then you’re in luck! Time to try these square M&M and Oreo cookies. I noticed some cookies like this on Pinterest one day and I though, wow…inspiration!! Time to bake up! They are easy to make and they go quickly. I start with my chewy cookie recipe: Ingredients 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon backing soda 2 teaspoons corn starch 1/2 cup…
