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Recipe: Coconut Curry Soup
Coconut curry soup – just one cutting board and your crockpot then you’re on your way to this wintery soup. It warms the house and your belly. Try it today! Oh, and it’s gluten free, total bonus. Ingredients 500ml of vegetable stock 800ml of coconut milk (not the light kind – it’s too watery) 2 tablespoons of curry paste, soy sauce and brown sugar 3 tablespoons of peanut butter large red pepper white onion 1 tablespoon of fresh ginger 2 large chicken breasts 1 1/2…
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Recipe: Roasted Butternut Squash Salad
Roasted butternut squash salad – basically this is roasted butternut squash stuffed with avocado, feta cheese, toasted almonds all in a winter vinegar dressing. So good. It doesn’t look that pretty, but it sure tastes great. This salad uses the same dressing for the quinoa fall salad I made a few weeks ago. It’s one of my new favourite dressings. Okay, time to roast up! Ingredients 1 medium butternut squash 2 tablespoons of olive oil 1 large avocado 1/2 a cup of feta cheese handful…
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Recipe: Penne Lasagna Bake
Penne lasagna bake – a slight take on my lazy lasagna from a couple of years ago. This recipe manifested out of my craving for lasagna and my lack of lasagna noodles. This is an easy week night dinner – let’s get started! Ingredients large box of penne pasta (I actually used 2 small boxes) bunch of spinach large white onion 2 tablespoons of olive oil 1 jar of your favourite pasta sauce 200g of mozzarella cheese 3 oz of cream cheese 750g of cottage…
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Recipe: Mini Cheesecake
Mini cheesecake is a delightful way to end your Sunday night dinner with family. They are easy to make and anything individual is just so much fun! Oh, and I make these gluten free, too! Bonus. Let’s get started. Ingredients 8oz cream cheese 1/4 cup of sugar 1 teaspoon of vanilla an egg 1/2 a cup plus 2 tablespoons of gluten free graham cracker crumbs 2 tablespoons of sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons of butter 3/4 cup of berries (blue berries, black berries and raspberries) 2…
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Recipe: Spicy Whole Turkey
Spicy whole turkey for Thanksgiving! Who’s in? I am! This recipe is quite easy and gives your whole turkey a bit of kick this November. When I used to teach in Dallas, Texas, Thanksgiving was amazing – why? Because we got a whole week off! That’s how a worn out teacher thinks…time to catch up on laundry, cleaning the house, grading papers, holiday shopping, the 1343537 emails in my work inbox. The week was jam packed and I was excited to get up because I…
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Recipe: Biscuits
The best biscuits. Seriously. I know they are gluten free, but they are flaky and good. Really good. I’ve made them three times, and each time the same way. Do I follow the directions? Ah, not to much…well, I do, but make one slight variation. If you have access to Bob Red Mill at your grocery store, you need to try these! Ingredients 2 1/2 cups of Bob’s Red Mill Biscuit Mix 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon of salted butter 1/2-3/4 cup of warm water…
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Recipe: Noodle Bake
Noodle bake freezer meal! The other day I shared with you a beef stew recipe that freezes well, too. Well, my neighbour Gordon got some of this recipe and it’s sure to keep the hunger at bay. Time to bake up. Ingredients a pound of ground beef 1 can of tomato sauce a dash of salt and pepper 1 bag of egg noodles 1/2 – 3/4 a cup of sour cream 1 cup of cottage cheese 2 green onions 200g of shredded cheddar cheese First…
