• Loaded Acorn Squash - a festive fall dish!
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    Recipe: Loaded Acorn Squash

    Loaded acorn squash – a festive fall dinner. I spiced up some ground turkey and loaded some roasted squash. The perfect Sunday night dinner. Let’s get cooking! Ingredients 2 small acorn squashes a tablespoon of canola oil 1 pound of ground turkey a tablespoon of salted butter 2 jalapeños 1/2 a white onion 1 teaspoon of chili powder a few dashes of tex-mex spice salt to taste First, cut the acorn squashes in half and clean out. You’ll want to get all the seeds and…

  • Roasted Spicy Parmesan Potatoes - the perfect dinner side dish!
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    Recipe: Roasted Spicy Parmesan Potatoes

    Roasted spicy parmesan potatoes – the perfect side dish. These roasted potatoes are cheesy, rich, and full of flavour. The spices add a Mexican twist and complement the salty parmesan perfectly. Okay, let’s get cooking! If you recognize a bit of this post, it’s because I updated the roasted parmesan potato recipe from a couple of summers ago. Time to spicy things up for fall! Oh, and don’t forget about the Spice Merchant. Ingredients bag of baby potatoes 1 teaspoon of chili powder 1/2 teaspoon…

  • Peanut Butter Cup Brownies - the perfect chocolatey treat!
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    Recipe: Peanut Butter Cup Brownies

    Peanut butter cup brownies – and these ones are gluten free! Chocolate and peanut butter are a fantastic match. These brownies are fudgy, chewy, and are so good frozen. Yes, frozen! Okay, let’s bake up. Ingredients Your favourite brownie recipe Fudgy Brownies Pumpkin Brownies Bob’s Red Mill Brownies 2 cups of mini Reese’s Cups First, heat up your oven to the necessary temperature depending on your recipe, then mix together your brownie mixture. Take the 2 cups of mini Reese’s and cut them all in…

  • Fruity Pebbles treats - they're colourful, gluten free, and chewy!
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    Recipe: Fruity Pebbles Treats

    Fruity Pebbles treats – they’re gluten free (I know, right!) and chewy. Not only are they colourful, they pack a fruit filled punch. Let’s get cooking! Ingredients stick of salted butter 15 oz of marshmallows 2 tablespoons of vanilla 8 cups of GF Fruity Pebbles First, 8 cups of the Fruity Pebbles is exactly one 311g box. How perfect would it have been if it was 310g – so close! Haha. Ensure your marshmallows are GF, too (if you need, I suppose) and let’s get…

  • Reese's S'mores - one of the best camping treats around!
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    Recipe: Reese’s S’mores

    Reese’s s’mores – one of the best camping treats around! These s’mores are packed with delicious Reese’s peanut butter goodness and make for a tasty s’more. Start your fire and let’s get cooking! Ingredients One Reese’s bar 8 graham crackers 4 jumbo marshmallows First, get your fire going – we like to make s’mores over the embers, so usually after we eat dinner, and before we put on the next round of logs to keep us warm. For us, it’s a low and slow process…

  • Summer cesar salad - a fresh and fruit filled dish. Let's eat up!
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    Recipe: Summer Cesar Salad

    Summer cesar salad – a fresh and fruit filled dish. It’s perfect for summer BBQs, or as a side for lunch. Take out the croutons and replace them with berries, and for the bacon lovers, some hearty peaches or nectarines will add some punch. Let’s get cooking! Ingredients 2 heads of romaine lettuce 2-3 tablespoons of cesar dressing medium nectarine 1/2 cup of blueberries 1/3 cup of parmesan cheese First, chop and wash the lettuce. Then, prep the rest of the ingredients. For the dressing,…

  • Cheesy monkey bread is a classic pull-a-part treat!
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    Recipe: Cheesy Monkey Bread

    Cheesy monkey bread – the perfect pull-a-part treat. It’s delicious and fluffy right out of the oven, and a super-duper snack for lunches, or a potluck. I used a lot of cheese (who doesn’t love cheese!) and it turned out so well. Okay, let’s bake up. Ingredients 20 frozen dinner rolls 4 tablespoons of melted butter 200g of yellow cheddar cheese 100g of old cheddar cheese First, you want to use the frozen dinner rolls that aren’t baked up – the bag usually has exactly…