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Recipe: Loaded Kale Salad
Loaded kale salad is a take on the go-to grab bag salad at the grocery store – the one with seven super foods! Here we’ve got some added goodness from turkey bacon to some goat cheese to load things up. Okay, let’s get cooking – I’m hungry! Ingredients First, get out your cast iron skillet and add the butter to a low-medium pan. Add the turkey bacon and cook through, then dice into small bits and set aside. If you’re looking for a more unified…
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Recipe: Hearty Winter Salad
Hearty winter salad time. What makes a winter salad? To me it’s got apples, or a dense fruit, some hearty lettuce, and perhaps even some sweet potatoes. This salad doesn’t have any potatoes, yet it’s full of nuts and goodness. Let’s get cooking! Ingredients First, wash and dry the kale and romaine lettuce. Then, cut the kale (stems and all) into thin pieces. Chop the romaine a little larger, into about 1 inch pieces. Next, make the dressing. If you’re going to be eating the…
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Travel: Omaha Lunch Eats
Omaha lunch eats – some of the best eats from around the Nebraska city. From food halls, to street eats, I’ll share with you a few of our favourites. Okay, let’s get eating! First, we experienced a few different places and all were equally as good. One place you should check out is the Inner Rail Food Hall in the Aksarben neighbourhood – Aksarben is Nebraska spelled backwards. Wild, eh? The food hall reminded me of the one in Chicago, full of such diversity, and…
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Recipe: Canadian Thanksgiving 2022
Canadian Thanksgiving 2022 – one of my favourite holidays. With a focus on family, togetherness, and food, it’s just the best! This year we had a hefty meal (hello carbs!) and it was perfect. Let’s get cooking. Canadian Thanksgiving 2022 Loaded Acorn Squash Roasted Spicy Parmesan Potatoes Old Fashioned Cornbread Peanut Butter Cup Brownies For the main dish we had loaded acorn squash. A bit of a different take on a thanksgiving feature, yet for some reason we just weren’t in the mood for a…
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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…
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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…
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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…
