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Recipe: Apple Peanut Butter Burrito
Love peanut butter? Apples? A bit of chocolate? Need a quick breakfast in the morning? Apple peanut butter burritos are for you!! I usually make these on a day off – each recipe makes 2 – so I make 2 or 3 recipes and then freeze them. The best part, the night before just pop it in the fridge and grab-and-go in the morning. It’s easy to eat on the way to work and beats out any processed drive-thru item you could pick up. Plus,…
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Recipe: Fava Bean Hummus
About 3 weeks ago I purchased a can of fava beans and chick peas – I figured I would make a bean salad or something. Then, I though, why not hummus?! So, here we go – fava bean hummus. This recipe is easy and worth trying out! It’s good for a quick snack or a light lunch and it’s homemade. Ingredients 1 1/4 cups of chicken broth 3/4 cup of water 1 540 ml can of fava beans and chickpeas tablespoon of chopped garlic teaspoon…
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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: Poutine
Yesterday we had fresh cut fries – oh, so good! Today we have poutine! Last week, February 1st was the kick off to poutine week in eastern Ontario – many restaurants in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal were whipping up their lavish versions!! This is a very basic version, yet it’s tasty and will fill you up. Oh, just don’t snack on all the cheese curds before you build your dish. These are little bits of goodness. Ingredients fries – or fresh cut fries gravy cheese…
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Recipe: Baked Fresh Cut Fries
Fresh cut fries? Baked? At home? Yes!! These fries are easy and mega delicious. Serve them with burgers, sausages, or chicken fingers. Or, maybe poutine? I’ll make that tomorrow…stop by to check it out! Ingredients 3 large russet potatoes 4 tablespoons of olive oil salt First – set your oven to 475 degrees. It’s time to heat things up! Now, wash and peel your potatoes. Time to cut into fries. Cut lengthways and then turn, cutting lengthways again. Grab a dish towel and dry out…
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Recipe: Mini Corn Dog Muffins
Corn Dogs? Yes, please! This Saturday we were cleaning up in the basement – organizing and sifting though some old stuff. It was fun, especially all the memories that popped up. Since we were hard at work, I didn’t really feel like composing a time consuming lunch. We don’t often by chicken hot dogs, but we did have them in the fridge. I mixed up some of the best corn bread ever – you need to find this at a store near you! Always keep…
