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Recipe: Bacon and Avocado Grilled Cheese
Bacon! (or turkey bacon, in this case). Avocado! Cheese! Yes, yes, and yes! Lunch is served – bacon and avocado grilled cheese. Delicious. Ingredients whole grain bread – 2 slices 4 slices of turkey bacon 1/2 of an avocado, sliced 30g of old cheddar cheese 1 tablespoon of butter First – make sure you’re using good cheese! I’m using 2 year aged white cheddar cheese and old cheddar cheese. If you’re in a decant mood, use gouda! So yummy. Cook up the bacon and cut…
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Recipe: Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Chocolate covered strawberries. Yes, they are so good. Yesterday we had chocolate covered Oreo cookies – today, swap in strawberries. You can even have sprinkles, too. Ingredients Bakers white chocolate – 2 oz. 4-6 Strawberries sprinkles You will also need a double boiler – don’t use the microwave. Heat up the chocolate and dunk in the washed and dried strawberries. Cover in sprinkles, if you wish! These little berries pack some sweet and tangy flavour. The sprinkles add a nice touch. And, you can add…
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Recipe: Chocolate and Sprinkle Oreos
Chocolate and sprinkle Oreos. White Chocolate? Oreos? Sprinkles? What fun!! Ingredients Bakers white chocolate – 2 oz. 4 Oreo cookies sprinkles You’ll also need a double boiler, or your own homemade method for melting chocolate…I don’t suggest the microwave. Heat up the chocolate until it’s well melted. Dip in your Oreo cookie. Let it dry for about 10 seconds – then delicately dip in a bowl of sprinkles. If you rather, just sprinkle on the sprinkles! Let the cookies dry and parchment paper (if you…
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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…
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Recipe: Southwestern Salad
Southwestern salad time! This is one of my favourite salads to make. It’s full of colour (and you should always eat a rainbow!), it’s hearty, and it tastes delightful. Ingredients 2 avocados 1 orange pepper 2 cups of corn 2.5 cups of black beans 2 roma tomatoes 3 cups of leaf lettuce Cilantro-Sriracha dressing…try it! First – wash and chop the lettuce into small pieces. Next, de-seed the tomatoes (use a spoon to clean out the juicy part) and dice. Cut the orange pepper and…
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Recipe: Brown Bag Popcorn
Popcorn is a must for a Friday night movie, right? Well, let’s try this brown bag popcorn. Do you remember those old air popcorn poppers? They stand up right and have a little measuring scoop at the top – which I actually think has a dual use of measuring the popcorn and melting butter. We don’t have one of those, and although I love popping popcorn on the stovetop, like old fashioned popcorn, sometimes I’m in the mood for something lighter. Brown bag popcorn! Ingredients…
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Recipe: Pecan Cranberry Cookies
Like cranberries? Like pecans? These pecan cranberry cookies are perfect for you. Celebrating day 6 of the 12 days of cookies – 1/2 way there! These cookies are a great little afternoon snack with tea or coffee, or just on their own. Ingredients 1 cup of soft salted butter 1/2 cup of sugar 3 tablespoons of milk 1 tablespoon of vanilla 1/2 teaspoon of salt 2 1/2 cups of flour 1/2 cup of chopped pecans 3/4 cup chopped dried cranberries a bit of extra sugar…
