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Recipe: Passion Iced Tea
Passion iced tea – who said summer is almost over? Not here! Here it’s a bright and sunny day, the perfect day for some cold refreshing fruit tea. Let’s brew up a batch and enjoy the sun. Ingredients 1 whole lemon 4 bags of passion tea 16 oz of boiling water 1 litre of filtered cold water First, boil your water – I usually use filtered water to let the full flavour of the tea (or coffee, when I make it) come through. Remember a…
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Recipe: Roasted Corn and Arugula Salad
Roasted corn and arugula salad is such a great peppery summer salad. The feta cheese adds some balance to the bite of the arugula; and the roasted corn adds some sweetness, too. Let’s get cooking this bright and fresh summer salad. Ingredients 2 ears of corn on the cob about 4 cups of arugula 1/2 cup of crumbled feta cheese your favourite dressing (poppyseed for me!) First, shuck your corn. Hey, for those of you who buy corn on the cob at the grocery store,…
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Recipe: Chipotle Grilled Watermelon
Chipotle grilled watermelon. Remember a few posts back when I mentioned I’m excited about BBQing? Well, this takes it to a whole new level. This grilled watermelon is full of flavour and can hold any spice you toss at it. Cumin? Sure! Steak spice? Why not?! Chipotle? Yes – my favourite!! Okay, let’s get cooking. Ingredients about 8 slices of watermelon (1 inch thick) 2 tablespoons of canola oil 1/2 tablespoon of chipotle chili flakes 1 teaspoon of cumin salt and pepper to taste First,…
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Recipe: Jalapeño Hamburger Hot Dogs
Jalapeño hamburger hot dogs! What? Yes. Why? Well, a few weeks ago I felt like hot dogs. So weird since that rarely happens. Now, I don’t eat red meat or pork, so I was on the hunt for Butterball turkey (and gluten free!) hot dogs. Do you think I had any luck? No. None. So, I grabbed some Butterball turkey bacon and some ground turkey and though, I can do this! Let’s get cooking. Ingredients 1 pound of ground turkey 1 egg 1/4 cup of…
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Recipe: July 4 Cookies
July 4 cookies. What? Yes, it’s July 4th! Time for fireworks, right? I remember how awesome the beginning of July was were I grew up – on a small border town in Northern Ontario. Fireworks on July 1 and then fireworks 3 days later. It was like yes, summer is here! Okay, let’s get baking. July 4 Cookies These are chocolate chip cookies and are the exact same as these Canada Day Cookies, except I add blue sprinkles to the red and white colours of…
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Recipe: Summer Eats
It’s summer – yes summer! Can you believe it, it’s actually here?! Okay, it’s here on Saturday, yet still – it’s time to get excited. Summer time means summer eats. Okay, let’s get cooking. Below I’ll share some of my all time favourite summer recipes. Some are new, some are old, and all are flat out delicious. Summer Eats Mexican Street Corn Flattened BBQ Chicken Black Bean Burgers Texas Caviar Gluten Free S’mores These summer recipes can of course be eaten any time, yet it’s…
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Recipe: Fajita Kabobs
Fajita kabobs – it’s summer and it’s time to fire up the BBQ. If you’ve been following the blog for the last little bit you know that I’ve been grilling a little more than usual, and that we love Mexican food. Well, here we are making fajita kabobs which I’ll most likely turn into tacos. Okay, let’s get grilling. Ingredients 1 large green pepper 1 large yellow pepper 1 large red onion 2 chicken breasts 2 tablespoons of canola oil 1 teaspoon of bird’s eye…
