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Easter Candy!
Easter Candy Easter is on its way – the bunny is hopping around wanting you to play! Dollar store glass containers – $1.25. Bulk Barn candy, at 50% off – $12.23. Having your husband act like a little kid because of all the treats – priceless! First, visit your local dollar store and purchase some glass vases or containers. These ones are nice, since they’re plain and can be reused for anything. Second, stop by your local Bulk Barn or even Wal*Mart and get some…
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Recipe: Stuffed Jalapeños
Game day snack? Movie treat? TV series marathon? Stuffed Jalapeño made from scratch and baked for a much healthier treat! They are quick and easy… Ingredients 7-9 jalapeños 1/2 cup cheddar, monterey jack and mozzarella cheese 2 tablespoons of cilantro small white onion 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce Slice jalapeños in half, deseed and dice onions. Sauté onions in a bit of oil until rich and brown – set aside to cool. Mix in a large bowl the onions, cilantro, the 3 cheeses and the sriracha…
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Cupid’s Cupcake
Cupid’s Cupcake Wild about Cupcakes is a fabulous cupcake recipe book. My mom got it for me a couple of years ago as a stocking stuffer. Great find, Mom! It’s full of different categories – healthy, chocolate, kiddos, party ideas, and special moments. A bonus, Rachel Lane even offers gluten free, sugar free, dairy free, egg free diabetic friendly options. So awesome! I can’t post the recipe, since that’s a violation of copyright – but you can buy the book, Wild about Cupcakes at Amazon.com.…
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Eats: Super Bowl Snacks 2013
Super Bowl snacks 2013 – the Baltimore Ravens face the San Francisco 49ers – an epic showdown between two brothers – both head coaches. What is needed for this Super Bowl 47? Treats! Eats! and all while being a little healthy!! Super Bowl Snacks 2013 First, try my Spicy Salsa – so fresh, so good and a definite game winner! I made this recipe at a potluck last summer and it was a hit – like gone before everything else type of hit. Try it!…
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Recipe: The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies – Oilers Edition
New York Times rated this recipe the best – like truly the best. One thing, however – you must cook them properly! In this edition, since the NHL decided to come back to life and wake up our city, I though, what better way to show some spirit than with some good eats. Ingredients 2 cups minus 2 tablespoons of cake flour 1 2/3 cups of all purpose flour or bread flour 1 1/4 teaspoons of baking soda, powder and coarse salt 2 1/2 sticks…
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Recipe: No Bake Ice Cream Cake
This is such a fun easy treat – no baking required and it keeps for about 5 days in the freezer (as long as it’s wrapped up in plastic wrap). Nice on a summer day or on a cold winter day when you’re going to have hot chocolate and pie! Ingredients 1 graham cracker crust container of Cool Whip 1 pack of chocolate pudding 2 cups of milk (as per pudding directions) your favourite chocolate bars – 2 of them (Toblerone) Skor chips Reese Minis…
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Marshmallow Pops
Such fun for a birthday, shower, or any old party time treat! These marshmallow pops are quite sweet, so get ready. Ingredients 8 campfire size marshmallows (or use the super size ones) 3 Bakers white chocolate squares Blue food colouring Sprinkles or crushed candy Wooden skewers Melt the Bakers chocolate squares in a double boiler. I don’t have one, so I use a glass bowl over a small pot of water. Once melted, add in the food colouring and keep it on the heat for…
