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Easy Appetizers: Taco Dip
Taco Dip My mother has been making taco dip for parties and events for as long as I can remember. It’s always a hit. The main reason it’s always so popular is that it has ground beef in it! Most taco...
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Easy Appetizers: Cheese Ball
Cheese Ball One of the favourite appetizers at my family’s Christmas has always been Cheese Ball. Although not the healthiest recipe, it is completely delicious on rice crackers, regular crackers or...
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Easy Appetizers: Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts
Bacon wrapped water chestnuts are always a very popular appetizer. They are salty, they are crunchy and quite frankly, who doesn’t like bacon? I make these every year for my annual Christmas party....
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Scrumptious Saturday: Chicken Divan
My mom has made chicken divan for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid, she hadn’t yet mastered the fine art of gourmet cooking so she stuck with simple yet delicious meals. Since I’ve become...
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Scrumptious Saturday: Ratatouille Soup
Ratatouille Soup It’s time for another delicious meal that will warm your bones! I love eating soups in the winter. Nothing beats a warm bowl of hearty soup on a cold winter day. This ratatouille soup...
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Easy Crockpot Chicken
Easy Crockpot Chicken There are two days in our week that are just hectic. To make the tight timing of it work, dinner has to be very quick or in the crock pot. I find myself leaning towards the...
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Healthy Valentines Day Treats: Strawberry Hearts
Healthy Valentines Day Treats: Strawberry Hearts Valentine’s Day… oh the anticipation of opening your little homemade mailbox to see what goodies were inside. I think this is why all of us love...
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Super Simple Tomato Salad
Simple Tomato Salad This is the part of the winter where I start dreaming of spring and my garden. You might think February is too early to start planning, but it’s really not! If you’re starting...
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Valentine’s Day Dipped Wafers
Looking for a simple treat to make for Valentine’s Day? Look no further than these dipped wafers. Not only do these cookies look fabulous, they also taste fabulous. Even better than that, they require...
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Scrumptious Saturday: Toddler Meal Ideas
I have a 19 month old little girl who will eat just about anything. I feel the need to explore a world of different foods as a result. I know as she gets older she will probably reach a point where...
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Scrumptious Saturday: Easy Pancakes 2 Ways
Pancakes: Everyone loves them, not everyone keeps buttermilk in their refrigerator to make them from scratch. That’s where boxed pancake mix comes in. There is no shame to be had in using the boxed...
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Scrumptious Saturday: Simple Banana Cream Pie
Unless you have a severe aversion to bananas, there’s no doubt you love banana cream pie. I bet that even you dairy-free folks know you would love a big ol’ piece of banana cream pie. Sadly, this...
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Homemade GORP | 5-Minute Trail Snacks
Homemade GORP GORP is just a fancy way of saying delicious trail mix with chocolate in it. There’s nothing that quite says hiking like a reusable bag full of GORP. To me, it brings back memories of...
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Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes Even Dad Can Make!
Mother’s Day Those two words can strike fear into the hearts of husbands everywhere. It’s the one day each year they are expected to corral the kids into the kitchen and whip up a breakfast fit for a...
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Lazy Lemonade & Parenting with a Twist | #BubblesMyWay
My parenting for the past week has changed. I went from being a stay at home, maternity leave mom back to my full-time working gig. As any working mom will tell you, this is no small feat. Any family...
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Homemade Potato Salad {Vegan, Gluten-Free, Egg-Free}
Homemade Potato Salad Camping food. It can be good, bad and ugly. It can make or break your trip – because let’s face it, who wants to spend hours in the kitchen while you’re enjoying the great...
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Campfire Cooking: 5 Best Recipes
Campfire Cooking Camp fire seems to give food a little je ne sais pas. Or maybe we’re all so hungry from all the outdoor adventures we have enjoyed that day? Either way, I can state truthfully – the...
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Real Food Camping: Quick & Easy Menu
Real Food Camping As the first long weekend of the year rolls around, we are packing up to go camping. I love quick & easy recipes that I can prepare in advance for quick meals outside. Although...
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BBQ Recipe Roundup
It’s the first official long weekend of summer here in Canada – Victoria Day. It’s not shaping up to be overly warm but that won’t stop us from firing up the barbecue! Next weekend is Memorial Day for...
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Spruce Up Your Salads!
Summer is upon us which means it’s salad season! I’m notorious for preparing meal-size salads for dinner. Salads can be very filling as long as you add some protein. Here is a big list of things to...
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Get Outdoors: Simple Camping Treats & Drinks #BubblesMyWay
Simple Camping Treats & Drinks I admit, I ensure we eat pretty healthy at home most of the time. But while we’re camping we tend to have our S’mores and eat them too. And why not? With all of the...
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Copycat: Colourful Quinoa Salad
Colourful Quinoa Salad We have been obsessed Costco shopping ever since my mother in law introduced us to warehouse shopping. Since moving to the mountains, we get most of our meat from Costco, and...
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Canada Day Recipes {Roundup}
It’s hard to believe that the May long weekend is behind us and that Canada Day is quickly approaching. For many people, an outdoor barbecue or picnic is on the agenda for the day. Here’s a selection...
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Simplified Strawberry Shortcake
It’s officially summer which means it’s officially strawberry season. Ontario strawberries are some of the most delicious I have ever eaten. Miss O loves when we go to the market on Friday mornings –...
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Pasta Salad: Two Ways
Pasta Salad: Two Ways We both love easy-to-make simple pasta salads for outdoor entertaining in summer. As a hostess, I’m always rushing around at the last minute putting the finishing touches on the...
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Bahmi Goreng
Bahmi Goreng (also spelled Bami Goreng) is an Indonesian dish that is commonly known as a Dutch dish. My dad is Dutch and made this dish regularly when I was a kid. I recently had a craving for it so...
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Avocado Quesadilla
Looking for a quick and simple meal to whip up for you and the kids for lunch? Look no further than this simple avocado quesadilla. You only need 4 ingredients to make a simple, healthy lunch that...
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3 Mason Jar Salads + 1 Soup
3 Easy Mason Jar Salads & 1 Soup I think I’ve binge watched too much Jake and the Neverland Pirates on Netflix as of late. The song “Grab ‘Em & Go” got stuck in my head and seems to play on...
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Simple Veggie Dip Cups
Simple Veggie Dip Cups Each month, I get the preschool newsletter. Inevitably, there is a party. Each time, slips are placed on the table asking parents to bring in a food item to contribute. My...
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Simple Rainbow Fruit Kabobs
We have a rainbow obsession at my house. Every day when we are dressing Miss P, I ask the question “rainbow pants today?” if they are clean, they win out every time. Rainbow colours blending together...
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Simple Gluten Free Snacks
In my parent’s home, there weren’t any convenient snack foods lying around. If you asked for a snack, 9 times out of 10 they’d put an Ontario-grown Macintosh apple in your hand. If they were out of...
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Rainbow Peanut Butter Snack Bites
Working with kids in the kitchen is not as hard as it may seem, it just requires patience. The other key is a simple recipe that works for the attention span of your kids. Lately, my children have...
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Kitchen Skills are Life Skills
Working in the kitchen with my kids is always a joy. It does require a little balancing and being able to be flexible on your feet. When we were working on the Rainbow Peanut Butter Snack Bites, both...
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Peachy White Wine Sangria
Nothing says summer like a glass of sangria. I’m a big fan of white sangria, mostly because I don’t particularly like red wine. I also find it so refreshing! Adding peaches to it just makes it feel...
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Yogurt-Filled Raspberries
We recently went raspberry picking and acquired quite the container of raspberries. Although we enjoy eating raspberries simply plain and on their own, I wanted to spruce them up a little bit. We...
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Banana Bread Muffins
One of my favourite things to make when I’ve got some old bananas hanging around is banana bread. I have posted my recipe before but I decided to tweak it just a little bit and turn it into muffins....
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Ranch Pasta Salad
Pasta salad is one of my summer go-to recipes. When I’ve got a stack of fresh veggies in my fridge that are on their last legs, this is the best way to use them all up. If there’s one thing my...
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4 Ingredient Sure Fire, Simple To Make Stuffing
When a few of the members of my family went gluten-free, a big point of contention was the fact there was now no stuffing within the turkey. In my household, because we favour ham for special...
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Walnut Cheese Ball + An Inspired Wine Pairing
During the holidays, it’s the time where I can enjoy the soft glow of my Christmas tree and sit with a glass of wine and relax. One of my favourite parts of Alberta Christmas is that we are not in a...
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10 Delicious Green Smoothies
St. Patrick’s Day is almost upon us. This is the time of year where we celebrate with everything green. From decorations throughout your home to drinking green beer on March 17th. After consuming all...
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Easter Treat: Dipped Marshmallows
Miss O has a short attention span. She wants to help in the kitchen but doesn’t want to wait around and has little patience. She wants to do it now, get it done and go play with her toys. So I try to...
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Chicken Tortilla Soup
10 Chicken Tortilla Soup The weather is warm enough that I want to be eating light, fresh, spring inspired foods. But it’s freezing out there today. This soup is the perfect compromise. It’s light and...
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Strawberry Vanilla Greek Yogurt Pops
These last couple of weeks we have been getting a bit of a preview of the warm summer months ahead. We’re not quite there yet, but this has me switching gears in the kitchen to full on summer cooking...
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Happy Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
Who doesn’t love Chocolate Chip Cookies? If you’re going to celebrate Chocolate Chip Cookie day, you might as well go with the classic. The back of the Chippits bag has been the place to find my...
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Cilantro Salmon with Rice
Cilantro Salmon with Rice There was a time when my kids thought fish for dinner was just “ewww.” As you can tell they weren’t fans. And neither was my hubby – he’s a big meat and potatoes guy and that...
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Peach Carrot Smoothie
Peach Carrot Smoothie My kids are huge smoothie fans. You get the blender out – especially in the morning – and they come running to see what your latest creation is going to be. I started them off...
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Date Night + 4 Finger Food Recipes
Date Night In Last month, date night for us was a total budget buster. We dropped the kids off at the local indoor playground ($45), had supper ($60), and then didn’t know what to do with ourselves...
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Grape Jelly BBQ Sauce Meatballs
Grape Jelly BBQ Sauce Meatballs It just feels like crockpot season again to me! I can’t quite put my finger on if it’s because of the cooler nights and a few dashes of snow, or if that daylight...
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Dipped Oreos
Dipped Oreos Several years ago, I made these treats as a gift one Christmas and ate entirely too many of them. Surfing through the archives more recently, I came across them and was struck by just how...
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Easy Holiday Baking on a Budget
Easy Holiday Baking on a Budget For some, the words Cookie Exchange and Bake Sale only serve to add pressure to an already stressful time. But baking doesn’t have to be hard or expensive. Over the...
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