Superbowl Snack Ideas

Jan 31 | Recipes

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Whether or not you’re having a Superbowl party or watching the game as a family, it is crucial you have some delicious snacks on hand.  I personally “watch” the game for the snacks. 😉

Here are some budget friendly Superbowl snack ideas that you may enjoy:

What are some other great Superbowl snacks?  Please share links in the comments!

Chewy Ginger Crinkles

Dec 12 | Holiday Recipes, Holidays, Recipes

These Ginger Crinkles rank among one of my all time favourite cookies, especially at Christmas time! They're chewy, perfectly spicy and delicious!

These Ginger Crinkles rank among one of my all time favourite cookies, especially at Christmas time!  They’re chewy, perfectly spicy and delicious 🙂

Ginger Crinkles

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These Ginger Crinkles rank among one of my all time favourite cookies, especially at Christmas time! They're chewy, perfectly spicy and delicious!
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Ginger Crinkles
Servings: 3 dozen
Ingredients
  • 2/3 cup vegetable oil I replaced with coconut oil for the health benefits and it worked!
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 2 tsp cinnamon I add a bit more
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • sugar for rolling
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. In a large bowl, whisk oil with sugar, egg and molasses
  3. In a separate bowl, mix flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt
  4. Stir into the molasses mixture to form moist dough.
  5. Shape into 1" (or so) balls with your hands, roll in sugar and place on cookie sheet.
  6. Bake at 350 degrees until flat, cracked and browned; about 12 minutes.

These Ginger Crinkles rank among one of my all time favourite cookies, especially at Christmas time! They're chewy, perfectly spicy and delicious!

Tasty Homemade Cold Weather Drinks (Apple Cider and Warm Vanilla Milk)

Nov 19 | Recipes

I don’t know about you, but I tend to drink a lot of hot drinks this time of the year. I even have a few favorites that I would love to share with you!

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Warm Vanilla Milk
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla
  • Sugar or sweetener of choice
Instructions
  1. Add all the ingredients to a pot.
  2. Sugar (or sweetener of your choice) is added according to your personal taste.
  3. Simmer until steaming!
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Apple Cider
Ingredients
  • Two 1L containers of apple juice
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 tsp whole allspice
  • 1 tsp whole cloves
Instructions
  1. In a large pot, combine apple juice and cinnamon sticks.
  2. Wrap allspice and cloves in a small piece of cheesecloth, and add to pot.
  3. Bring to a boil over high heat.
  4. Reduce heat, and keep warm.
Recipe Notes

Can also be made in a slow cooker!

 

What are your favourite cold weather drinks?

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Delicious Banana Bread Recipe

Oct 26 | Recipes

banana bread recipe

Delicious Banana Bread Recipe

Well, smoothies are being made less often in our house because of the cooler temperatures, so that means bananas are piling up in our freezer. Of course, this also means banana bread is being made more often! (and Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins!)

Here's our delicious banana bread recipe.  Enjoy!

banana bread recipe
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Delicious Banana Bread
Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 bananas mashed
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x5 loaf pan.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and salt.
  3. In a different bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs, vanilla and bananas until well blended.
  4. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture, stir until just moistened.
  5. Pour batter into loaf pan.
  6. Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center. Let cool, then remove from pan.
banana bread recipe

In Season Recipe Round-Up: Apples

Oct 25 | Recipes

Apples straight from the orchards abound this time of year.  So, I’m back with an in season recipe round-up full of apple recipes to help you get the most bang for your apple buck!

By the way, what’s your favourite kind of apple to munch on?  I love ambrosia! 🙂

Breakfast:

Lunch/Dinner:

Desserts:

Snacks:

Drinks:

In Season Recipe Round-up: Pumpkin

Oct 16 | Recipes

How would you guys like to see a semi-regular recipe round up featuring in season produce?  Since in-season produce usually gives you the most bang for your grocery buck, I thought it might be fun to round-up a whole bunch of recipes to give you new ideas on how to use what’s in-season. 🙂

For this first round-up, I’ve gathered a bunch of recipes using Pumpkin!

Breakfast:

Lunch/Dinner:

Desserts:

Breads/Snacks: