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    150 Best Indian, Thai, Vietnamese and More Slow Cooker #Giveaway

    May 20, 2012 - By 

    I love my slow cooker and I adore experimenting with recipe books. So naturally when this one came my way I saw a great opportunity to introduce my family to Indian and Thai food. I have never ever made Indian food before and my family is not accustomed to this style of cooking, so what fun! Anyways this amazing recipe book is all Indian, Thai and Vietnamese. There are over 150 different recipes. The book is published by Robert Rose. It is new and the author is Sunil Vijayakar.$27.95 in Canada. We tried Beef Madras. It was a treat. The…

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    Social Media Superstars: The Second Award Ever!

    May 19, 2012 - By 

    Two weeks ago I announced the start of my Social Media Superstars Award. I gave the first ever to TD/Canada Trust and people were pretty happy about the series. It got a good response and frankly TD earned the award for all the reasons I told you here  Anyways it is time to dish one out again in honor of a company doing social media well, or at least trying to do it well. This week, the company I am highlighting is also Canadian. So Go Canada! Two awards. Two weeks in a row. Both to Canadians. Wow! Listen, I…

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    Mother’s Day: Tenderflake Pie Kits. Bake a Smile and a #Giveaway Chef’s Coat

    May 11, 2012 - By 

    My girls and I love to bake. And we love to be silly too. Because every now and then humor is food for your soul. So for Mother’s Day we shared some silly moments in the kitchen and we tried out Tenderflake’s Easy Pie kits. I mean, really, who doesn’t love pie?Tenderflake easy pie kits and Tenderflake pie shells take the headache out of baking and help simplify process for children in the kitchen. On occasion we make our own crusts and shells, but I love how these make everything just a bit easier and scrumptious too. There are two…

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    Cooking With Kids: 175 Best Babycakes Cake Pop recipes #giveaway

    May 11, 2012 - By 

    Easter cake pops. Daisy cake pops. Pancake bites. Champagne Cake Pops. Oh my gosh! No end to the creations you can make with this cookbook, published by Robert Rose. There is even a gluten free and vegan section in the cake pops book. Hear that my gluten-free fans? No secret here that I love my Babycakes machine. It is amazing. So when I was offered one of these 175 Best Babycakes Cake Pop recipe books to review and give away, well I knew we’d be baking some fun cake pops again. So this is my Thursday feature turned review and…

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    Allan’s Dessert Bites – Chocolate and Cheesecake and Shortcake -Oh My!

    May 8, 2012 - By 

    These scrumptious little treats arrived last week and I had hoped to share with several people, including my readers. But then my family tasted them. And sad to say, that was it. Game over. The kids loved them. I loved them. Dad, well he got a taste or two. But wow. I apologize profusely. My kids liked them a bit too much. I was crazy for strawberry shortcake. These little bite-sized bits by Allan are very flavourful and come in four different varieties. I wouldn’t eat them every day because I am committed to maintaining my #plankaday routine and my…

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    Best Butter Tarts on the Planet

    April 26, 2012 - By 

    Butter tarts are one of my all time favourite treats. We have made these together many times here and every single batch of these quintessentially Canadian treats is an opportunity to experiment. There are so many variations that you can make when it comes to butter tarts. In fact we like our yummy Canadian desserts simple so the flavour shines through with every bite. We’ve dubbed these the best butter tarts on the planet and even writing about them makes me want to go grab the butter and sugar and start baking. Do not scrimp on the filling whatever you…

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    Cooking With Kids: Cake Pops and My BabyCakes

    March 29, 2012 - By 

    So back around Christmas time I spied the amazing Babycakes cake pop maker and instagramed a picture while doing a quick shopportunity for Social Fabric. Well, I heard from several twitter followers how much they loved theirs and I take my lovely reader’s opinions seriously. But it was Christmas and I put that out of my mind for a time. Also this has been an expensive couple of years with furnaces breaking etcetera. Then my Sears rewards points added up. And so I cashed them in a couple months ago. I couldn’t resist using this for my Cooking With Kids…

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    Wonder + Simply Free Blog Tour and Early Canada Day

    July 1, 2011 - By 

    This year we plan to be out of the country for our Canada Day celebration (well at least for the day that Canada Day actually falls on.) That will be odd because we often spend Canada Day at Niagara Falls or at home having a big party. See our family does summer big with multiple birthdays and anniversaries and cottage time and barbequing is a huge part of that tradition. This year though we had a chance to participate in several barbeques leading upto the big day and we helped host one for friends and family, with the help of…

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    Look What Popped Up! Dale and Thomas Gourmet Popcorn: Review and Giveaway

    April 18, 2011 - By 

    Look what popped up! My daughter Payton sampling the amazing Dale and Thomas Chocolate Chunk ‘N Caramel flavoured gourmet popcorn A really generous carton of Dale and Thomas handcrafted gourmet popcorn arrived on my doorstep last week. I love to share and so do Dale and Thomas. In fact it’s their motto. See the logo below. So I am going to give some to you. If you like popcorn and you like delicious gourmet treats you will love this stuff. So keep reading to find out how to win. Dale and Thomas is an American company based in New Jersey. Their…

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    Quaker Wellness Journey

    November 17, 2010 - By 

    My commitment to health and wellness as a Mom is a constant challenge. We are an active family of four and our diet is usually quite healthy, but there is always room for improvement and with that in mind we are tackling the next year or so along with Quaker and Mom Central Canada and Lynn at http://www.quakerjourney.ca/. Our family will be looking for ways to make our diet more natural (see the video clip above) and we welcome feedback from others on what they do and how they make more natural food choices, or where they shop for organics.…