Our family loves homemade pancakes and they are so easy to make with just a few basic ingredients. The job of making pancakes takes just literally minutes…especially if things are pre-mixed and ready to go. Today I am sharing with you our BEST pancake recipe mix, that makes beautifully light & fluffy pancakes, and when the dry-ingredients are pre-mixed, it makes a fantastic gift when paired with a bottle of maple syrup or even a flavored butter. Here is the recipe that our family has used for years and years. The recipe is tripled so it make a nice big Read More »
Christmas Mug Cake Gift
I want to share with you a last minute gift idea which I made up for some girlfriends last night for Christmas. I love pretty packages, and when I saw these cute sweater-wrapped mugs at the dollar store, I couldn’t help but pick up a few to make something pretty out of them! I thought they would be perfect for mug cake gift…and gift cards too! Who doesn’t love some warm cake on a cold winter’s night…especially when you can make it easily and quickly in the microwave and it tastes so good? And here’s what’s brilliant…the mug cakes are Read More »
Chocolate Cherry Cookies {Gluten Free}
I love Christmas cookies and I love sharing them when people drop by to visit! With more and more people eating a gluten free diet for health reasons, I like to make sure that I have a few treats made for my gluten free friends and family that might pop by. This year I used my tried and true Chocolate Dream cookie recipe to whip up these cherry cookies….but with one simple change. Williams Sonoma very kindly sent me a bag of their Cup 4 Cup Flour to try in some of my Christmas baking this year. I have never Read More »
Delicious Taco Dip
My husband has no words for this dip! It is so good that he just wants to eat it! The whole family loves this Taco Dip and it is not only a delicious appetizer but can also be a stand in for a casual supper when served with a salad. Made with hamburger and some other store bought ingredients, it takes about 20 minutes to put together before going into the oven for the final baking. This dip has a delicious taco flavor, and you can also your favorite cheese and veggies to make it even better! And I have Read More »
Gift Card Bag or Christmas Table Favor
If you have been following my blog for any length of time, you know that I adore pretty tables and things in small little bags. I am always looking for some little favor to jazz up a place setting or make into a tiny gift. You might remember that I shared this Christmas Favor a few weeks ago, but I wanted to share a super easy idea for a gift card OR a table favor that you could make in just a few minutes with a few supplies and a glue gun. You know that a girl and her glue Read More »
Baked Crab & Cheese Dip
We love seafood as part of our Christmas celebrations, and we often traditionally have lobster rolls for Christmas Eve dinner. However, another favourite of ours is this Crab & Cheese Dip! It is so creamy and perfect for dipping veggies and crackers. And if you serve it with rice crackers, it is a completely gluten-free appetizer as well! I know there are many families who have their own recipe for this dip and there are different versions with slightly varying ingredients. However, after tasting a few versions, this is our favourite recipe to make…we love the smokiness of the added Read More »
Cajun Potato Skins with Cheese, Bacon & Green Onion
It’s Day 2 of Holiday Appetizers Week and I am back to share another finger food that we love! This one is great to serve during cold weather, and is it any surprise that our favorite appetizers tend to include bacon? Or sour cream? This is our family’s favorite appetizer…and it can also be a lunch or dinner too. You can add a salad. Or not. It’s fine on it’s own. And it’s an appetizer that never fails to disappear in a crowd…it’s that good! This appetizer takes some time to create, but the extra time is so worth it! Read More »
Over 50 Holiday Ideas For Kids at Simply Create!
This is the last week of school before Christmas break and soon lots of excited children will be home with lots of energy and looking for things to do! This Fall, I had the amazing opportunity to work with Nestle and a whole team of talented bloggers to create crafts, recipes and other amazing ideas that are the perfect projects to keep your little kids and big kids entertained during the holidays! You will find so many inspiring and colorful projects on the Simply Create site, that you won’t need to look any further! I had the pleasure of creating Read More »
Oven Roasted Cheese & Apples Appetizer
One of the things that I love about the holidays…..appetizers! Welcome to Holiday Appetizers Week! This week I am featuring a week of yummy appetizers…along with a group of blogging friends who are also sharing delicious appetizer recipes! Oh how I love appetizers! I could eat them every day instead of meals. And when I find a great appetizer recipe…I love making it and sharing it with friends! This one, which features one of the Canadian Cheese Grand Prix winners, is not only delightfully easy for the host…..it is also melt-in-your-mouth good! The sweetness of the apples taste wonderful with Read More »
Yarn & Pom Pom Monogram Ornaments
I am crazy over all things 1970’s…like pom-poms and yarn. They remind me of my childhood and playing in my Grandmother’s knitting basket. I have seen many different versions of yarn ornaments around in stores and I thought they would make a great project for at home. They are super easy to make, budget-friendly and would be great for an afternoon of fun with kids or even a girls’ get-together. And they look pretty darn sweet on the tree too! The supplies are very easy to find too! For this project, you will need: Wood letters, or you could Read More »
Christmas Flower Cookies
I love pretty cookies at Christmas! In my kitchen this week, I had some fun making these darling cookies with some new items from the Cake Boss line from Canadian Tire and which was so generously sent to me by Canadian Tire for my Christmas baking projects. These cookies may look a little bit complicated, but they are very easy to make using the Flower Cookie Pan from the Cake Boss line. These cookies are so cute to add to any cookie plate during the holiday season. And a simple sugar cookie or spritz cookie recipe will work for this baking Read More »
Christmas House Tour 2013
Hello everyone! I am so happy that you are here! I hope you are keeping well during this very busy holiday season! I have finally finished the final touches of Christmas decorating our home. I had to run out and buy some fresh greenery as the last step. Fresh greenery smells so good and makes a home feel so very festive! I think that adding fresh greenery is the easiest decorating tip for any holiday home, and along with white and pops of red, it is a great way to achieve a really cozy holiday look! I love seasonal pillows Read More »
Cherry Slice Icebox Cookies
I clearly remember my mom making ‘icebox’ cookies when I was a little girl. They are a marvel to have in the fridge at Christmas time….just take out and slice and bake! Mixing up the easy dough before is key, but this recipe is very easy to make up as it only take a few minutes. And they taste wonderfully of a brown sugar dough with the sweet taste of cherries. These types of ‘icebox cookie’ recipes have been around for years…and were the original convenience type cookies. Here is an old recipe found on the Purity Flour spiral bound Read More »
Christmas Petit Fours
Hello everyone! I cannot believe it’s Day 4 of cookie week already. It’s been so fun sharing some of my Christmas baking with you! I hope you have been inspired and found a new recipe or two from among the 8 bloggers partying together! My ‘cookie’ today is actually something very simple for the non-baker! It’s made with pound cake that you buy at the grocery store, and then you add special touches at home to create a special little somethin’ somethin’ that looks pretty on any Christmas plate! This is also a great project to make with kids and Read More »
Sugar Cookies with Maple Butter & Fresh Nutmeg
Let me just say that this is the world’s BEST sugar cookie. Why? Because it uses very simple, basic ingredients, tastes wonderfully tender and buttery, AND it is a drop cookie! That means no time-consuming rolling and cutting….just easy drops off the end of the spoon. And this cookie is absolutely melt-in-your mouth good! With the addition of maple butter and fresh nutmeg, you will positively swoon! Here is the recipe and it comes from my Grandmother’s kitchen. We have used this recipe for years! *SUGAR COOKIES* {makes 3 1/2 dozen} Ingredients: 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 2 Read More »
Our Most Amazing California Adventure: San Francisco
{This is a mom-daughter vacation that my teen daughter and I took to California this summer…very generously provided through Disney Parks Canada &Travel California.} Now that our city is covered in snow for the winter, I can’t help but to think back to the most amazing California adventure that my daughter & I enjoyed this summer. If winter has you thinking of a warm weather family vacation in the not-too-distant future, I have some great suggestions on where you may want to visit. Let’s start with San Francisco, shall we? Where do you go when you want to enjoy a Read More »
Christmas Chip Cookies
One of my favourite ways to whip up a bunch of easy Christmas cookies is to take a family recipe and change it’s ‘outfit’. You know…dress ’em up for Christmas with some candy, sprinkles or melted chocolate. While walking the aisles of bulk barn recently, I came across ‘Vanilla Christmas Chips’ and I said immediately, “You are coming home with me!” I knew that they would be an easy sell with kids..I mean C’MON…they looks so cute and Christmas-y! Once at home, I knew these cute morsels had to jump into a batch of chocolate chip cookies…minus the chocolate chips Read More »
Peppermint Bark Cookies
Welcome to Christmas Cookie Week 2013! This year, 8bloggers have come together to share a daily recipe for yummy and delicious cookies that we hope will inspire you during this season of Christmas baking! We come from different parts of Canada, with one friend joining us from Alabama, but we all share a joy of baking which makes for love…fresh from the oven! Peppermint Ice Cream. Peppermint Bark. Mmmm. They are favourites of mine during the holiday season. And the Peppermint Bark from Williams Sonoma…total awesome-sauce! So, so good! I thought it would be fun to de-construct this treat and re-imagine them Read More »
Creamy Coconut Curry Vegetables
I had so much fun creating some Indian food this month that I cannot wait to share this recipe with you! You might remember how last month I shared how I am a Patak’s Ambassador and I will be sharing a special recipe each month with the help of delightful and flavorful Patak’s products. This month, I created a Creamy Coconut Curry Vegetable dish and it is so, so good and perfect as a tummy-warming supper after a cold winter’s day. As part of being of Patak’s Ambassador, I was challenged to visit an Indian restaurant to sample Indian food Read More »
A Holiday Table with Roast Chicken
Disclosure: I am participating in the Chicken Farmers of Canada campaign. I received special perks in exchange for my participation in this campaign. The opinions on this blog are my own. I love this time of year because it`s all about family & friends, good food and fun. There is nothing that I enjoy more than inviting loved ones over for a meal to help celebrate the season. However, if you were to ask me, I could not tell you which I enjoy more….the fun company, creating a pretty table OR making a delicious meal.I am one of those Read More »
Easy Christmas Cake Pop Party!
I love doing things with kids for Christmas! And even though my kids are older now, they will tell you how I still want them to do fun things with me because I am still really the kid at heart! And I have designed this ‘Cake Pop Party’ with the busy Mom in mind! I have a few things to share with you to let you know that you can pull this off in an hour! I know we all see really gorgeously styled parties around the inter webs, but we can still make the simple things gorgeous! And remember Read More »
Easy Holiday Family Gift
I love creating gift baskets. There is just something so fun about putting a group of things into a basket that makes it look so special when packaged all together.I know sometimes that it can be hard to find a gift for a family with children of different ages, so I came up with this basket of things that can be used to create a family night..and the best part is no dishes! To start, I searched my local Goodwill to find baskets/buckets to use for the gift bundle. I found this awesome tin bucket for just 50 cents. Read More »
Pretty Christmas Table Favors or Gifts
I love, love, love table favors! They can take plain dishes and a plain table from ordinary to extra-ordinary with just a little effort…but the effect can often be stunning! I was on the search this year for a pretty table favor for our Christmas dinner this year which will include 6-7 people. I knew that I wanted a table favor to meet 2 requirements…first-chocolate and second-big enough to look pretty on a plate. And I think this fits the bill and it is very easy to make! All you need to start is a stack of your favourite good Read More »
DIY Ribbon Flower Wreath & Wreath Blog Hop!
One of the things I love about Christmas is seeing wreaths on front doors. It just seems so magical to see a festive wreath on a door…it says ‘welcome’ right away and radiates a kind of joy and peace. This week I made this lovely for our front door and I love it’s joyful colours. It wasn’t hard to make and didn’t take a lot of time…under an hour. To make this project, my starting point was 3 kinds of beautiful ribbon supplied by May Arts. I chose a black plaid along with a green and red to compliment because these Read More »
Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Gingerbread was always my brother’s favourite growing up. He loved my mother’s gingerbread with hard sauce…especially when it was still warm from the oven. It is the quintessential in a traditional Christmas dessert…filling the house with lovely fragrant smells that remind me of those childhood days. I have updated our family gingerbread recipe into cupcakes with cream cheese frosting with red sugar sprinkles and the most adorable gingerbread men decorations for a fancy bakery look perfect for gift-giving or company or to make with kids. This is our family recipe for gingerbread, and it makes delicious cupcakes too. The texture Read More »
Christmas Mantle 2013
In between crafting projects and kitchen messes, I have been working away at decorating my mantle for the holiday season. I have dubbed it the ‘nostalgic’ mantle because this year’s design includes an oil-style red lantern, pine cones, my grandmother’s knitting basket and wool carders that belonged to my great-grandparents. And in addition to these special family relics, I have mixed in fresh Norfolk pine trees. I love the faint smell of the fresh green trees…it just makes the house smell like Christmas! And as much as I tried to go for a bit of a more modern look this Read More »
Christmas Cookie Decorating Kit In A Cup for Kids
One of my very favourite things to do for Christmas when I was a kid was decorating sugar cookies! My mother used to make rolled & cut sugar cookies by the pan and give us pale pink and green frosting along with those little silver balls to decorate and it was total awesome-sauce for us kids! I honestly dont know a kid alive who doesnt love decorating cookies…even if its only for 5 mintues before they run off to play. I though that COOKIE DECORATING KITS IN A CUP would be perfect for kids AND busy moms! These kits are Read More »
DIY Christmas Wreath
Let’s talk Christmas wreaths, shall we? Do you have a Christmas wreath that you hang up every year and you used to like it….but now…maybe not so much? Do you keep hanging it up year after year, or do you pass it on? I found myself recently in this dilemma where I was so tired of a large wreath that I put it in the Goodwill pile yet again, only to pull it out thinking that it could become a DIY project. Except this time I FINALLY did it! I took the bull by the horns and make a completely Read More »
Outdoor Christmas Decor
Despite the snow that we have had for a week now, I put on warm boots and a coat and got outside to do some outdoor decorating on our front porch for Christmas. It was so nice to get some fresh air, however brisk, and creating a new vignette for a new season always makes me feel warm inside. Creating vignettes is one of my very favourite things! I started by creating this table vignette with some natural elements combined with a pops of red. This is my second year of decorating in red & white {after years of decorating Read More »
Easy Paper Straw Snowflakes
These little beauties are so easy to make that they are a perfect family project or great for a classroom full of children. Easy Paper Straw Snowflakes….it’s just one of those crafts that just works! I think a whole Christmas tree covered in paper straw snowflakes would be a fabulous sight to see. And a collection hung in a window would be super pretty too! To make this craft, the main ingredient is a collection of pretty paper straws. I used 3 different patterns of straws to create different looks in red & white. Here are the supplies needed: Supplies: Read More »
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