Chocolate Turtle Bark

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Sweet, salty and chewy chocolate bark. My favorite things all wrapped up in one amazing chocolate package.

Dark Chocolate Cookies

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Pin It These are also known as Double Funk cookies, named by Cymantha at my work. The girls were having a day, as it sometimes happens around the time of the full moon-especially when you work at a hospital- and I asked her to name them. And so they were named due to the funk [...]

Last of the Garden

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Pin It That’s it, that’s all, this gardening girl done for the season folks. Just about time to retire the garden category and start posting more house things. Like, I dunno. Christmas stuff? Yah, that’ll work, I’ll just fill the void of gardening with household yammer. Lucky. You. Mebbe I’ll get all crafty this winter [...]

How To: Make Your Own Chocolates

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Pin It You guessed it right,  blue stars for Star Wars. Part of the crazy week of making things for my son’s birthday. Coming soon from the Kitchen Magpie near you: R2D2 birthday cake, complete with cursing and wondering why I don’t just buy a cake. But for now, it’s all about the chocolates in [...]

Maisie’s Magical Christmas House Sneak Peek

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Pin It It isn’t officially open to the public until Friday, November 19th, but Mike and I took the kids, grabbed a hot chocolate and toured the house. And it’s not because I got a special tour. I um, kinda just showed up with the family in tow while Jerry Dolynchuk tested things out. (click [...]

Dum Dum de Dum

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Pin It I figured the Imperial March from Star Wars sums up the mood of the week. Dark, dirge-like, morose yet powerful with a triumphant- I hope -ending. Just click the video and hum along with me. This is the soundtrack  to my week. I am in the middle of preparing for a Star Wars [...]

Is There Therapy For People Like Me?

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Pin It Aaaah. Christmas time’s  a ‘coming. And it always comes a little bit earlier to our house.  Just a leeetle, not too much. Ok fine. It comes early, I am crazy and we set up the tree on Remembrance Day this year. Can I get away with it by claiming that I really have [...]

Lemon Blueberry Muffins : Lighter Version

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Pin It I had a slightly scrungy lemon in the fridge, not nice enough to slice up and make any use of aesthetically, not bad enough to throw out. If there is one thing that drives me up the wall, it’s produce being wasted and it’s something I am working really hard on. This lemon [...]

Baba’s Own Perogies/Cabbage Rolls Fundraiser!

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Pin It Alrighty people. My son’s school needs new dark-out blinds for the school gym. You wouldn’t think this is high on the list of needs for a school, but when your children attend an arts core school that has multiple theatrical performances in said gym, you need dark out blinds. And that’s just the [...]

Downtown Edmonton Chili Cook Off 2010

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Friday was the 20th annual Chili Cook Off, held by the Downtown Business Association here in Edmonton. I was lucky enough to be asked to judge the amazing chili’s that were created by companies and restaurateurs alike. I haven’t heard any final numbers yet but it looked incredibly busy,  here’s hoping that the Alberta Council [...]

Pasulj

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Pin It   Tis the season for soup! And there is nothing I like better than a soup that you use a ham bone in for flavor. Which I didn’t have at the time, but after a Christmas ham, this will be a soup I will make. From Wikipedia: Pasulj or Grah (Serbian Cyrillic: Пасуљ) [...]

Git Yer Spoons A’ Ready Partners!

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Pin It Alright, alright, catchy titles may not be my strong suit. However, I have the honor of attending the 20th Annual Chili Cook Off this Friday. As a judge! What better way to spend a morning then tasting all sorts of -I am sure they will be- amazing chilis! All in the name of [...]

Time To Get Rid of That Candy!

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Pin It I am getting more and more merciless every year! Now the candy has barely been looked at and we are getting rid of it. Listen. My hips do not need it in the house. I have a control problem when it comes to mini Coffee Crisp. They are just the right size to [...]

Apple Pie Pancakes

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Pin It Alrighty, first of all, these are not as bad as they sound. Sometimes when coming up with names for recipes, you have to take into consideration who you are naming them for. Namely in this case, my children. And the short one insisted that she did NOT want anything other than plain pancakes. [...]

Oh, I’m Still Around

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And boy, does this family love Halloween! Impatiently waiting for costumes and dances and chocolate…..and that’s just me.

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