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Blog posts November 2014

Chocolate Yule Log

Second free magazine 'Living Better' by Walmart had a delicious looking cake that seemed simple to make.  I tried to find the recipe on their website but it only looks like it's in print.

Prep time: 45 mins
Chilling time: 8 hrs 
Total time: 1 hr 5+ mins

Cake:

3/4 c All purpose flour
1/4 c cocoa po…

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Sauerbraten

The free magazine that Thrifty Foods puts out occasionally has recipes that scream out 'make me' and this last edition happened to be one time I agreed.

Coincidentally my boyfriend is part German so I thought I'd make him this traditional dish.

Sauerbraten

Let's start with the ingredients:

1 1/2…

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Baked Vanilla Glazed Donut Holes

When I started dating my boyfriend I bragged that I could make donuts from scratch.  The baked kind, not the oil dunked.  And I finally got around to getting them in the oven.  My good ol friend Pinterest lead me to this recipe which is courtesy of Diethood.com.  Which I just checked out and she…

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Clam Chowder Soup

Growing up, I was not a fan of this soup but once I matured my palette as a teenager it became a favorite meal.  This recipe is from Canadian Living but has a few tweaks courtesy of my amazing chef Mom.

  • 2 cans (each 5 oz/142 g) whole baby clams (I used a 400 gram can)
  • 8 slices bacon, choppe…

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General Tso’s Chicken w/ Peanuty Green Beans

Often I get stumped on what to make my BF for dinner.  I like to try advanced recipes just to see if I can actually make something a bit more complicated.  Lately I've been on a roll and haven't made anything unpalatable.

My coworker Caitlin suggested this recipe from Inspired Dreamer she made re…

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