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Crunchy Asian Cole Slaw with Peanut Dressing (plant based/ vegan friendly)
I’ve been getting requests for more salad ideas, so here you go…. Today I give you a recipe, that in my humble opinion is simply perfect on so many levels. Why? Because… It can be made several days in advance, it packs and travels very well for work lunches, tastes delicious and is chock full of healthy ingredients. Seriously, what more can you ask of a humble salad? Prepare a bowl to share as a main meal, or serve it up as a side to your main entrée. The flavours in this salad mix work so well together, the dressing is soooo good, and the end result is a salad…
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Chewy Choco Chips + Nuts Cookie Bars
Here’s one that’s an oldie but a goodie as they say… I tore this recipe out of a magazine back in my teenage years, when I first started taking a liking to cooking. So, it’s been around for a good 35 years. Yikes! My sister and I had a few recipes for cookies and bars that we learned to make on our own, like this one. I remember baking them often because they were pretty easy for a newbie baker with not a lot of kitchen skills or fancy tools. The bars were not very pretty, often with overcooked edges and definitely not picture worthy. But they were chocolatey, chewy,…
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Christmas Salted Chocolate Bark
After waiting with much anticipation I finally got my hands on the holiday issue of the LCBO Food & Drink Magazine. For those of you who are not from Ontario and are wondering what the heck I’m talking about let me explain…. This is a seasonal publication put out by the Liquor Board of Ontario advertising and promoting the latest in wines, liquors and liqueurs, presented in conjunction with a slew of interesting new recipes and other home entertainment ideas. This year’s offering is, as usual, a beauty. In my humble opinion they do an amazing job with it. I always look forward to picking up the latest magazine, but…