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Easy Buttermilk-Rhubarb Muffins with Sugar Crumble Topping

Jackie Currie — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:01:26 +0000

Making these easy Buttermilk-Rhubarb muffins is one of my favourite ways to use fresh Rhubarb in springtime. These muffins are always moist and delicious, and the crunchy sugar topping is wonderful with the tart and tangy rhubarb. Rhubarb muffins have always been a favourite springtime treat in our family. All my life, in every house I’ve ever lived...

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread with Whole Wheat Flour and Coconut Oil

Jackie Currie — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:19:54 +0000

Oh YUM!

If you're looking for an amazing recipe for fall, you have to try this pumpkin chocolate chip bread!

I make it with coconut oil and swap out some of the flour for whole wheat flour.

You're free to use butter and all purpose flour if that's what you prefer. Either way, you'll love it.

It's SO GOOD (and a great way to use up a cup of pumpkin puree left over from other recipes!

Click the link below to get the recipe!

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Jackie Currie — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 06:45:29 +0000

Honest to goodness. If you haven't tried these cookies yet, you have to make them. They're one of my families all time favourites, and everyone who tastes them goes nuts for them.

I know the combo sounds a little odd, but Mmmmmmm.... you have to trust me on this. Best Cookies EVER!

Click the link below for the printable recipe! GO!

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How to Make S’mores in the Microwave

Karli Bitner — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:07:07 +0000

You don't have to give up S'mores just because summer and campfire season has come to an end.

You can enjoy them all year round with this quick and easy recipe!

The best part? Your kids will be able to make them with little or no assistance!

Great for after-school snacks and sleep-over parties!

Click the link below to see how to make them!

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Easter Egg Fruity Pebbles Rice Krispie Treats

Jackie Currie — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:04:54 +0000

Hey Lovely! I just wanted to share this awesome Easter treat idea with you.

Last year, I made these colourful Easter egg treats using a traditional Rice Krispy Treat recipe and Fruity Pebbles.

They were super-easy to make and they turned out so cheery and bright!

They're shaped like real eggs, and super-easy to make. And because the cereal is so colourful, there's no need for food colouring or sprinkles or icing.

They're perfect for a classroom party or for your own kids or daycare kids!

Check out how pretty they are, and get the printable recipe with the link below!

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How to Make Maple Syrup Snow Candy – 3 Simple Steps

Jackie Currie — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 23:09:02 +0000

Mmmm! Make real maple syrup snow candy in your own backyard! 3-easy steps and just 2 ingredients: maple syrup and snow! This simple, traditional, Canadian treat is so much fun to make. You and your kids will love the process! And I'll bet you'll love the taste too!

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3-Ingredient Vanilla SNOW Ice Cream

Jackie Currie — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 15:13:13 +0000

It's snowing! It's snowing! We finally have SNOW!

We can finally make Snow ice cream!

Have you tried it?

I know, I know... first time I heard of it, I thought it sounded weird too, but we made it this last year, and guess what!

It's freaking amazing!!

It's honestly the best ice cream you'll ever taste.

And all you need to make it is fresh, clean snow, vanilla extract and condensed milk!

It's seriously delicious, and such a fun activity to do with your kids or students on a cold, winter day!

Get out there, and gather a bowlful of snow, and make it with your family today!

Click the link below for the printable recipe!

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Cinnamon-Sugar Tortillas {Edible Bowls and Shaped Crips}

Jackie Currie — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 07:00:57 +0000

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This recipe is so simple it will blow your mind. It will blow your taste-buds too!

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Easy Candy Cane Bark with Crushed Candy Canes and Chocolate Chips

Jackie Currie — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 04:18:22 +0000

Ok, my Lovelies! I came up with the easiest recipe the other day! I made this amazing chocolate chip and candy cane bark using just 3 ingredients! It took about 10 minutes from start to finish, and YUM... my family is going nuts for it! If you're looking for an awesome treat to make for holiday entertaining or to give to teachers, friends and neighbours, you will LOVE how easy this one is to make! Check it out!

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Homemade Maple-Pecan Granola with Chickpeas and Quick Oats

Jackie Currie — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 19:51:52 +0000

EEeek!

Guess what I made!

Homemade granola for the very first time, and it's SO GOOD!

Crispy-crunchy, maple-cinnamony, It's hard to believe it's healthy! But it is!

It's packed with protein and there's no salt, sugar or unhealthy fats in it. It's amazing by the handful or sprinkled on top of yogurt or ice cream.

And hello... have you ever seen anything prettier??

Click the link below to check it out!

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21 Spectacular Smore’s Recipes (No Campfire Necessary!)

Jackie Currie — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 23:33:13 +0000

S'mores aren't just for summer!

Here are 21 incredible S'mores treats and desserts you can make at home without a campfire!

Perfect for birthday parties, holiday entertaining or a family movie night at home!

Click the link below to see them all!

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Perfectly Roasted Pumpkin Seeds with Olive Oil and Sea Salt

Jackie Currie — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 15:35:17 +0000

Learn how to roast pumpkin seeds after carving your Halloween pumpkin! Baking pumpkin seeds has been an annual tradition in our house for years. To keep our toasted pumpkin seeds on the healthier side, we bake ours in the oven with olive oil and sea salt. Golden-brown and crispy, these pumpkin seeds are easy to make, and...

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Easy Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries and a Trick to Make Them Perfect Every Time

Jackie Currie — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 15:52:42 +0000

Mmmm! It's berry season, and one of my favourite things to make with fresh berries is chocolate-dipped strawberries!

Today, I'm showing you how to do it so you WON'T get that annoying flat puddle of chocolate under one side of the berry.

It's so easy, even a kid can do it!

Check it out, and then add these babies to your must-serve list when you're entertaining this summer!

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Oreo-Brownie Flowerpot Cakes for Birthdays and Garden Parties

Jackie Currie — Sun, 14 May 2017 00:23:59 +0000

If you have a spring or summer birthday party coming up, and you're looking for a creative (and super-easy) alternative to birthday cake, you have to check out these adorable Oreo-Brownie Flowerpot cakes!

Kids will LOVE digging into the layers of chocolate, and finding candy rocks and gummy worms! And they look so realistic, you'll totally fool your guests! Check them out, and let me know if they'd fool you!

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Banana Chocolate-Chip Bundt Cake {In One Bowl!}

Jackie Currie — Tue, 02 May 2017 18:21:50 +0000

Friends, I have another banana cake that might just change your life.

This Banana Chocolate-Chip Bundt Cake is insanely good and SO easy to make! It's a super-moist snacking cake that's really rich and chocolatey, and you only need one bowl to make it!

Click the link below for the easy recipe!

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How to Make Healthy Vietnamese Spring Rolls at Home

Jackie Currie — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 03:01:12 +0000

Psssst!

Wanna know how to make Vietnamese Spring Rolls at home? You know what they are, right? Cold spring rolls in rice paper wrappers? Some people call them summer rolls or salad rolls.

Well, guess what. They're TOTALLY easy to make at home, and today, I'm showing you how!

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Homemade Soft Pretzels Recipe – Easy and Delicious

Jackie Currie — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 17:56:08 +0000

Soft homemade pretzels are one of those things that everybody loves but no-one ever makes, right?

Well, I have a little secret to share with you.

They're SUPER-easy to make at home!

Seriously!

They're really fun too - especially if you have little kids in the house because, hey, the kneading and rolling and shaping is kind of like playing with play dough!

Use your dough to make traditional pretzel shapes or pretzel numbers or letters.

Top with your favourite pretzel toppings, and boom, you've got yourself a delicious, soft, chewy homemade snack for after school or whenever.

And... they're so easy, your kids can pretty much make them themselves.

Check out the link below to how see "Miss Mess" (9 years old) whipped up this batch for us last week.

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Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls – Easy, To-Die-For Recipe

Jackie Currie — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:27:25 +0000

So, I have this amazing cinnamon roll recipe.

You make the dough in your bread machine which makes the process so easy.

The part you do by hand is actually really fun and cool, AND...

They are the BEST cinnamon buns ever.

Here's the funny part though - when I made these the last time, I didn't use a big enough baking dish, and my cinnamon rolls rose UP as well as OUT.

They tasted delicious, as usual, but the results were quite comical.

I shared a photo on my facebook page, and people went nuts for it, saying they looked like Dr. Seuss cinnamon rolls, and suggesting that I make them this way for Christmas, dusting them with icing sugar, so they look like Christmas trees, OR colouring the frosting orange to make them look like candy-corn for Halloween.

Anyway, I thought you'd like to know that I wrote a post about them, and included the wacky pictures.

Check them out, and MAKE THEM! They are SO crazy-good. You'll never buy store-bought cinnamon rolls again.

Just use the right size of baking dish if you don't want the Suessical version. HA!

Click on the link below to see them, and to get the printable recipe!

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Best Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

Jackie Currie — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:02:39 +0000

Soft, chewy, and packed with peanuty flavour, these are the BEST PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES you’ll ever make! Oh, how I LOVE a good-old, classic peanut butter cookie. A touch of crispiness when you bite into it but soft and chewy on the inside… Oh man, it doesn’t get any better than that. Don’t get me wrong; I love...

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Giant Candy Bar Cookie “Pie”

Jackie Currie — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 17:48:54 +0000

If you love candy bars AND cookies, this Giant Candy Bar Cookie “pie” is a great alternative to a birthday cake, and a terrific way to use up leftover Halloween candy. Easy to make in one pan, just nestle your favourite candy bars into a crust of prepackaged cookie dough, top it with chocolate chip cookie...

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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Dip

Jackie Currie — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 05:16:14 +0000

Squeeeal! It's time for all the pumpkin recipes to start invading your computer --- and you're going to love this chocolate chip pumpkin dip. Why? Because it has all your fave fall flavors, but it's a cinch to make! Oh, and it has chocolate too! What girl doesn't love chocolate and pumpkin?

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17 Candy Apple Recipes That Will Rock Your World This Fall

Jackie Currie — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 05:40:43 +0000

17 Creative candy apple recipes so good you won’t want to share them with the kids! Candy Apples, caramel apples, toffee apples, candied apples… call them what you like, they’re all DELICIOUS! What with fall being right around the corner, and apples at their best right now, I thought it would be fun to round...

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How to Make Healthy Homemade Creamsicles with 2 Ingredients

Jackie Currie — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 22:02:20 +0000

Make healthy homemade creamsicles that taste just like the creamsicles from your childhood! All you need is orange juice and vanilla ice cream. They’re fun and easy to make, so your kids can enjoy them all summer long, and you’ll feel good knowing they’re getting a healthy dose of vitamin C with every creamsicle they eat. ...

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One-Ingredient Banana Ice Cream {in 5 Minutes}

Jackie Currie — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:10:35 +0000

It sounds crazy, but it's true!

5 minutes and one ingredient are all it takes to make a thick and creamy banana ice cream that tastes just like soft-serve.

This stuff really has the consistency of the soft-ice cream that you get from the ice-cream shop, but what a bonus: it's completely, 100% nutritious because the only ingredient is a frozen banana!

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Happy Hooligans’ Kid-Friendly Trail Mix Recipe

Jackie Currie — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 22:33:04 +0000

A fun and yummy, sweet and salty, crunchy, chewy snack that your kids are gonna love!

Mmmm! Homemade trail mix is one of the hooligans' favourite snacks. Ok, I'm not gonna lie.... It's one of my favourite treats too.

Honestly, when we make a batch of this stuff, I have a difficult time keeping my hand out of the bowl, and I end up eating just as much as the kids do.

It's. So. Good.

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French Vanilla Snow Cones Made With Real Snow

Jackie Currie — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:32:01 +0000

Make French Vanilla Snow Cones with real snow! Winter won't be around much longer, so you've gotta make these now, while you still can! I know they sound a little crazy, but trust me, they're so much yummier than any store-bought, frozen treat!

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35+ Creative Ways to Use Leftover Candy Canes

Jackie Currie — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 06:52:03 +0000

35+ Creative ways to use leftover candy canes or broken candy canes for crafts, activities, recipes and science experiments! Christmas is well and truly behind us now, and if your house is like my house, you still have quite a few candy canes kicking around. We always seem to end up with loads of leftover...

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Easy White Christmas Bark

Jackie Currie — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 22:31:22 +0000

4-Ingredient Christmas Bark is easy to make and tastes amazing! White bark filled with crispy-crunchy goodness - it's a terrific treat to make for the family, and perfect for packaging up for friends, teachers and neighbours.

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Cinnamon-Sugar Snowflakes

Jackie Currie — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 01:24:15 +0000

Oh, the snowflakes are flying! We’ve had flurries off and on for three days in a row now, and that means it’s time to start making some of our favourite wintery treats! Cinnamon-Sugar Snowflakes are one of our favourite winter-time snacks. Butter, sugar and cinnamon toasted crispy brown… Mmmmm, I can’t think of a yummier...

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Halloween Fairy Bread

Jackie Currie — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:50:51 +0000

Halloween Fairy Bread is easy to make and the perfect treat for a Halloween party for kids. Bread, butter and sprinkles are all you need to make this classic Aussie party treat. What is Fairy Bread? If you hail from the northern hemisphere, it’s possible that you haven’t heard of fairy bread before. I’ve only...

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Banana-Graham Butterfly Snacks

Jackie Currie — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:27:33 +0000

Make snack-time fun with our Banana-Graham Butterfly Snacks! It’s a healthy snack to accompany a butterfly craft or activity or to serve at a kids spring party. We all know that kids love snacks that are fun. Even the pickiest eaters are more likely to try a new food, or a food that they don’t...

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Oreo Mummy Pops

Jackie Currie — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:30:39 +0000

If you’re looking for an adorable homemade Halloween treat, make a batch of Oreo Mummy Pops! They’re perfect Halloween treats for the classroom or a Halloween party, or you can hand them out to your favourite trick-or-treaters on Halloween night! Oreo mummy pops are really and truly very easy to make, so don’t think, for...

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