Monday, September 30, 2013

LISTING of YOPA Prize Pack Giveaways - CANADA ONLY

I see there's some new YOPA Prize Packs.

Will Capture them all here as I see them.

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The Deliberate Mom - End Date 13-Oct
Carol Au Courant - End Date 13-Oct
Create With Mom - End Date 14-Oct
Mamam Pomme -15-Oct
Creative Mama On A Dime - End Date 15-Oct
Food and Whine - End Date 16-Oct
Meet The Dubiens -16-Oct
Moms and Munchkins - End Date 16-Oct
Being Gluten Free - End Date 17-Oct
Mom vs. The Boys - End Date 17-Oct
Mary About Town -17-Oct
Milk and Coco - End Date 17-Oct
Delish in a Dish - End Date 17-Oct
She The Blog -17-Oct
A Mother World - End Date 17-Oct
Family Food and Travel - End Date 18-Oct
MBA Mama Musings -18-Oct
The Kitchen Magpie -18-Oct
Country Mouse City Mouse - End Date 18-Oct
Chocolate and Chillies - End Date 19-Oct
Lou Lous Views - End Date 19-Oct
Curtains are Open - End Date 19-Oct
La Cusine Helene - End Date 19-Oct
Ninja Mommers - End Date 19-Oct
Our Family Stone - End Date 19-Oct
3 Chickens and a Boat - End Date 19-Oct
Little Miss Mama - End Date 19-Oct
A Sweet Baker - End Date 19-Oct
Whispered Inspirations -19-Oct
Cubit's Organic Living -19-Oct
MMM is for Mommy - End Date 20-Oct
Swank Mama -20-Oct
Sober Julie -25-Oct
Northern Exposure -29-Oct

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Date Squares Anyone?

Made Date Squares today!

The END RESULT! YUM!!!


Dates in the making!

The Dates


The bottom/Top mixture


The 1/2 the mixture pressed into the baking dish


The Date mixture over the pressed bottom


Added the rest of the bottom/top mixture, wihout pressing.
Prior to cooking


Ta Da! The End Result!

And for the Recipe used Click Here - found at Claudia's Cookbook

Thursday, September 26, 2013

My Little House of Treasures: Fellowes Powershredder Giveaway Ends Oct. 3/13


A great opportunity to win a Shredder! Security!

This giveaway ends on October 3rd, 2013 - Don't Miss Out

CLICK THIS LINK to enter--> My Little House of Treasures: Fellowes Powershredder Giveaway~Open to Canada~ Ends Oct. 3/13


CLICK THIS LINK to enter--> My Little House of Treasures: Fellowes Powershredder Giveaway~Open to Canada~ Ends Oct. 3/13

Creamed Corn Cornbread Muffins

Just made Creamed Corn Cornbread Muffins

Recipe - Creamed Corn Cornbread Muffins (Click HERE)

Dry Ingredients in one bowl, we ingredients in other, then mix together


Ready to put in the oven


All Done

I have never made these before, yet I am looking for a specific taste of a "corn" muffin that I had years ago.

SO I will be trying out new "Corn" muffin recipes until I find what I like.

This one is good, yet not what I was looking for. What I was looking for was maybe a bit more cake like.

The texture is this muffin is nice.

I really like adding corn meal to muffins. I always add corn meal to my banana muffins.

Kindle Fire Giveaway for September 2013 ~ Enter to Win a Kindle Fire HD or a $199 Amazon Gift Card or $199 PayPal Cash

Kindle Fire September 

  This is a joint AUTHOR & BLOGGER GIVEAWAY EVENT!

Bloggers & Authors have joined together and each chipped in a little money towards a Kindle Fire HD 7″.
Kindle Fire HD 7″ Giveaway
The winner will have the option of receiving a 7″ Kindle Fire HD (US Only)

Or $199 Amazon.com Gift Card (International)

Or $199 in Paypal Cash (International)


Sponsoring Authors & Bloggers

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  3. Candace's Book Blog
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  17. Fae Books
  18. Magical Manuscripts
  19. Chair in the Shade
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  22. Romance Schmomance
  23. A Bookish Escape
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  26. The (Mis)Adventures of a Twenty-Something Year Old Girl
  27. Jessabella Reads
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  29. Bea's Book Nook
  30. Books 4 Tomorrow
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Giveaway Details
1 winner will receive their choice of a Kindle Fire 7″ HD (US Only), $199 Amazon Gift Card or $199 in Paypal Cash (International).
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Ends 9/30/13
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Cream Cheese Frosting on my Cupcakes


Step 1 - Simple cupcakes


Step 2 - Ingredients for Cream Cheese Frosting


Step 3 - Frost those cuppcakes


Step 4 - Enjoy

Monday, September 16, 2013

Perogies - LOVE

Made Perogies Today.

Haven't had homemade perogies for years and years!


the TWO Fillings used
Saurkraut, Cheese & Potato

Click here for the recipe that was used!

The dough, and both fillings are from that same recipe page.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Who Wants To Go To BlissDom Canada 2013? FULL CONFERENCE PASS #BlissDomCA #Giveaway

WHO WANTS TO GO TO BlissDom CANADA? 

Canadian Blog House has a giveaway of a FULL CONFERENCE PASS to BlissDom Canada 2013

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This Giveaway ends on September 20th!  Don't Miss out!

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Chicken Pot Pie - Supper tonight!

Here it is! This is what we made and ate for supper tonight.
Prior to cooking!

After cooking!

In the plate!

And the Pie Crust
Click here for the PIE CRUST recipe that was used!
My Modifications:
  • Shredded the frozen butter instead of using cubed butter (mixing it into flour mixture while shredding)
  • Don't have a food processor, so kneaded it slightly and due to shredded butter it was quite simple. 

And the Chicken pot pie recipe
Click here for the CHICKEN POT PIE recipe that was used!
My Modifications:
  • Omitted Celery
  • Added a medium diced potato
  • Added a pinch more celery seed
  • As others indicated in feedback - used 2 Cups chicken broth to cook the vegetables and chicken.
  • For they "gravy" part I put the milk in a separate bowl cold, and mixed the flour and a bit of corn starch to it while cold.  Then added it separately to the onion and butter mixture, then poured all the veggie/chicken with broth mixture into that and simmered until thickened.  (and you can see that in the fry pan above the uncooked pie.)
  • Added 1/2 tsp of garlic powder (with the pepper/salt/celery seed)
  • Added 1/4 tsp of cumin (with the pepper/salt/celery seed)