Yummy Sesame Chicken

Yummy Sesame Chicken
Although it has quite a few strange ingredients, it is sooo worth it! I used chicken breast not thigh and normal sesame oil because I didn't have toasted but other than that, I stuck to the recipe. For 1/4 of the whole recipe of chicken and sauce, it is 7.5 points plus in ww. I also had 1/4 cup of rice (because I hate rice but it needed some sort of carb) and that added 1.5 points totaling 9 for the whole yummy meal!

Healthy-ish Broccoli Cheese Soup

Healthy-ish Broccoli Cheese Soup
I forgot to take a picture of the final product but this is just before adding the cheese. It makes 4 nice sized servings. I used 1% milk instead of half and half / skim milk (like they suggested) and I used lower fat medium cheddar cheese from Save On. I would reduce the pepper to 1/4 tsp as the 1/2 tsp was too overpowering. To julienne the carrots, I actually just grated them using a cheese grater. To get the end product, I used a hand mixer to 'puree' it and it worked just fine. If you follow weight watchers, 1/4 of the whole pot (which I counted as 1 serving) is 7 points plus.

New Breaky Sandwich Pan!!

Just found this Wilton pan at my local dollarama and was excited to try it; well it didn't appoint! The recipe that came with the pan makes maple pancakes for the bread part and the egg. You just have to add the bacon/sausage. MMMMM So worth the 3$!

Cucumber Sandwich

In trying to not eat wheat...I am missing sandwiches like crazy so I had to improvise!

1st day/special student/100th day of school frame!

Today I made a frame that I am going to use when taking pictures of my students on the first day of school, the day that each child is the 'special student' or as we call them in my class, the 'marvelous monkey' and on the 100th day of school. Then, at the end of the year when I am making their scrapbook, their parents will know which picture came from which occasion.

Truffula Trees - Dr Suess

During our persuasive writing unit, my grade 1s had to write to the once-ler persuading him to stop chopping down the truffula trees. Once we completed the unit, I decided to treat them with truffula tree treats! I made them cupcakes, covered them with green buttercream frosting, stuck a pretzel stick in the center for the trunk, covered the tip of the pretzel with a little more icing and then added the cotton candy on top. ADD THE COTTON CANDY right before you serve them as it tends to 'melt' quickly during packing and transport. The kids LOVED them!

EASY moist cookies - mini eggs added for Easter :)

EASY moist cookies - mini eggs added for Easter :)

Year End Reading Gift for Kids

Chicken Enchiladas

Chicken Enchiladas

Mitch's fave recipe of all time..takes a long time to make but I guess it is worth it haha

Yummy, Gluten Free, Sweet Protein Bars

Sweet Protein Bars

2 scoops of Kaizen vanilla protein powder (from costco)
1/2 cup Honey
1/3 cup low-fat Peanut Butter
1 tbsp. Water
3/4 cup Old Fashioned Rolled Oats
1 cup Rice Krispies *I used gluten free brown rice ones!
Mix protein powder, honey, peanut butter and water until creamy. Add oatmeal and Rice Krispies.
Mix thorougly, press into 8 x 8 inch pan. Cut into however many equal squares you'd like and cover with plastic wrap.

Here is the nutritional breakdown:
The TOTAL recipe equals
1201 cals, 31.5g fat, 70.25g of sugar and 93.5g of protein
However many pieces you cut it into, divide those numbers by that. So when I made them, I made 16 pieces. The nutrition for ONE piece (everything divided by 16) was 75 cas, 2g fat, 4.4g sugar and 5.8g protein. 
My mom found them too sweet so you could lessen the honey... I liked them with all the sweetness! 

Root Beer Pudding Cookies

Root Beer Pudding Cookies

These are really good if you like root beer haha. I did have to go to the states to get the root beer flavoring... I am not sure if we have it up here yet. 

EASY Gingerbread Cheesecake Bites

Gingerbread Cheesecake Bites

Mitch and everyone I shared these with, LOVED them! They are sooo easy to make and will be a hit!

Delicious Crockpot Taco Soup

Delicious Crockpot Taco Soup

This was soooo good and full of protein, fiber and flavour!

Slow Cooker Dr Pepper Roast Beef

Slow Cooker Dr Pepper Roast Beef

I tried this for Mitch because he loves Dr Pepper. It was a good roast but nothing crazy good.

Gluten Free Banana Chocolate Baked Mini Donuts

Gluten Free Banana Chocolate Baked Mini Donuts

These were ok too... the gluten free flour really changes the texture which I am not a huge fan of but in a pinch, the would be fine!

Sinful Chilled Peanut Butter Chocolate Layered Dessert

Sinful Chilled Peanut Butter Chocolate Layered Dessert

O.M.G is all that can be said for this recipe....wayyyy too good! It is very rich so you have to like that kind of thing.

Chicken Enchilada Soup

Chicken Enchilada Soup

Mitch loved it!

Low Carb Chicken Enchilda Bake

Low Carb Chicken Enchilda Bake

Mitch is addicted to enchildas but they are brutal to make so I keep trying to find alternatives. This was a great recipe. I used a 8 or 9" spring pan to make it.

EASY DELICIOUS Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

These are soooooo easy and delicious!!! I couldn't believe how moist and yummy they were. I even found Valentine's cookie cutters to really make them valentine's day ready!

Chocolate Covered Pretzels - Valentine's Theme

Chocolate Covered Pretzels - Valentine's Theme

I did this for Valentine's day but you could use any sprinkles for any occasion. Also would make a great snack/treat!

Easy 'Berry Cobler' Made with a Cake Mix, Berries and Sprite Zero

Easy 'Berry Cobler' Made with a Cake Mix, Berries and Sprite Zero

This would have been ok except it tipped over and the very wet/runny berry juice covered the crust so it was mushy on top. It would be a great summer/light dessert.

Shamrock Pretzel Bites

Shamrock Pretzel Bites - made these ones...

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Larger Twisted Shamrocks with labels

As you can see, I tried 3 different chocolates. The large rolo sqaures seemed to cover the best and were delicious!

Mac and Cheese with Veggies!

Mac and Cheese with Veggies!
I love KD but know how unhealthy it is so I am constantly trying to find a healthier alternative. I overcooked the noodles so it wasn't amazing.

Zucchini Lasagna - NO NOODLES/gluten!!

Zucchini Lasagna - NO NOODLES/gluten!!

This was quite the experiment and I was unsure how it would be but we liked it a lot!

Gluten Free Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookies

Gluten Free Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip Cookies

I wasn't a hugeee fan of these; they were a little dry for me but that was probably because they were gluten free.

My Travel Wall

My travel wall used to be pinned to a corkboard which wasn't working well because the cork board was too small. I went to Micahel's and bought a presentation board, glued the map on with rubber cement and voila! I re-pinned all 56 places I have been fortunate enough to visit and was able to add a title! It is a quote from Hans Christian Anderson that I think is perfect!

Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes

Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes

These are like mini cinnamon buns but way healthier! 

Mitch's Nintendo Bday Cake

This is the picture I showed to my great friend Christel for a starting point.

She looks at it and says: "that'll be easy!"

So we made a chocolate cake, covered it in buttercream frosting and then added all the fondant icing. It turned out like this:

Chocolaty Healthy Muffins!

Chocolate Chunk Greek Yogurt Muffins

1 3/4 cup	Oats
3	Egg whites
3/4 cup	Unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup	Unsweetened applesauce
1 tsp	Vanilla extract
1/2 cup	Plain greek yogurt (or regular plain low fat yogurt)
1/2 tsp	Cream of tartar (or 2 tsp. vinegar)
1 1/2 tsp	Baking powder
1 1/2 tsp	Baking soda
1/4 tsp	Salt
1 cup	Hot water
1/2 cup	Baking stevia OR 1 cup sweetener of choice that measures like sugar 1
1/2 cup	Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Tip	Foil cupcake liners, remove the inner paper lining (because paper liners tend to stick to muffins!)

1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with foil cupcake liners, or spray muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.

In a blender, (or food processor), mix all of the ingredients together, except for the chocolate chips. Blend until oats are ground and mixture is smooth.

Place mixture in a bowl and gently stir in 1/2 of the chocolate chips (set the rest aside). Scoop mixture into prepared muffin pans.

Place muffins tins in the oven for 10 minutes.  After 10 minutes, remove muffins from the oven (but don’t shut oven off), and distribute the other half of the chocolate chips on top of each muffin.

Place the muffins back into the oven and bake for an additional 2-5 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

*Note, you could skip this step by putting all of the chips in the batter, and baking the muffins for 12-15 min straight, but this method gives the muffins the traditional ‘VitaTop Muffin’ look with the chocolate chips on top!

Cool muffins before removing from pan. ENJOY!!!

Nutrition Breakdown

12	Servings (bigger muffins)
95	Calories Per Serving
3 g	Fat
23 g	Carbohydrate
4 g	Fiber
4 g	Sugar

Bacon Turtle Burger

Bacon Turtle Burger

I made this for Mitch for his birthday..he LOVED it..I thought it looked so gross haha

Nicole's Amazing Potatoe Salad Recipe

Nicole’s AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS Potato Salad

*makes a huge bowl enough for 10 people

5lbs red potatoes

6 eggs

2-4 granny smith apples (she uses 2 usually)

Handful of dill pickles

Handful green onions

½ cup mayo

½ cup miracle whip

½ cup pickle juice

Dash of pepper

-boil in salt water until potatoes are cooked but still a bit firm (about 15 mins of boiling). After 15 mins of boiling, cool in cold water.

-put eggs into a pot with cold water just covering them. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat immediately and let them sit in the hot water for 10-12 minutes. Then cool, peel and cut into cubes.

-while they boil, cut dill pickles, green onion, and apples (apples and pickles into cubes too)

-when potatoes and eggs are cool, peel and cut into about 1 inch cubes

* Do no leave the potatoes in the water for too long as their skin starts to peel off on it’s own…
-add granny smith apples, a handful of dill pickles and a handful of green onions

-mix 1/2c of mayo and 1/2c of miracle whip, dash of pepper and a splash of pickle juice (about 1/2c) together
-mix into salad and enjoy!

* If there are leftovers, refrigerate and it seemed to last for about 5 days :)

Normal Nanaimo Bars

Normal Nanaimo Bars

These are the regular ones which were better received by my dad who likes them made the traditional way. They are the ones in the middle.

Orange Nanaimo Bars

Orange Nanaimo Bars

I tried these for my Dad's bday as these are his faves. These were veryyyy sweet but I still liked them a lot. They are the ones on the right.

Mini Fudgee-o Cheesecakes

Mini Fudgee-o Cheesecakes

I made these for Mitch as I do not like cheesecake. The recipe is supposed to be for oreos but Fudgeos are Mitch's favorite so I substituted.

2 Minute Microwave Salted Caramel Chocolate Mug Cake

2 Minute Microwave Salted Caramel Chocolate Mug Cake

It is exactly what it says it is and it is rich and delicious!!

Smores on a Stick!

Smores on a Stick!!

SOOOOO yummy! I made 3 different batches and tried something different each time. I learned that when I fully dipped the smore on a stick, it was realllly sweet. By my last batch, I was only half dipping the smore which still helped it hold together. 

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