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Simple Pasta Bolognese

Awaken your taste buds and bring new flavour to your dinner table by trading in your traditional spaghetti for a new recipe. Create this new take on an old classic, and explore why many chefs are turning to fish sauce as their secret ingredient. While fish sauce may be a surprising choice in an Italian-inspired …

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Spicy Peanut Chicken Wings

Spicy peanut wings make the crowd go wild on game day Watching a game while eating wings just can’t be beat. Be sure to have plenty of napkins on hand when you settle in with these spicy, peanutty wings. Spicy Peanut Chicken Wings Prep time: 10 minutes Baking time: 35 to 40 minutes Makes 2 …

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Recipe: Garlic & Parsley Mashed Potatoes

Nothing screams fresh like crisp, delicious vegetables. Find inspiration from local farmers’ markets or grocery produce aisles to get back-to-basics with this season’s cooking. From leafy greens to root vegetables, there’s no need to compromise on taste or creativity in the kitchen if you have a solid foundation of basics: • Garden fresh veg: Soup’s …

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Anything Goes Cookie Dough Skillet Pumpkin Snack Cakes

Simple tips for softer, chewier cookies There’s nothing sweeter than the joys of baking a fresh batch of cookies – especially the end results. Whether you’re baking for family, friends or treating yourself to a tasty delight, consider these simple tips the next time you’re pulling out the egg beaters and measuring cups to guarantee …

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Banana Date Protein Muffins

Easy, delicious and nutritious muffins Unlike most store-bought muffins, these are brimming with nutrients. Made with Greek yogurt and chia seeds, these muffins have both protein and fibre, making them a healthy snack or breakfast. They’re also chockful of oats, which are associated with lowering levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation found in …

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How to Plant a Small Container Herb Garden for Your Kitchen

Advantages of a Container Herb Garden A container herb garden may be your only choice if you haven’t got a garden or if it’s very small. But don’t be disappointed if you can’t create a traditional herb garden. Many herbs flourish really well in containers, and container herb gardens have the advantage that they can …

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Pet Profile: The Graceful Greyhound

The Greyhound is a breed with the ability to run fast, and unfortunately often valued solely for their racing abilities, as many Greyhound owners use their dogs to compete in races and put them down when they lose too many races. However, these dogs can also be wonderful pets and many of them are rehabilitated …

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Recipe: Lemon Rice with Crispy Salmon

Add up an easy meal in minutes Many people are already a third of the way to dinner when they have easy-to-cook staples ready in the pantry. Think of your meal in three parts: veggie, protein, and grain. Once you have one component, you only need to pick the other two. This recipe from Minute …

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Recipe: Peanut Butter and Grape Trifle

You’ve got the appetizers, entree and side dishes figured out. All that’s left is dessert, and you want something that’s a little different, but delicious, and appeals to kids and adults alike. How about trifle? A classic English dessert, trifle is traditionally made of alternating layers of sponge cake or ladyfingers, fruit or jam, custard …

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Recipe: Chocolate Pretzel Bars

Back to school for the kids means back to snack making for you. By dedicating the time on a weekend to whip up a batch of these chocolate pretzel bars will mean one less thing you have to worry about during the week. Whether you’re looking for snacks to pack in your daughter’s lunchbox, or …

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