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Best Ever No Cook Play Dough

Jun 6th, 2010 by dragonfly | 0

Made a batch of play dough today for my 18 month old son. My mom always made it for us in on pot over the stove and I always made it this way as well. However, that recipe has cream of tartar which is not something I have around now that I am a budget [...]

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Rhubarb is Ready!

May 13th, 2010 by dragonfly | 0

Three well established Rhubarb plants are existing on our new property and on the last cold rainy day I harvested several stalks from each plant and then went on a search for some good Rhubarb recipes. By the size of each of these plants all ready, I should have a good supply of rhubarb this [...]

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Gluten Free Monster Cookies

Oct 9th, 2008 by dragonfly | 0

I found this recipe online on SparkRecipe. Here is the original link http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=348298. I’ve also pasted the recipe below and added the modifications I made to the recipe which worked out great! I was looking for something that was similar to the monster cookies my mom used to make us pre gluten free diet and [...]

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Baked Apple Snack

Oct 4th, 2008 by dragonfly | 0

Well, fall is here! And it’s my favourite season! I love the fall colours, the cool (but not yet freezing temperatures), and especially the food! As I’m expecting very shortly, we are not traveling for thanksgiving dinner this year or planning any kind of big meal ourselves, so to make up for that I’ve been [...]

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Crockpot Rutabaga Beef Stew and Hardy Cranberry/choco-chip Oatmeal Cookies

Oct 4th, 2008 by dragonfly | 0

This is definitely a comfort food meal perfect for a cold fall day. I made up two batches of cookies while the stew was cooking in the crock pot. I made one batch with choco-chips for my boyfriend (oatmeal choco-chip is his favourite) and then I made the cranberry batch gluten free by using uncontaminated [...]

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