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Sweets

Apple Pie

January 23, 2016

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Is there anything better than a warm slice of apple pie on a cool winters day?  And a homemade pie at that!  Nope. I didn’t think so!

In honor of National Pie Day, I thought I would make Apple Pie – for the first time ever!  I know, how is that possible?!  With all the baking I do, I’m not sure how I’ve never made an apple pie.  Perhaps, I had a sense of the patience and time it required and just never felt confident enough to tackle it.

Despite the lack of an incredible wave of confidence, I felt inspired to whip up an apple pie this morning, so I went with it.

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Nibbles

Butternut Squash Soup

January 7, 2016

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While for most, this is the unofficial week of salads and green juice, given that many of us over-indulged over the holidays or have resolutions to release weight and get healthy in 2016; I’m not quite ready to give up on warm and comforting flavours and foods.  Probably because Calgary is in the midst of a cold spell, without a Chinook insight.

Complaining about the weather aside, this Butternut Squash Soup is the perfect post holiday transition, thick and comforting, but hearty, filling and healthy.  Normally one who needs protein at every meal, this soup even fills me up and tides me over till my next meal.  So hold off on the salads for another week and enjoy this gloriously thick and luscious soup instead!

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