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salmon cakes

Grain Free Salmon Cakes That Will Win Your Family Over

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These delicious and easy salmon cakes are going to please even your pickiest of eaters!  Freezer-friendly and gluten-free!  It's a win for everyone! Do you remember when you were a kid and not wanting to eat a particular food?  The groaning and moaning you did over it? Gagging? Yes, me too and one of my most detested meals was fish!  They didn't smell good being prepared and not much better once they were cooking, as far as my six-year-old self was concerned. …

Filed Under: Fish, Recipes Tagged With: fish cakes, Gluten Free, healthy food, kid friendly, salmon

Two Ingredient 7UP Cupcakes – Strawberry Shortcakes

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When you're short on time but big on aspiration, this recipe will definitely save your life!  2-Ingredient 7UP Cupcakes make delicious and simple Strawberry Shortcakes in a jiffy. Dierks Bentley's "What was I thinking?" kept going around inside my head.  Seriously, I must have had a little something wrong (or a lot) with my head that day, to even consider catering dessert for two hundred people (wedding dinner).  Not just dessert, strawberry shortcake, made with cake, …

Filed Under: Desserts, Good Eats, Recipes Tagged With: 7UP, cake made with soda, Cake Mix, strawberries, two ingredient dessert, Whip Cream

Girls going geek and why you should be paying attention

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What did you want to be when you grew up? When I was a very little girl I wanted to be a large animal veterinarian. I imagined myself travelling in a dusty pickup truck from farm to farm in red cowgirl boots treating and cuddling sick horses. By grade six my dreams had shifted and I declared to my parents that I wanted to be a molecular biologist so I could cure cancer and maybe even grow a unicorn. Somehow by the time I was at a career fair in high school I had pivoted to a school guidance …

Filed Under: Living, Technology Tagged With: coding, geeks, girls, Level Up, Minecraft, nerds, Scratch, STEM camp, what is STEM, why STEM is important

beef kafta

Beef Kafta (Lebanese Meatballs on a Stick)

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Meatballs on a stick, what could be more simple and delicious.  Whether you are looking for an easy recipe for entertaining or something fun for camping, Beef Kafta is the perfect solution! I was looking for something a little different to BBQ last weekend and I came up with this version of the popular Lebanese dish, Beef Kafta.  If your gang loves beef and a little heat, this recipe is going to do it for you.  The fun part of cooking meatballs on a stick are all the …

Filed Under: Barbecue, Food & Drink Tagged With: barbecue season, BBQ, beef, how to make kafta, lebanese food, meatballs, summer meals, what is kafta

Fun Weekend Project: Vintage Charging Station for Electronics

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Tell me if this sounds like a familiar scene at your house:   Yelling, "WHERE'S MY PHONE?" at least once per day.   Spending five minutes of your life you'll never get back untangling power cords.   Searching every dusty corner and under couch cushions for the right charger for your phone. Damn you, manufacturers.   Vowing to find a solution so you never have this problem again.   Annnd repeating the whole mess again day after day after …

Filed Under: DIY, Living, Uncategorized Tagged With: charging station for your phone, easy DIY phone charging station, weekend DIY project

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