Category: Seasonal Eats

Saucy Nifty Carrots Recipe – A Delicious Carrot Side Dish!

Saucy Nifty Carrots Recipe – A Delicious Carrot Side Dish!

Everyone loves a great Carrot side dish… am I right? Well my Shawnikins family does it right, because on most holidays this Nifty Carrot side dish is on the table, and every time it is, it is demolished! Now I know that this is a…

DIY Pre-Packaged Halloween Class Treat Ideas: Cheese and Cracker Mummies & Bat Brownies

DIY Pre-Packaged Halloween Class Treat Ideas: Cheese and Cracker Mummies & Bat Brownies

Welcome to Halloween class treats in the year 2020! Where Pre-packaged Halloween Treats are all the rage, and “baked with love” treats are now a thing of the past! But don’t worry my creative Mamas and Papas, we can still get creative with our once…

Halloween Treats: Chocolate Covered Apple Spiders

Halloween Treats: Chocolate Covered Apple Spiders

Let’s just take a moment to be thankful that spiders don’t fly!! Imagine!! Just witnessing their creepy legs crawling around is bad enough! Spiders are CREEEEEEPPPPYYYY!! So, guess what Ivy wanted to make for her class Halloween party treat last year (yes this treat is…

Mom’s Delicious Scalloped Potatoes Recipe – Best Side Dish for Ham This Thanksgiving!

Mom’s Delicious Scalloped Potatoes Recipe – Best Side Dish for Ham This Thanksgiving!

Yummers! The easiest, yummiest, bestest, Oh and did I mention most delicious Scalloped Potatoes in da HOOOOUUUSEE!! I grew up eating this delicious side dish every time we had ham for dinner, so it reminds me of my Mom every time I make them. It’s…

Spooky Ghost and Skeleton Halloween Treat Cupcake Toppers

Spooky Ghost and Skeleton Halloween Treat Cupcake Toppers

This is Halloween, This is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween… HALLOWEEN!! AHHHHH… This song plays in my head all season! And so do the thoughts of DIY Halloween decor, Halloween adventures, and of course Halloween Treats!! To celebrate the season we made these fun ghost and…

How to Make Easy Watercolor Royal Icing Sugar Cookies!

How to Make Easy Watercolor Royal Icing Sugar Cookies!

A sweet little treat to whip up for your loved ones, topped with beautiful easy to create watercolor royal icing. And when I say easy… I mean I have never made sugar cookies or royal icing before, and these ones turned out delicious and are…

Easy Valentine’s Day Cupcakes with Easy DIY Heart Cupcake Toppers!

Easy Valentine’s Day Cupcakes with Easy DIY Heart Cupcake Toppers!

The kiddos are always scheming up reasons to make, buy, eat, sniff, treats… Are your kids the same?? They say… “If I eat all my dinner?”, ” If I clean my room?”, “If I’m good in the car?”, If I’m good during shopping?”, “If I…

Leftover Turkey Carcass Soup Recipe! – 2 Different Ways!

Leftover Turkey Carcass Soup Recipe! – 2 Different Ways!

Stick a turkey carcass in a pot of water and BAM!! You get delicious Turkey Soup! Well, add a few more steps in there, but DAMB… Boiling up those bones makes an awesome tasting soup! So next time you have left over turkey bones from…

Frosty the Snowman Bagel Lunch for Kids!

Frosty the Snowman Bagel Lunch for Kids!

So it’s a beautiful day today, in sunny freezing cold Kelowna. And the kids have ventured with their Daddio to the park to go sledding. I think their sledding consists more of running up and down a little slope… But they love it! I needed…

Spider Pita Pizzas! – Kid Friendly Halloween Meal Idea!

Spider Pita Pizzas! – Kid Friendly Halloween Meal Idea!

It’s Halloween!! Well tomorrow… HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! With the business of Halloween night I was thinking of making a super simple dinner that is quick to whip up, kid friendly and FUN! So… we came up with our super yummy and fun spider pita pizzas. When…

Creepy Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Creepy Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies!

These super creepy spider chocolate chip cookies are so easy to make, and will be a hit with the kiddos who are brave enough to eat them! My kiddos were brave enough (shocker), although it took some convincing and now I’m scared I’ll find one…

Mom’s Delicious Turkey Stuffing Recipe!

Mom’s Delicious Turkey Stuffing Recipe!

Mom’s Turkey Stuffing brings me back to my childhood holidays! Extended family gathered around the dining room table, us kids not staying in our chairs because we were all so excited to just play together, and all the hustle of mom getting everything made for…

Mom’s Mustard Plaster For Turkey Recipe – Makes the juicest and most flavourful turkey ever!

Mom’s Mustard Plaster For Turkey Recipe – Makes the juicest and most flavourful turkey ever!

My Mom made a good Turkey! No… she made amazing turkey EVERY SINGLE TIME! It might have been her super amazing Gravy… because I would drowned my turkey in that stuff, but which ever way you ate her turkey, it was AWESOME! I believe she…