Strawberry Shortcake Cocktail

Ingredients:

1/4 cup frozen strawberries, thawed
1 ounce amaretto liqueur
1 cup of strawberry milk
1/2 cup crushed ice

(optional)

1 tablespoon whipped cream
1 fresh strawberry

Directions:

1. Place thawed frozen strawberries, amaretto liqueur, strawberry milk, and crushed ice, into a blender.
2. Cover and blend until smooth.
3. Pour into a glass and garnish with whipped cream and a fresh strawberry.

Banana Nutella Pie

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Ingredients

1 ready made frozen pie crust- follow preparation instructions
5 TB chocolate hazelnut spread (we used Nutella)
3 TB melted butter
3 TB brown sugar
2 TB water
4 ripe bananas, thinly sliced on a diagonal

Topping- whip cream or favourite ice cream

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Cucumber and Tomato Quinoa with Avocado Dressing

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Ingredients

2 cups of cooked quinoa
1 diced cucumber
2 diced tomatoes
1 cup of chopped kale

For the Dressing:

1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
a ripe avocado
juice of a lime (about 2 teaspoons)
salt and pepper to taste

Sprinkle with feta

1. In a bowl combine cooked quinoa, cucumber, tomato and kale

2. In a small bowl mash avocado, blend in yogurt, add lime juice add salt and pepper

3. Combine all ingredients into one bowl chill for one hour

4. Sprinkle with feta

Quinoa with Chopped Prunes and Peaches

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Ingredients
Makes 1 serving

1/2 cup quinoa, rinsed
1 cup water
1 pinch nutmeg
1 tbsp flax seed oil
1/3 cup chopped prunes
1/4 cup vanilla almond milk
2 diced peaches

Directions

In a small pot, stir 1/2 cup quinoa, a pinch of nutmeg into a cup of water.
Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover the pot and simmer for 10 minutes.
Stir in the prunes, peaches and vanilla almond milk. Cover again and cook another 5 minutes.
Before serving, stir in 1 tbsp of flaxseed oil.

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Kool Aid Cream Shake

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Ingredients
Pitcher of your favourite Kool-Aid – we used Blue Raspberry
500 ml of 5% Cream

Instructions

Pour cream into an ice cube tray and freeze.
Once frozen, pop out the ice cubes and add all to the blender.
Next, pour Kool-Aid into blender and pulse.
Pour into a glass, top with whipped cream and sprinkles.

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“Big Mac” Meatloaf

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Ingredients

1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs
2 teaspoons dried minced onion
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1/4 cup ketchup
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Directions

Combine egg, milk, bread crumbs, onion, mustard, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce and salt, in a large bowl. Crumble ground beef over mixture and stir well to combine. Shape into a round loaf; place in a 5-quart slow cooker.

Cover and cook on Low until a meat thermometer reads 160 degrees F (71 degrees C), 5 to 6 hours.

5 minutes before serving layer cheese slices over meatloaf let cheese melt slightly

Remove from crock pot and let sit for 5 minutes before cutting

Serve with bun, lettuce ad 1000 island dressing

 

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