Nothin' but the best!

Looking for a quick, easy, delicious breakfast? Claire's Classic Frittata is sure to meet your needs. With bacon, garlic and Jack cheese, this is a home run! (as quoted by my father)

Ingredients:

- 6 eggs

- 4 pieces of bacon, cooked and chopped

-1/4 cup Jack cheese

- 1/2 cup frozen spinach

-1 teaspoon garlic powder

-Pinch of red pepper flakes

-Pinch Cayenne pepper

-Dash Worcestershire sauce

-Salt and pepper, to taste

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Directions:

1. Oil a frying pan.

2. Combine all ingredients in a liquid measuring cup and whisk until combined.

3. Heat the stove top to medium heat and pour the egg mixture in.

4. Cover the pan with a lid.

5. When frittata is cooked most of  the way through, flip and let cook for a few more minutes.

6. Serve with a drizzling of ketchup and a side of toast. Enjoy!

Dessert, oh dessert! How your beauty attracts me! Thou aroma fills my nostrils with such grace and beauty.  This apple "stuff" (quite the unique name) is so good you're going to start feeling poetic yourself!

Ingredients:

For the apple mixture:

- 8 apples

-1/4 cup flour (give or take)

-1 cup sugar

- 2-3 tablespoons cinnamon

For the crumble mixture:

-2 cups oats

-2 cups flour

-2 cups brown sugar

-2 cups margarine or butter, melted

-1 tablespoon cinnamon 

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Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2. Peel and slice the apples. Put into bowl with sugar, cinnamon and 1/4 cup flour. Set aside.

3. In another bowl, mix together the oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and butter with your hands until it resembles chunky, moist pieces.

4. Lay the apples down on a large baking dish, with the crumble on top.

5. Bake for 40 minutes. Enjoy with some ice cream or whipped cream!  

This dip is absolutely heavenly. Creamy, spicy tangy, all the other -ies. You're gonna want to keep a full stock of this in your house. Like all the time.

Ingredients:

-1/2 cup mayo

-1 teaspoon W sauce

-1 teaspoon garlic powder

-1/2 teaspoon parsley

-1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

-Salt and pepper, to taste 

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Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients together in a small bowl. Enjoy with veggies or chips! (Yes, really. It's that simple.)

Perfect on any burger, steak, chicken, or just by itself with a spoon (JK!)! This recipe is amazingly versatile. 

Ingredients:

-1 medium onion, sliced into rings

-1/2 teaspoon minced garlic or garlic powder

-Olive oil

-Salt and pepper, to taste

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Directions:

1. In a frying pan, combine all of the ingredients on high heat and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft and brown in colour.

2. Enjoy with burgers or anything your heart desires!

Gotta love it! With this simple recipe, start off any morning perfect with the crispy bite of sweet bread on the griddle.

Ingredients:

-6 slices of white bread

-4 eggs

-2 tablespoons milk

-1 tablespoon cinnamon

-2 tablespoons granulated sugar

-Real maple syrup, to serve

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Directions:

1. In a pie pan or other shallow dish, whisk together the eggs and milk. 

2. Dunk each of the slices in the egg mixture, covering both sides well.

3. Fry the bread slices on a griddle until golden-brown and crisp.

4. Serve with maple syrup! Enjoy!

This delicious dessert add-on can be used for cake, donuts and practically every dessert that could use a bit of dressing-up.

Ingredients:

-1 cup powdered sugar

-2 tablespoons milk or water

-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

-Your imagination!

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Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until smooth.

2. Drizzle, drizzle, drizzle!!!

This versatile recipe can be spiced a million different ways! Pick a combo that suits you!

Ingredients:

-3 chicken breasts

-Granulated garlic

-Dried onion flakes

-Cayenne powder

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Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

2. Place the chicken in a medium-sized baking dish and sprinkle the spices on top.

3. Bake the chicken for 40 mins, or until the temperature of all the breasts reaches 180 degrees.

4. Once finished baking, serve and enjoy!

Let's sauce it up! This is a cinch to make and totally worth it!

Ingredients:

-Balsamic vinegar

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Directions:

1. In a small saucepan,  heat the vinegar on high heat until gently boiling.

2. Then, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes, or until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.

3. Cool and enjoy!

This is a perfect side for any main course you can dream of!

Ingredients:

-1 bag frozen broccoli

-Granulated garlic

-Red pepper chili flakes

-Olive oil

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Directions:

1. Steam the broccoli. Drain.

2. In a wok, combine the broccoli, spices and olive oil. Saute on medium heat until lightly charred.

3. Enjoy with chicken, steak or pork tenderloin!

Rich, whipped and creamy,  these special potatoes are a perfect compliment to any turkey, roast, or ham.

Ingredients:

-2 1/2 pounds of potatoes

-Varying amount of margarine

-Granulated garlic

-Dried parsley flakes

-Salt

-Pepper

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Directions:

1. Peel the potatoes and chop into large chunks.

2. Boil them until cooked through, about 30 minutes.

3. Drain the pot, add the margarine and partially mash the potatoes.

4. Whip the potatoes until smooth and creamy and season with the parsley flakes, the garlic and salt and pepper.

Once, my family and I were out camping, and we discovered that we had some leftover potatoes, peppers and sausages. We didn't know what to do with them until an idea took hold of my dad. He scrambled some eggs, threw the leftovers in, and behold, Rocky Mountain Scramble. It was absolutely delicious, and probably became one of, at least MY favourite breakfasts. 

Imagine this, sitting out in the wilderness, the morning rising over you, and a big plate of Scramble in your lap. Sounds like the perfect camping trip to me.

Ahh, it was the perfect morning. We were so excited to have a nice plate of toast, eggs and crispy bacon. We were sitting at the table, waiting for the bacon to finish cooking. It had. The bacon was badly burnt. 

Dad had to put the bacon on our plates, run outside and put the pan in the snow before it burnt down the house. Ahh, breakfast.

Chili is a family favourite, and it was a night like any other. Dad was doing the cooking of it. We like to add some spice into our chili, in the form of chili powder and cayenne pepper. We add lots of chili powder, as it's not very spicy, and a tiny bit of cayenne, as it can burn your face off. 

Dad didn't know that yet.  We took one bite and considered going for some fast food, which we did. Gotta love spice!

We can all be a little clumsy sometimes, and trust me, I know that better than anyone. We were getting ready for dinner, and I was setting the table. I was bringing the plum sauce over to our table when it slipped out of my hands.

The container punctured, and started pouring down the register, and I was just standing there, in panic, completely frozen, not knowing what to do. We eventually got it cleaned up, but the experience still haunts me until this very day. 

(Picture note: plum sauce goes with spring rolls, right?)