Thanksgiving Monday here in Canada and we had our turkey dinners both on Saturday and Sunday - which left today for baking and cooking. This is my kind of holiday!
The morning started off with some homemade chocolate chip cookies. Can you really beat the plain chocolate chip cookie? I am a [...]

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Saturday past was slated as family day in the orchard! We had a blast. The weather was really nice, sun shining, birds chirping and apples a plenty. I don’t often attend the apple orchard events but I must say that I was impressed. The focus at this particular orchard were Cortland and McIntosh Apples. It [...]

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So, lets start off the week with my rendition of my mom’s classic sweet marie bar recipe.  So simple to make yet so yummy to eat.  This recipe is basically a kicked up rice krispy square with some peanuts and peanut butter. How can you go wrong?

This recipe is so simple that it’s almost funny [...]

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It is baking night at Zesty’s! Nothing fancy but I thought I would share with you a family favorite for a quick yet satisfying dessert. I sometimes add nuts but they are not a huge hit at our house so I left them out for this one.
 
Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
3 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate
1 oz. semi-sweet [...]

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I decided this week that as part of my weekly posts I am going to feature a new item I buy at the grocery store.  I will give you a little description of what the item is as well as nutrional information and also add a picture so you can try it out if you [...]

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