The Sugar Shack Festival of Trees Grande Prairie 2009

sugar shack

The Sugar Shack was a gingerbread house for Festival of Trees Grande Prairie 2009 designed and created by Redawna Kalynchuk from Nutmeg Disrupted. The end of summer means a lot of things to people, and for this girl, it means gingerbread! The emails and donation material came out a few weeks ago and I am…

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Iced Almond Gems

Iced Almond Gems

Iced Almond Gens are one of the best cookies you can make! They are simple, have beautiful flavour and are great on cookie trays! Surrounded by baking, that is the one thing that I did not have on my to do list, thanks to the Cookie Exchange we had earlier in the week. It was…

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Toasted Tropical Marshmallows

toasted tropical marshmallows

These Toasted Tropical Marshmallows are spectacular and exemplify how amazing fresh marshmallows are. Marshmallows are easier to make then you think, and once you try them fresh, you will never go back to store bought. This is a twist on the traditional white marshmallow. These are fantastic gems of tropical happiness~ Toasted Tropical Marshmallows. 3 envelopes…

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Kutia – Celebrating Ukrainian Christmas

Kutia is a traditional dish made with wheat and honey served on Ukrainian Christmas Eve. Ukrainian Christmas is on January 7th, so Christmas Eve is fast approaching. And though I usually celebrate traditional Christmas I always make many of the traditional Ukrainian dishes to serve. A traditional Ukrainian Christmas eve dinner consists of: Kutia Sauerkraut…

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Angel Academy Festival of Trees Grande Prairie 2012

Angel Academy gingerbread build from Nutmeg Disrupted

The Angel Academy was the 2012 gingerbread build from Redawna Kalynchuk of Nutmeg Disrupted. The Angel Academy, where all angels come to get their wings! The annual Festival of Trees in Grande Prairie kicked off last night with the Decorators Take a Bough event out at the Tec Center. It is a chance for those…

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