Butter Tarts

Buttery pastry gives way to sweet, just so slightly runny brown sugar filling full of tender raisins in this Canadian classic Butter Tart. I use premade tart shells when I am making butter tarts. I do have a beautiful pie crust recipe, you can check it out here, but it is a lot of work…

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Terpenes A Closer Look At Pinene

Terpenes A Closer Look at Pinene is part of the discussion of terpenes and the role they play in cannabis. Pinene is a terpene found in rosemary, pine needles, fir trees, hops, parsley, dill, basil, sage, frankincense and some types of cannabis. Pinene is the most common terpene in nature Potential Medical Benefits The ability…

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Terpenes A Closer Look At Ocimene

Terpenes A Closer Look at Ocimene is part of the discussion on terpenes and the role they play in cannabis. The terpene is found in kumquats, parsley, basil, allspice, tarragon, bay laurel, pepper, mangos, orchids, mint and some types of cannabis. The aroma is sweet, woody, herbal, with citrus and fruity notes. Medical Benefits of…

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Terpenes A Closer Look At Myrcene

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Terpenes A Closer Look at Myrcene is part of the discussion on terpenes and the role they play in cannabis. Myrcene is a terpene found in hops, mangos, basil, thyme, bay leaves, cloves, lemongrass, verbena, ylang-ylang, and some types of cannabis. The aroma is hoppy, spicy musky, and fruity. Often people will comment that some…

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Sugar Plums Festival of Trees 2010

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Sugar Plums is a multi-award-winning gingerbread house from the Grande Prairie Festival of Trees 2010 build by Redawna Kalynchuk of Nutmeg Disrupted. As always, I was excited to get started on my gingerbread project for the season. I decided to go with nice bright colors, the house, somewhat traditional with a fun flare.This was my…

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