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feature Day 20 Advent 2014

Stir-Up Saturday: Reverse Chip Brookie Cookies

Stir-Up Saturday Reverse Chip Brookie Cookies The kids have been dying to recreate a cookie they often choose from a local bakery – a half-chocolate white chip and half-vanilla chocolate chip cookie. Their bakery cookie of choice is just fine, but it’s a bit high on the shortening and a bit too crispy for my […]

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Feature Day 13 Advent 2014

Stir-Up Saturday: Cherry and Pistachio Studded Shortbread Cookies

Stir up Saturday Cherry and Pistachio Studded Shortbread Cookies The kids were so excited by the flavours of last year’s Chewy Christmas Nougat that they asked for more Cherry and Pistachio treats this year. Add one more recipe to the Holiday Treats Recipe Round-Up! Here’s an easy cookie to prepare ahead of time and slice and bake at the […]

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Family Advent Calendar Kick-Off Event: Stir-Up Saturday, Make a Twenty-First Century Canadian Christmas Cake

It’s Stir-Up Saturday! Time to celebrate the coming of Advent by “making over” one of the holidays’ most dreaded beasts, a.ka. “the doorstop,” a.k.a. “alien food”… Oh no! It isn’t…No, it can’t be….Fruitcake? Never you fear, this is a Christmas Cake that will turn you into a “believer,” a fruit cake believer, that is. First […]

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Our Family Advent Calendar Starts Tomorrow!

Each year in Advent, The Lunchbox Season transforms into a virtual Advent Calendar, with a little something fun to do for each day of the season! Our Annual Family Advent Calendar Starts Tomorrow, Stir-up Saturday, November 29, 2014! Join us as we kick-off advent in style!!! Then, keep coming back each day in Advent for […]

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