• Did you know soup obsession is a real thing! I had no idea until I was sitting in my car, eating a bowl of soup while I was supposed to be grocery shopping! This obsession was getting a little out of control. So, I came up with my own homemade version and dare I say, it might just be better than the original. After one bite of this copycat soup, loaded with broccoli and cheese, you'll forget all about the original.

    Copycat Broccoli Cheddar Soup

    You guys I went through a Panera Bread kick a few weeks back. Literally, it was obsessive. I may have eaten a bowl of soup in my car one afternoon after I'd skipped breakfast and lost track of time. It was so good, but this new infatuation was getting costly. So, I had to come up with a Copycat Broccoli Cheddar Soup and dare I say, it might just be better than the original!

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  • This Carrot & Cream Cheese Jellied Salad breaks the mould with its tropical flavours, a dreamy cream cheese base and carrots to cut through the sweetness! Loved by my family, so much so, three families all submitted this exact same easy recipe to our family cookbook. Jello salad has never tasted so good, or perhaps been so loved! Add this to your list of must-tries, you won't be disappointed.

    Carrot & Cream Cheese Jellied Salad

    Have you heard me talk about my family cookbook? It's sort of our own little food bible. It was created years ago for a family reunion. It's packed with great family-loved recipes, a lot of which have and will continue to appear here! Just like this Carrot & Cream Cheese Jellied Salad which is a favourite. So much so, my dad and my two aunts all submitted the exact same recipe. If that doesn't elude to this recipe's greatness, I'm not sure what could.

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  • Picking a name out of a hat has never been so much fun! Years ago, our social committee at work planned a potluck dinner but it came with a twist. The names in the hat were countries and your dish had to be influenced by that region. I had a Ghanian fried rice recipe from my past. So, I whipped up this easy Ginger and Vegetable Fried RIce side dish. Loaded with flavour this rice was a huge hit!

    Ginger and Vegetable Fried Rice

    The first time I served Ginger and Vegetable Fried Rice, it was to a group of my coworkers. We had planned a potluck dinner after work, but we added a twist. I was part of the social committee, we'd plan all kinds of fun stuff, and this time we decided to have each coworker pick a country out of a hat, and cook a recipe from that region. You guys it was so much fun!

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