Link Love – Happy Friday!

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| Split Pea Soup – Scandi Foodie | Bloody Mary Gazpacho – Foodie Crush |Red Lentil Soup – A Couple Cooks | Curried Lentil & Farro Soup – The Parsley Thief | Spice Butternut Squash Soup with Apple – Whole Living | Spicy Thai Squash Soup – West Coast Nest | Carrot & Parsnip Soup with Hazelnut Cornbread – Inspiring the Everyday (not pictured) | Happy Friday! I hope you all had a fantastic week. Mine was great – filled with excellent live music and meeting lots of new people. On Tuesday, I went to see one of my favourite bands – Hey Ocean! They are an energetic and insanely talented band from British…

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Italian Green Bean Casserole

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Tonight, I attended the first Manitoba Food Bloggers event at Elements Restaurant. It was a great time! I got to meet some wonderful local bloggers I had already been chatting with online. And I got to meet a lot of new people – all of different backgrounds and reasons for blogging. We got to sample some delicious food such as sun dried tomatoes with micro arugula on parmesan crisps. Yum! And we sampled local beer from Half Pints Brewery and wine provided by The Tipsy Thief. It was a really wonderful event and I am very much looking forward to…

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Chocolat Peanut Butter Fun Cake

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And now for something completely unhealthy…but very much worth it if you can schedule in a “cheat day”. The chocolate cake is incredibly moist and may become my go-to recipe for chocolate cake. First of all, it’s a one-bowl batter cake recipe. Love those! Saves on cleaning many dishes! Also, this cake does not use any eggs. Once in a while I will use eggs when baking, but on average, I like to stick to recipes without eggs. They always give me tummy aches – therefore, we are not friends. *hah* The peanut butter icing was also very simple and…

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