By Maranda
Recipe: Peanut Butter Chocolate Swirl Protein Bread
Summary: I’ve been totally hooked on Jamie Eason’s Cinnamon Swirl Protein Bread since Liz gave me the recipe a few weeks ago. The kids love it too, and I’ve been making a pan every few days. I’ve modified it a bit because I don’t use alternative or artificial sweeteners; I make it without sweetening the batter and with 3 tablespoons each cinnamon and brown sugar for the ‘swirl’ topping. I’ve switched up the flavours with this variation, combining two favourites, chocolate and peanut butter for a can’t-miss combination. (more…)
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By Maranda
Thanks to Rebecca from A Little Bit of Momsense for today’s guest post!
This holiday season, are you looking for something unique to get your Super Mario loving child, relative or friend? Here’s a list of great finds on Etsy for kids of all ages that will remind them how awesome these games are!
By Maranda
At the beginning of the November, I laid out a few goals I wanted to accomplish before the month was out. I took a few items from each of my never-ending to-do lists for my websites, home and personal life and put together a list of ten things I wanted to get done. So how did I do? (more…)
By Maranda
Summary: These yummy cookies from The Heart And Stroke Association website are so soft and delicious; they’re almost like a mini brownie. They get their softness and their fibre from the prunes that make up most of the wet ingredients. Genius! (more…)
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By Maranda
Thanks to Katie for today’s guest post on documenting the magic of Christmas:
The magic of Christmas can’t be found wrapped up under a tree. For me the true magic of Christmas has always been made up of all the ‘activities’ of Christmas. My fondest memories of Christmas are not of the toys I received as a child but the things I did with my family. Things like making crafty homemade decorations with my Mom, baking Christmas cookies (and sneaking them frozen from the freezer in the basement) and my all time favorite packing ourselves up in the car with Christmas Carols on the radio, and sipping eggnog while we drove around the neighborhood looking at all the lights.
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By Maranda
Search engine optimization (SEO) is something that mystifies a lot of bloggers, especially beginners. Many articles can be lengthy and overly technical, but optimizing your content for search engines needn’t be difficult or time consuming.
Today I’m sharing a few easy tips to improve the SEO for your blog without having to sift through a ton of technical articles or remember anything complicated. And the good news is, your blogging software and plugins can do a lot of the work for you!
But first a quick definition of what SEO is and how it works: Search engine optimization is the process of refining your content to raise your position in search engine results. The better your optimize your content, the higher ranking you’ll have with Google and other search engines. You don’t need a lot of statistics to know that most people click results on the first page, so the higher you rank the better! The good news is there are many little things you can do to increase your ranking in Google search results without having to understand all the technology behind it. (more…)
