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Chocolate Covered Rice Krispie Christmas Tree Treats

November 10, 2018

Tired of the same old Christmas baking?  These easy Chocolate Covered Rice Krispie Treats will shake up your usual holiday baking.  The recipe comes together in minutes and is sure to impress.  Your only problem will be keeping enough on hand for friends and family.

Give your holiday baking a little extra cheer with these white chocolate covered Rice Krispie Christmas Trees. Simple and easy to make as gifts or to add to your Christmas baking tray. But be warned, everyone will be asking for the recipe! #christmas #holiday #baking #ricekrispie #ricekrispietreat #christmasbaking #holidaybaking #easy #recipe #dessert #kids #gift #diygift #whitechocolate

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Kristen Raney

Kristen is a former farm kid turned urban gardener who owns the popular gardening website, Shifting Roots.  She is obsessed with growing flowers and pushing the limits of what can be grown in her zone 3b garden.  She also loves to grow tomatoes, but oddly enough, dislikes eating them raw.

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Filed Under: Baking, Christmas, Recipes, Simple & Easy Tagged: Baking, chocolate, Christmas, Christmas baking, dessert, easy recipe, Holiday, Holiday baking, Kids, recipe, Rice Krispies, sprinkles, white chocolate

Easy Two Ingredient Chocolate Mousse

May 2, 2018

A dessert recipe this easy barely deserves a blog post.  Yet, here we are.  If you’re looking for a rich and creamy egg-free mousse, you have come to the right place.  It’s chocolatley and smooth and assembles in under a minute. . . seriously.

You know what goes well with summer berries? This easy two ingredient chocolate mousse. It's eggless and can be whipped up in under a minute. It's the perfect no-bake summer dessert recipe when you need something fast! #chocolatemousse #mouse #summerdessert #nobakedessert #egglessdessert #noeggs #easydessert #twoingredientrecipe #twoingredientdessert
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Kristen Raney

Kristen is a former farm kid turned urban gardener who owns the popular gardening website, Shifting Roots.  She is obsessed with growing flowers and pushing the limits of what can be grown in her zone 3b garden.  She also loves to grow tomatoes, but oddly enough, dislikes eating them raw.

www.shiftingroots.com

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Filed Under: Uncategorised Tagged: chocolate, dessert, mousse, no-bake, no-bake dessert, pudding, Strawberries, summer dessert, summer fruit, whipped cream

3 Coffee-Flavoured Chia Seed Puddings to Supercharge Your Morning

September 23, 2017

This post is sponsored by Dusty Plains Coffee Co.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Fall is officially here, school is back in session, and I find myself consuming a lot more coffee than I did in the summer.  Some mornings are so hectic that I barely have time to make both coffee AND breakfast.

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Kristen Raney

Kristen is a former farm kid turned urban gardener who owns the popular gardening website, Shifting Roots.  She is obsessed with growing flowers and pushing the limits of what can be grown in her zone 3b garden.  She also loves to grow tomatoes, but oddly enough, dislikes eating them raw.

www.shiftingroots.com

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Filed Under: Get Healthy, Recipes, Simple & Easy, Sponsored Tagged: breakfast, chia seed pudding, chia seeds, chocolate, coffee, cold brew coffee, Dusty Plains Coffee Co., keto, latte, mocha, paleo, pumpkin, pumpkin spice, snack, vegan, vegetarian

No-Churn Raspberry Chocolate Ice Cream

July 14, 2017

Raspberry season is the best.  There’s nothing like picking fresh raspberries from your backyard patch and making them into delicious jams and jellies.

Last month I enjoyed making (and eating!) no churn ice cream so much that I wanted to make a flavour for each month.  So in honour of warm July days spent picking raspberries in the hot sun, I’ve come up with this delicious no churn raspberry chocolate ice cream.

No churn raspberry chocolate ice cream is the perfect treat to beat the summer heat! An easy recipe you can make with your kids, after forcing them to pick berries with you.
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Kristen Raney

Kristen is a former farm kid turned urban gardener who owns the popular gardening website, Shifting Roots.  She is obsessed with growing flowers and pushing the limits of what can be grown in her zone 3b garden.  She also loves to grow tomatoes, but oddly enough, dislikes eating them raw.

www.shiftingroots.com

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Filed Under: Fruit Season, Recipes, Use it up! Tagged: chocolate, easy, ice cream, July, no churn, raspberry, raspberry season, recipe, waffle cone

Cheesecake Brownie Bites

April 25, 2017

If you could have brownies or cheesecake, what would you choose?  Tough decision.  Take the third option and make these cheesecake brownie bites instead!  It’s also the perfect way to treat a deserving Mom in your life this Mother’s Day.

Like most dessert posts I make, this creation came about because I needed a treat for my show choir.  They were taking time out of final exams to come and perform at a fundraising event and deserved something special.

The bottom layer is made up of a super gooey brownie.  No cake-textured brownies here!  Chocolate chips are the star of these brownies with no cocoa powder in sight.  There’s not a lot of flour either, so this brownie needs more time to cool and set before eating. The cheesecake topping is super simple; just cream cheese, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and a few chocolate chips.   This dessert takes 40 minutes to bake, but it won’t look set when you take it out of the oven.  As long as the edges are golden brown, don’t panic.  Let it cool on the counter until most of the heat is gone, then transfer to the fridge and leave overnight.  Then, and only then, can you cut into it and serve. Cut your pieces small because this dessert is rich! Cheesecake topping: 2 8 oz pkgs cream cheese 2 eggs, slightly beaten 2/3 cup sugar 2 tsp vanilla 1 cup chocolate chips Brownie bottom: 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 cup butter 1 1/4 cups flour 4 beaten eggs 2 tsp baking powder Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.  It’s done when the edges are golden brown.  The centre will not look done, but it is.  Do not cut into the dessert before it has cooled completely.  Cool and put in the fridge to set for at least 4 hours, and preferably overnight.  Cut and serve.

Pin me for later!! What do you make when you need a crowd pleasing dessert?  As always, I’d love to hear if you try the recipe!

Kristen Raney

Kristen is a former farm kid turned urban gardener who owns the popular gardening website, Shifting Roots.  She is obsessed with growing flowers and pushing the limits of what can be grown in her zone 3b garden.  She also loves to grow tomatoes, but oddly enough, dislikes eating them raw.

www.shiftingroots.com

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Growing eucalyptus for the first time this year? Growing eucalyptus for the first time this year?  A new post is on the blog to walk you through it.  While in theory eucalyptus is easy to grow, it's challenging in my zone 3 garden for three reasons: ⁠
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➡️It needs a long time to mature⁠
➡️I have a short growing season⁠
➡️I live in a cool climate, and eucalyptus grows better when its warm.⁠
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That said, you can see by this picture that it can be done!!⁠
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Are you growing eucalyptus this year?
Oh friends, if any of my nice, curated photos sums Oh friends, if any of my nice, curated photos sums up how this last week went, I think it's this one.  Babies crying, trying to stay calm, outwardly looking like it's all under control, but feeling very overwhelmed.⁠
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This post isn't gardening related, so feel free to scroll by if you're here only for the gardening content.⁠
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Thankfully it's January, and I keep reminding myself that the Internet will not break if I don't keep to my self-imposed posting schedule.  But it doesn't make a week full of teething-and-not-sleeping baby any easier. ⁠
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Felicity slept through the night for the first time ever last Monday, then proceeded to punish us with frequent wakings and terrible sleep until Saturday.  And as tough as this is in regular times, in Covid times its extra frustrating because I don't have my village.⁠
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I can't just call up another Mama friend and go for coffee at her house.  I can't take my son out for a Mommy-and-Dominic date because everything he'd want to do isn't really much of an option.  There's no playgroup or play place to just drop in on.  And forget just taking everybody out to get groceries just for a change of scenery.⁠
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I know people have way more serious problems than this, and I hope I don't sound whiny and entitled, it's not my intention.  Please know that I'm very grateful for my family and job and that so far we've been healthy. ⁠
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A lot of you who follow me do so in part because you are also juggling life with very little people through this strange time.  I hope that in occasionally sharing my struggles, it makes you feel better about your struggles. (You're struggling too sometimes. . . right?)
Do you tend to plan out your garden to the nth deg Do you tend to plan out your garden to the nth degree, do you just wing it, or are you somewhere in-between?⁠
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I tend to plan it all out, and then when I actually get out in the field, so to speak, the plan changes a little bit. ⁠
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If you need a garden planner that's both pretty & practical, my garden planner is available in the ebooks section.  It's only $9 and has lots of upgrades from the previous planner.  Use code CANADA if you're Canadian to account for the exchange.⁠
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P.S. You can see exactly what you're getting in the video--no surprises. ⁠
P.P.S  I get my planner bound and printed at a printing place.  Lots of people just print their own and put the sheets in a binder.
Are you gardening in containers this year? When y Are you gardening in containers this year?  When you're shopping for vegetable seeds, look for varieties that have names with words like patio, tiny, small, etc.  While lots of vegetable varieties will do fine in a container, you'll have an easier time with ones that are specifically bred for that situation.⁠
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I'm living the pepper dream in this photo. While I'm living the pepper dream in this photo.  While these ones are a bit on the small side, who doesn't want ripe peppers in July in zone 3?!?! ⁠
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Over the years I've gotten better at growing peppers, and I promise I'll spill my secrets in February when it's actually time to start them.  Until then, get yourself all or one of my four favourite varieties: ⁠
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🌶️Carmen⁠
🌶️Escamillo⁠
🌶️Candy Stripe⁠
🌶️Hungarian Hot Wax⁠
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Do you have a favourite pepper variety?⁠
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Have you flipped open a seed catalogue lately? It Have you flipped open a seed catalogue lately?  It's so easy to get completely overwhelmed, especially if you're new to gardening.  Why are there so many varieties of everything and which ones do I choose?⁠
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Here's how I try to narrow it down.⁠
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🌤️ Short growing season like me?  Try and prioritize varieties that have short dates to maturity.⁠
🥗 What do you or your family actually eat?  While I think you should always try a couple of new things, there's no sense in planting a giant garden filled with vegetables that you're not going to cook with. ⁠
🥒 Do you care whether your vegetables are heirlooms or hybrids?  Heirlooms are the kind that have been around for 50+ years and you can save seeds from.  Believe it or not, this year we're prioritizing hybrids for some of our garden.  The Hermit @mgsraney is obsessed with production this year, so anything that's going in "his" greenhouse better be able to produce a lot.  I'm using more heirlooms in my "glamour garden" as we call it, because I want things that are pretty and I can save seeds from.⁠
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What do you prioritize when you're picking out seeds?⁠
Last week we started thinking about our plans for Last week we started thinking about our plans for cut flower gardening, now this week we start thinking about plans for our vegetable gardens.  Unlike cut flowers, there's not as many vegetables that need to be started ridiculously early.  However, it's still fun to plan and dream and get your thoughts sorted.⁠
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I'm curious--what size of garden do you have to work with?  Are you on an acreage or farm, city backyard, or do you have a couple of pots on an apartment patio?⁠
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As for me, I have quite a mix.  I have my container garden on my backyard deck, the small cut flower garden in my yard, then vegetables in raised beds.  We also garden at my Mother-in-law's acreage, so there's a giant garden over there where we're figuring out how to grow food on a larger scale.  Then finally, sometimes my Mom grows things for me in her garden if I'm nervous that I'll ruin them in my own garden--call it a backup garden if you will.⁠
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