Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Muffins

September 27, 2018

Can’t get enough of everything pumpkin spice? Me neither! Call me basic, but once September rolls around I just can’t get enough of pumpkin flavoured goodies.

These chocolate chip pumpkin muffins are sort of healthy, great for lunches and after school snacks, and just plain delicious!

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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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Raspberry Bran Muffins

August 31, 2017

The first day of school is fast approaching, and if you’re like me, you’re looking for easy snacks and meal plans–stat! While I still haven’t mastered the fine art of meal planning, I’m pretty good at whipping up a batch of healthy muffins.

This recipe was born out of a love of Tim Hortons Raspberry Bran muffins. They are in stores seasonally, but I want them all year round! The taste is pretty close, although I wish I could get them to rise better like they do in the store.

Grab your fresh or frozen raspberries and lets get started.

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Kristen Raney

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10 Must-Have Summer Bag Essentials

June 9, 2017

The temperatures are soaring, flowers are blooming, the sun is shining. . . it feels like summer to me. For our family, summer means impromptu play dates, trips to the splash park, lazy beach days, and lots of ice cream. It’s hard living a block from the best ice cream spot in our city, but somebody’s got to do it. 😉

The bad part? The crazy mess that’s left over when the fun is done.

Or even worse, running late because you can’t find the sunscreen or mosquito spray or insert whatever else you can’t leave without.

Enter the summer bag.

One place for all your essentials to be immediately emptied out and repacked when all the fun is done.

The summer bag was our sanity saver last summer, and this year will be no exception. Here’s my list of 10 items we don’t leave home without, and a few nice-to-haves for certain outings.