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These easy healthier flapjacks are made with less butter and honey instead of syrup. They're perfect for kids lunch boxes or enjoying with a cuppa! These easy healthier flapjacks are made with honey and peanut butter. They're a twist on my delicious chocolate peanut butter raisin flapjacks. In that recipe chocolate helps to bind it together. But as we know, chocolate can contain lots of processed sugar. In this healthier flapjacks recipe, the binder is made by combining less butter than a traditional flapjacks recipe with honey and sugar-free peanut butter. So I've ommited the chocolate and the golden syrup....

These southern staples are versatile, flavorful, and nutritious By Marisa Moore Black-eyed peas, so named for the black splotch in the center of this creamy ivory legume, are not peas, but beans. And like all beans, black-eyed peas offer many benefits for your palate and your health. A Brief History of Black-Eyed Peas Black-eyed peas are known by many names around the world—cowpeas, goat peas, lubia, akkerboon, and more. They’re native to West Africa, where they’re still a major crop, and are widely grown in the Americas and Southeast Asia. The legumes are prized for their nutritional value, and, because...

You never wanted to be that frugal person, but it’s time to take household savings seriously with rising costs on everything in Canada. If mortgage interest rates go up, do you have a plan in place to afford the mortgage? If the answer is no, start with household savings. Yesterday I asked my readers on Facebook during our What’s For DInner nightly chat about their household savings. Join the chat nightly on my Facebook group at 5 pm for ways to save frugal and funny questions, memes and dinner photos. Picture yourself in a room with everyone and start chatting...

You don’t have to choose between a busy life and a clean home. Join us in Homekeeping Society to get the clean home you’ve always dreamed of — and keep it that way. The Monthly Focus for March is Spring Cleaning. Every month Homekeeping Society members get a coupon code to use in the shop – the March coupon code is for FREE Shipping in the US and/or 15% off your entire order. Homekeeping Society is right for you if you want to: Enjoy a fresh & tidy home you love without spending endless hours cleaning. Spend your weekends doing what YOU want...

Planning a wedding and don’t even know where to begin? Or maybe you’ve been planning your wedding for awhile and want to make sure you’ve checked absolutely everything off your list. This post of game-changing wedding planning tips is for you! Pretty much every little girl grows up fantasizing about her wedding day. The color of the bridesmaids’ dresses, the style of her dream venue, the mountains of flowers surrounding her as she makes her way down the aisle toward her teary-eyed soulmate… It’s all a magical, dreamy fairytale, right?! Well, yes, except that Pinterest-perfect weddings are not always the...