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Sugar, spice and everything nice with (NC) You can’t beat traditional treats •1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract gingerbread cookie bars during the holiday season, and there’s •1 tsp (5 mL) ground cinnamon nothing quite as classic as gingerbread. •1 tsp (5 mL) ground ginger From elaborately decorated gingerbread •3 tbsp (45 mL) white chocolate chips houses to crisp gingersnaps, there are •½ cup (125 mL) dried cranberries many ways to enjoy the slightly spiced •½ cup (125 mL) toasted chopped pis- and cozy flavour. tachios Directions: These scrumptious bars combine two 1. Preheat oven to 375°F (190° C). Line traditional holiday treats – gingerbread 13 x 9-inch (33 x 23 cm) and cookie bars – to create a mouth- baking pan with foil or parchment pa- watering bite perfect for the holidays. per, leaving 2-inch (5 cm) overhang. Swap your butter 1:1 with Becel Sticks, Spray with cooking spray and set aside. which require no softening so you Combine flour, baking soda and salt in can go from prep to enjoyment in 30 medium bowl; set aside. minutes. 2. Beat margarine sticks with sugars in large bowl. Beat in eggs and vanilla Gingerbread Cookie Bars until blended. Gradually add in flour Prep time: 10 minutes, Cook time: 20 mixture; beat just until blended. Stir minutes, Makes: 30 cookie bars in cinnamon and ginger. Spread into Ingredients: prepared baking pan. Combine white • 2 ¼ cups (550 mL) all-purpose flour chocolate chips, cranberries and pis- • 1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda tachios in small bowl. Evenly sprinkle • ½ tsp (2 mL) salt over dough; press gently. • 1 cup (250 mL) (2 sticks) Becel 3. Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick unsalted margarine sticks inserted in centre comes out clean. • 1 cup (250 mL) firmly packed light Cool in pan on wire rack brown sugar for 10 minutes. Using foil overhang, • ¼cup (60 mL) granulated sugar lift out of pan and cool completely. • 2 eggs Cut into 30 pieces.

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Canarian Flan (QuesilloSpain is all Canario) about the flan - egg flan, coconut flan, cheese flan, chestnut flan, vanilla flan, Christmas chocolate flan…. The main ingredients of this delicious dessert are always milk, sugar and eggs. One of the most desirable is the traditional Canarian flan (traditional in the Ca- nary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the coast of northwestern Africa). Ingredients: 3. Beat in the whole milk. 6 large eggs 4. Add the lemon zest and stir. 2 cups of whole milk 5. Coat a flan pan with butter and 2 cups of condensed milk then with caramel. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 6. Pour in the egg and milk mixture, Lemon zest from one lemon and place in a water bath for about Caramel to coat the pan with 35-50 minutes. Instructions: 7. When a toothpick inserted into 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) the center of the flan comes out 2. Beat the eggs really well, and clean, it's ready! then beat in the condensed milk and 8. Let the flan cool completely, then vanilla until combined. flip over onto a serving dish.

Quinoa (pronouncedQuinoa: “keen-wah” 7 Little) daily Known recommended Facts value of iron. is becoming increasingly popular in 3. There are over 120 differ- North America. Quinoa (the name ent identified varieties of quinoa, is borrowed from Spanish “quinua”, but the most commonly cultivated from Quechua “kinwa”) is a grain-like and exported are white, red and seed originally from South America. black. Black quinoa has a slightly It has a mild nutty, grainy flavour and earthier taste than other varieties. when cooked properly has a lovely 4. Quinoa isn’t actu- chewy texture similar to cooked bar- ally a grain: it’s a seed. ley. Did you know that Andean peo- 5. Uncooked quinoa can be stored as ples in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and long as 6 months if it’s sealed in an Bolivia first cultivated quinoa some airtight container and refrigerated. 7,000 years ago? Or that it has four 6. In the 1500s, Spanish conquis- times the amount of iron found in tadors deemed quinoa unholy due brown rice? If you are a quinoa lov- to its elevated status in indigenous er, here are 7 facts you should know: cultures, and even prohibited na- 1. Quinoa is one of the few plant- tive peoples from cultivating it. based sources of protein that con- 7. While North Americans typically tains all the amino acids that our use quinoa as a rice substitute, locals bodies can’t produce on their own. in cities like Bogota and La Paz drink 2. One cup of quinoa will supply you the stuff. Chicha is a traditional An- with half of your daily recommended dean beer brewed from indigenous value of fiber and 40 percent of your crops like corn and … quinoa.

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