Wish Wednesday ~ #4

Welcome to Wednesday! I hope the first part of your week is going well!

Let's jump right into the pretties!

Look at all the jars!! Check out the link for other crafty jar ideas!

Did you know that it's been in the -30 degrees Celsius range? With the windchill we even made it down to -40!!

 
Just like the benches from my first #wishwednesday, I love this concept!!

Whoa hello awesomest camp food ever! SO trying that this summer!!!

Check out the nook!! Actually, check out the whole kitchen! Love, love, LOVE everything about it!!

My dream tub is freestanding, at least 6 feet long and three feet deep... what's yours?

What adorable little labels! Free download at the page too!!

Hope you enjoyed! Which one is your favourite??
Cheers!! xoxo!
-Shelly

Links: Mason Jars - Sortature, Heater - Kelly's Camping, Chair - dornob, Oranges - Chow, Nook - House of Turquoise, Tub - style-files, Lables - World Label

Weekend Baking ~ #4

Tell me, does that not look delicious? :)

This weekend I only got to bake for one day because I went for a little shopping trip to Kenora for a little shopping trip on Saturday! I just love Kenora :) Yes, it's a tourist trap... but it's a pretty tourist trap!

So without boring you with my gushing about Kenora (cause it was -30 and I didn't get any pictures, maybe next time!) Let's jump right in to the recipe!

Apple Strusel Brunch Pizza
Makes: 3 Pizzas

Dough
1-1/8tsp dry active yeast
1/2cup water
3tsp sugar
1/2tsp salt
1-1/2tbsp canola oil
1-1/2cup flour

Prepare dough:

• Dissolve yeast in 1/4cup water. 
• Dissolve sugar and salt in the rest of the water in your mixing bowl. Mix together with canola oil.
• Add flour on the top of oil mixture then add yeast mixture. (protects the yeast from the oil and salt!)
• Cover and set in a warm spot for approximately an hour. 
• Knock back the dough and divide into three equal portions
• Cover and let rest for about 15 more minutes

Apple Topping 
3 granny smith apples (cored, peeled, chopped)
A splash of lemon juice
1tsp ground cinnamon
3tbsp brown sugar
1/2tsp corn starch
1tbsp butter

Prepare the apples:

• Toss the apples with lemon juice.
• In a bowl mix cinnamon, brown sugar and cornstarch. Toss with apples.
• Spread apples out on a baking sheet and dot with butter. Bake at 400F for ~10-15 minutes. 

Strusel Topping 3tbsp brown or raw sugar
1/4cup flour
3tbsp butter 

Prepare Strusel Topping:

• Combine flour and brown sugar.
• Cut butter into flour mixture.

Glaze
1/2tbsp butter
1/2tbsp cream cheese
1tsp vanilla
1cup icing sugar
Milk

Prepare Glaze: 

• Melt butter with cream cheese.
• Mix in vanilla.
• Mix in icing sugar and add milk if it's not smooth enough to drizzle.

Assemble Pizzas:

• Roll dough out until thin.
• Arrange apple pieces over dough
• Sprinkle with strusel
• Bake at 450F for approximately 10-15 minutes or until crust is light golden
• Drizzle with glaze when still hot
• Serve warm

Once again I adapted this recipe from a few different sources and also I used my awesome baking expertise to make it extra yummy! Head on over to my main inspiration, the wonderful Minimalist Baker for a lovely dairy free version of this recipe!

See you next weekend!!
Cheers!xoxo,
-Shelly

Fitness Friday Update!

This week's fitness update is a pretty exciting one for me!

As I mentioned, I exercise on my elliptical in the evenings after work. So far all I've been doing is going for half an hour (30 minutes!) and seeing how 'far' I can go.

And... (drum roll please)... I passed 3.5km today!! (3.58 to be exact!)

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Ok, that might not sound like much of an accomplishment, but it wasn't too long ago that I was at 2km then close to 3 and now look at me go!

That's it for this Friday, just a little update! I can't wait until I can go 4km in 30 minutes! See you then!

Cheers!!! xoxo,
-Shelly

Wish Wednesday!

This week's #wishwednesday is all about DIY.

I've always been a crafter, but being that I'm in a very small, literally in-the-middle-of-no-where town... supplies are VERY limited. I look forward to sharing with you some of the things I've done (you'll notice the lack of different medium/supplies!!) but until then, check out these awesome DIYs I've found while dreaming of living closer to a Michaels.

This whole post has some super cute shirt ideas... this is my favourite!! Love the colours!

I SO wanted to try this this past christmas... next year!!

Who doesn't love Sharpie fun? (also... I have that blanket!!)

I think this should be my next project... I pack a lunch for work, do you??

Maybe my lunch bag can have some of these on it?

And there you have it!! Make sure you check out the links for these photos, browse... fall in love with the sites like I have!

Cheers! xoxo!!
-Shelly

links: Shirt - sortature, Tree - not martha, Pillows - BuzzFeed, Lunch Bag - Camille Styles, Indian Shisha Tutorial - Joyful Abode

Weekend Baking Sunday!

What do you do with leftover champagne?

Seems like an odd question. I mean honestly... who ever has leftover champagne? Well... when you are in more of a rye and coke or beer crowd like I am... the answer would be... me!

So what better to do after New Years than make some cupcakes? Check them out!

**Now unfortunately I ran into a bit of oven related problems (mainly... it wanted to try and cook my cupcakes at over 500F... but these things happen!!) So even though I doubled the recipe, I only got about half of them, the rest had crispy bottoms (which was a blessing in disguise... HELLO cupcake trifle!? Thanks mum for salvaging those today and making an AWESOME dessert!!).

Isn't it cute?!