Before you set off on your next family walk or outing, try making one of these super easy trail mixes to keep your energy up.

* Quick Fix Mix 2 cups mini pretzels 1 cup cheese snack crackers 1 cup honey roasted peanuts 1 cup raisins

Place all ingredients into a plastic baggie, seal, and then shake. Enjoy!

* Chocolate Popcorn Mix 2 cups spoon size shredded wheat cereal 2 cups popped popcorn 1 cup dried cranberries 3 Tbsp. milk chocolate chunks

Toss cereal and popcorn into a large bowl. Place the cranberries into a small bowl. Melt the chocolate as directed on the package, and stir. Pour the chocolate over the cranberries and mix lightly. Add the c Easy Trail Mixes Recipe

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Harvest Apple Pie With Cheddar Crust

by News Canada

(NC)–Apples partner well with cheddar and here the cheese is built right into the crust. For another variation, use your favourite crust recipe and top with apple crisp topping.

Cheddar Crust

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 550mL

3/4 tsp salt 4 mL

1/2 cup vegetable shortening125mL

1/4 cup cold butter 50mL

(cut into small pieces)

1 3/4 cups old cheddar cheese 425mL

5 to 6 tbsp ice water 75 to 90 mL

Apple Filling:

6 cups Ontario Apples 1.5 L

sliced peeled (Such as Cortland, Crispin (Mutsu), Golden Delicious, Jonagold, McIntosh, Northern Spy, Russet, Spartan)

1 tbsp lemon juice 15mL

1/3 cup granulated sugar 75mL

1 tbsp all-purpose flour 15mL

1/2 tsp cinnamon 2mL

1 egg yolk 1

1 tsp milk 5m Harvest Apple Pie With Cheddar Crust Recipe

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Water on the Brain

by Ieuan Dolby

I was in the supermarket this morning (nothing unusual in that) and pushing my trolley to the checkout. Well, my wife was pushing and I was away in airy-fairy land when it suddenly dawned on me that I was walking past water. Not just any water but a whole world of the stuff. A complete representation of nations: a veritable United Nations of water in one aisle.

There, in your local Supermarket: Highland Spring Water all the way from Scotland or water drawn from the speckled valleys in the Black Mountains of the Canadian Rockies. Or you prefer Continental European? How about Spa Reine Water from Germany (hope it wasn’t a public Spa) or Vittel from the French Societe Generale des Eaux Minerales de Vittel, whatever that is. Even Australia is repres Water on the Brain Recipe

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