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Easy Chewy Granola Bars
My dad passed away a couple of years ago. He was a sporatic, but obsessive, cook. He spent the better part of a year one year perfecting chocolate chip cookies. He experimented with various recipes,...
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Real Food Remake: Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup (Slow Cooker)
Real Food Remake I love finding a good slow cooker recipe. The problem is that many of them, in the name of convenience, include cream soups or packaged mixes that have msg or other preservatives. A...
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Two Tasty Tomato Dishes
My mom is an incredible gardener. My dad was, too. I am not sure yet if I’ve inherited this ability. My pinterest board is filled with great gardening tips and ideas. I have aspirations to have a...
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Roasted Corn, Broccoli and Black Bean Quinoa
In lieu of a written entry for this recipe, I will refer you to this awesome blog post. Also…I use my food processor A LOT in recipes. Every time I write a recipe that uses my food processor, I think...
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Chile and Corn Quinoa
Okay, okay…this is very similar to my other corn quinoa recipe. But, I’m on a quinoa kick. If you’re curious why quinoa has become popular lately, I’ll give you a brief synopsis. First, it has twice...
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Curry and Forbidden Rice
I declare this to be the summer of adventure!!!! I have decided to buy a new type of produce and/or a new grain every time I go to the store. Our local grocery store had “tamarillos” which I had never...
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“Chocolate Covered Cherry” Sorbet
DISCLAIMER: The following blog entry involves discussion of non-REAL food. When I was a little girl, growing up in Iowa, I would sometimes be lucky enough to spend a few days at a friend’s house who...
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Cream of Mushroom Soup
Ahhhh…Cream of Whatever soup…when you hear this, does it bring to mind thick, gelatinous condensed soups from a can? My mom was masterful with condensed soup. So was I: give me a miniscule grocery...
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Prepping for School
Did you miss me? This is the last week of summer for three of my four kids, and the first week my teacher husband was back to work. We spent all last week shoving every activity we planned to do this...
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Risotto with Asparagus
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been in a sugar coma. You may have noticed that many of my recent posts have been sweets. I have a ton more goodies to post, but I felt a tad guilty about...
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