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I love to cook. I really really do, unfortunately I am not the best cook. Oh sure, I try really hard but it’s never quite perfect. Once a month my work group has a cookoff where the winner of the last challenge gets to pick the theme. One time I came close to winning, but […]

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Mild Chicken Apple curry

On October 23, 2012 By

My job has recently started doing food contests. It is a potluck style challenge with a theme item that you need to include in the dish. The first theme was apple. Most people made dessert, so there was a lot of sweets. I decided to be a bit different and make a dinner. Here is […]

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I’m going to get the blog back on track… With food.

Food you say? But you’re a mom blog.

Yes that’s true but food is at the very heart of every family. And so I’m going to come back with a recipe.

Lately getting food on the table has become so much more difficult. On […]

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Dairy Free Alfredo Sauce

On June 4, 2012 By

This is an adaptation from a heart healthy alfredo recipe I saw on Oprah ages ago. This is the closest thing I have found to tasting like alfredo.

2 cups canelli, great northern or white beans

2 cups soy milk (original)

2 tbl garlic powder

3/4 tsp salt

1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

Pop this […]

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Big Brother is allergic to tomatoes so I have been experimenting with the uses of red peppers. I came up with a tasty recipe for Roasted Red Pepper sauce to use in place of tomato sauce.

What you’ll need:

2 jars roasted sweet peppers

1 1/2 cups of chicken broth (I make […]

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Halloween Food

On October 7, 2011 By

Yay for October! I love Halloween. I love dressing up and getting candy, who doesn’t love that? My good friend Jamy has a party almost every year and with it comes the need to make some fun, creepy or just plain awesome food. I’m not really sure what I will do this year, […]

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Angry Birds Cake

On May 23, 2011 By

Yes, you read that right! I can’t even believe it, but I pulled it off.

This week has been a birthday week. First we had our own little party for D at home. Just the three of us. It was a nice time. Then we had a friend party for D and J on […]

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In our latest farm share box we were given Delicata squash.

I had never seen this before, so I went hunting around the internet to find some recipes. I came across some really yummy looking soups, unfortunately Little G is allergic to milk and therefore, we couldn’t use them. I was a bit bummed, […]

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4 Minute Dessert Tortilla

On October 6, 2010 By

These are super yummy and super easy to make.

You will need:

1 tortilla butter sugar cinnamon chocolate sauce (optional for variation 1 and 2) peanut butter (optional for variation 2)

First you take a flour tortilla and spread a thin layer of butter (or butter substitute, as it is only used to help the […]

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Easy Radish Greens Pesto

On June 16, 2010 By

This came out AMAZING! I was worried about trying this, but it was awesome. Even my very skeptical D loved it. You should definitely try it at home.

I would like to thank Kristin from Peace, Love and Muesli for giving me the inspiration to even attempt this. […]

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