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Monday, October 20, 2014

Multi-Grain Honey Whole Wheat Bread

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I love to make whole wheat bread.  I'm a 'grind the wheat to make her bread' kind of gal. For years, I've relied on my t...

White Bean, Chicken, and Kale Soup

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This is a simple white bean and chicken soup with lots of fresh herbs, and kale.   Perfect for fall.   Except that I live in Florida a...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Herbed Butter, Herbed Garlic Bread, & Herbed Butter Pats

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An easy and delicioius twist on garlic bread.  Use the freshest herbs possible.  Mince herbs, and adjust flavors according to your...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

Crispy Tortilla Strips with a Popcorn maker

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Last week I made our favorite Chicken Tortilla Soup .  One of our favorite facets of this soup are all of the a la carte toppings that can...
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Friday, September 19, 2014

Tropical Tapioca Pudding with Guava, Cinnamon, and Vanilla Beans

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Today, I boiled guavas in a simple syrup, blended the fruit and syrup in my high powered blender, and strained out the seed granules.  I...

Fizzy Guava Refresher, Guava Nectar, and Guava Syrup

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While living in Central America, I fell in love with several tropical fruits - one of them, the guava. While delightfully aromatic and swe...
Saturday, September 13, 2014

Smoky Baba Ghanoush

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 I first had babaghanoush at a Turkish restaurant, and totally fell in love with it.   What is it you may ask?  In a nutshell - roaste...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

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This recipe comes from my friend Freddy, from an old church cookbook. Perfect for fall, to fill up your home with all fragrant spices. ...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Rosemary Butternut Squash

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Just in time for Fall.   If you are a Butternut squash and rosemary fan, this is a must try.  It was amazing tasting, aromatic, and my...

Eight Grain Meatless Meatloaf, or Meatless Tex Mex Base

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This recipe uses eight grains, and natural ingredients. While it can easily be classified as "vegan" or "vegetarian", ...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Jack Fruit: Nuts and Smoothies

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Every time I go to the Asian market, we buy something new, and jack fruit was this week's experimental fruit. Now, the owner of th...
Friday, July 25, 2014

Cakes

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This seems to be a week of cakes, with two more still to go! This one was done as a white and chocolate checkerboard with a german chocol...

Toffee and Coconut Filled Chocolate Cake

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Chocolate, Toffee and Coconut Filled Cake – with Rose Williams Thanks to my friend Rose - a great chef and food stylist who helped...
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Monday, June 30, 2014

Rainbow Jello, Layered Jello Jigglers, Jello Ribbons

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My friend saw these and said, 'those are the kind of treats you always see and pin, but never actually make'. These are jiggler...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Suckers and Lollies

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As a child, we used to make a lot of suckers. They were so good that my sister started selling them to raise money for a summer camp she w...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Kale and Quinoa Asian Style Soup

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Here's my twist on an Asian style soup I tried yesterday. I loved the use of kale and quinoa, and especially my kid's reactions ...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Strawberry Lemonade Cake, OR Pink and White Checkerboard Cake with Lemon Curd Filling

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This cake is made using strawberry and white or  lemon cake mixes, and is filled with lemon curd, with buttercream frosting.  Checkerbo...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

April Fools - Repost

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Since it has been 4  years since I originally posted this - I'm reposting - since it is a much loved tradition in our home...one that o...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Double cut cookies - how to get perfectly uniform sugar cookies

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Sometimes I'm a day late and a dollar short.  This particular day turned into two days, but everyone is still sleeping, so I'm s...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Quinoa Granola Bars

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I stumbled across this recipe this morning, and LOVE how these granola bars turn out (after a few tweaks) The perk is that these tasty g...
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Sauerkraut

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Yes, I did say Sauerkraut.  Who knew you could make this stuff?  We've been on a bit of a pro-biotic kick lately, and honestly I w...