food intollerance/special diets

coconut water, green tea, whole fruit smoothie recipe

4 February 2012
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This might be a great start to your Super Bowl Sunday. With all the overindulgence this day may bring, a good start might be in order. If not a today then Monday this is a sure bet. Because no matter which team you are rooting for, this is a no win day when it comes to your [...]

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campfire cooking 101 :: chili con carne

2 September 2011
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We recently took a back-woods camping trip.  We were hoping for more of a back-country experience, but it was decidedly much more back-woods. Our adventure took place in the Nez Perce National Forest at a location in which we were lead to believe was more remote and secluded than it truly was.  The lack of [...]

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wild blackberry banana ice cream ~ it’s vegan

17 June 2011
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Hello summer vacation.  It is hard to believe that it has been a week already. Yesterday my son wanted to make ice cream, banana ice cream, for his brother.  Isn’t that sweet?  His brother became a brace-face and now his mouth is very tender.  This recipe was a total accident.  I still am shocked at [...]

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embrace the morning: green smoothie

17 May 2011
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I was inspired by a segment I saw on the Today Show yesterday called Beating the Bloat.  I hate that feeling and according to Kimberly Snyder eating fruit on an empty stomach is a way to avoid that problem and to jump start weight loss. She reasons that fruit digests quickly and if you eat [...]

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{Cinco de Mayo} pork & cabbage taco recipe

4 May 2011
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My friend Claudia is always the hit of any gathering.  She is from Guadalajara, Mexico, and she can cook.  She walks into the party, school function, etc with a bundle of these wrapped up in foil and a freshly cooked salsa then let the swarming begin.  You’d better get there early, because they disappear in [...]

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waldorf salad meets 2010

26 September 2010
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It is hard to believe that a salad that was made famous by the Waldorf Hotel Restaurant in the 1890′s, now the infamous Waldorf Astoria, has turned into a ho-hum potluck classic.  I have a new version here that will relaunch this into your repertoire.  This is a feel good salad that tingles with bright [...]

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zucchini and summer squash chips

1 October 2009
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I am making myself at home here on WordPress. I admit I am scared to death. I understood blogger and its quirks and it understood me and my quirks. Blogger is not a bad platform and I have no regrets about starting out there. You gotta start somewhere right?   Forget dessert. I have a [...]

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crispy pea crisps

13 May 2009
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I consider myself lucky that I have the hsa*ba Burmese Cookbook by Tin Cho Chan. To be honest I have never thought about Burmese food before. Cho started following me on Twitter and I then I found out about her website and her book. She states that hsa ba means please eat. OK, I’m interested. [...]

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Potato Chips from the Microwave? Come On

30 January 2009
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  I was sitting in the Orthodontists office the other day, I guess I had nothing better to do. Anyway, while flipping though the pages of Eating Well Magazine I saw a recipe for microwave potato chips. Really? That doesn’t seem possible or even tasty, yet I was so intrigued I had to give it [...]

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Thai inspired chicken noodle soup

21 May 2008
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This is our favorite chicken noodle soup. Today it feels like February so I am going to make some soup. I am craving a lively comfort food today. This is a lovely, bright and creamy one pot meal. The kids love it in their thermoses the next day. Also good with squash or pumpkin.  I [...]

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