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baby new potato salad with artisan bacon

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You cannot get more local than your backyard.  There is nothing better than the vegetables that you dig out of your own dirt.  The farmer’s market finds are close, but till fall shy of the flavor of something that you’ve grown. It is amazing that there is anything growing in my backyard this year. [...]

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warm-up spring soup

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With late spring temps in the 40’s we are needing some comfort food, but this is so tasty I would eat it any day of the year.  I continue to ponder that it might be nice as a cold soup, think vichyssoise, the ubiquitous potato and leek soup served hot in winter and cold [...]

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a healthier chocolate muffin

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The whole idea of a healthy chocolate muffin sounds ludicrous.  Doesn’t it?
In my head the word muffin is synonymous with healthy, I know that isn’t true but cupcake is supposed to be the bad boy.  However the only chocolate muffins I have ever had are those ginormous Costco versions that must have more calories than [...]

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roadkill banana chocolate squirrel cakes

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don’t turn up your nose at the idea.  what do you think happens to all those poor things that end up alongside the road after a clear night and a full moon?  we make them into the most delicious cakes you have ever skunk sunk your teeth into.
This tradition began years ago when the kids [...]

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chocolate coconut cookie bars

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Sometimes I’m in the mood for cookies, but I hate to make cookies because of the batch process.  The scooping, into the oven, rotate pans, out of oven, cool, start over, etc.  I inevitably burn the last batch.  So bar cookies it is.  This is my version of a chocolate chip cookie.  Great homework helper, [...]

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no butter – chocolate buttercream frosting

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Who doesn’t love the rich taste and silky texture of buttercream frosting? What if I were to tell you that you can make a healthier version without butter, no margarine either, that is damn tasty?
Just hear me out.
In many places of the world, namely Asia, avocados are called butter fruit. I have seen [...]

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nothing to snicker at snickerdoodles

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For the recipe skip ahead, please.
I have some thoughts that I just need to get off my chest, so skip ahead please.  This is just my way of keeping sane, you should not read it.
Please skip ahead.

I did something dumb, stupid actually.  I spent the day at school with my 6th grader.  His teacher has [...]

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North African Chickpea Soup

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I know I have been MIA for a while, it was because I have been traveling the world, exploring new foods and places. Oh no, that was a dream?  Crap.  Actually I have been dealing with a lot of bs from the school that my dear children go to.  It has consumed me and I [...]

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Ugliest, Healthiest Cookies

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Today my baby boy, who is 10 years old, told me that when he grows up he wants to be like Snuggles.  He wants to be like Snuggles because Snuggles is big, buff and hairy.  Now Snuggles is a player on the University Rugby team that my husband coaches.  Snuggles is also a cage fighter.  [...]

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The Rocky Road

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Craving ice cream when dairy is an issue is not pleasant. It is however, quite pleasant if you are craving sorbet. Oh the juicy bright flavors of citrus,pomegranates, mangoes, I could go on forever. But I digress, we are talking ice cream here. It is National Ice Cream Month, which I knew nothing about [...]

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