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We have been having an unusually wet spring, but hey, summer is right around the corner. Things have to warm up, right?!  It was 45°F today and I had to turn the furnace on, which should make anyone cranky in June.  After having soccer camp rained out the boys wanted to watch a movie, and [...]

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saving lives the Jamie Oliver way

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Hard for me to believe that some people do not know how to cook, like from scratch.  By scratch, I mean with a raw onion, carrot, or whatever.  I guess I am lucky and did not even know it.  My mother knows how to cook, both of my grandmothers cooked, I am now lead to [...]

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Pasta with Peas: take II

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Another entry in our month full of kid friendly meals, it’s not that my kids won’t eat other food, but why bother? With the man of the house globetrotting I am just not into spending time and effort on meals for the kids. So here you have it, another 15 minute meal, Pasta with peas [...]

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Popcorn Treats – Gluten & Dairy Free

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Rice crispy treats are the standby for soccer games, school parties, anytime. Why not try other mediums, other cereals are always an option, but what about popcorn? When I was a little girl my mother always made popcorn balls for Halloween. That got me thinking… It so happens that my son should not have dairy. [...]

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Chilaquiles [chee-lah-KEE-lehs] mmm

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Chilaquiles is a Mexican dish created out of the necessity to use up stale tortillas and left over meats and vegetables. I think that it is the ultimate one dish meal for leftovers that I know of. It goes over well at our house. I have made a few different varieties of chilaquiles before I [...]

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Pomegranate Syrup

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Pomegranates are sure a bright spot of the season like rubies that anyone can afford. So I thought, why not try to preserve them. First I thought that I would try to make jam or jelly. Then I thought, why not syrup? We love fruit syrups on pancakes and waffles, but even more in our [...]

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