Category: Recipes
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Buffalo Chicken Calzone
Oh hello there, you hunk of awesome-ness: Cheesy, spicy, chicken-y…nom nom nom. The other day I mentioned on facebook that I was making a buffalo chicken calzone for dinn-dinn. I got the idea from these buffalo chicken bites I pinned many moons ago. (here’s the original pin, for any of you interested in the historical…
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Granowenda :: The Best Chewy Granola
My 2 year old, Anna Grace, has this thing about pronunciation. For example, her favorite princess is Cinderenda. Most people know her as Cinderella. One of her favorite snacks is granowenda – aka granola. This is our favorite granowenda recipe. It bakes up chewy, flavorful, and sweet but the only sweeteners in it are honey…
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How to Peel a Perfect Kiwi
Oh yes, it’s true. Perhaps it’s because my birthday was yesterday. Maybe I’m reaching a new era of confidence. I don’t think so. Nevertheless, a couple weeks ago when I was making fruit pizza, I needed to peel quite a few kiwis. Now, in the past, I’ve always used a knife to peel off strips…
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Fruity Pizza
What do you think about this? O my. Yes, it was tasty. I do love pizza – last week we had pizza for dinner (homemade crust topped with garlic white sauce, chicken, olives, mozzarella & oregano) and then this fruit pizza for dessert. One can never eat too much pizza. Try this recipe and I’ll prove it…
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Shrimp & Avocado Salad
How many of you like using your oven in the summer? Not me! I don’ t like being hot unless there’s a big body of water nearby. That’s one of the reasons I love this salad. It qualifies as a good meal for my hubby because there’s meat on it. But it’s a good meal…
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Feed the Babe: Zucchini
A couple weeks ago, I noticed a great sale on zucchini. So I thought I would buy 1. Scratch that. It was such a great deal, I decided to buy quite a few. Hey, when there’s a great sale, that’s the perfect time to stockpile! With the help of a small child, wash your zucchini…
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Feed the Babe
9 bananas. 26 zucchini. 15 pounds of sweet potatoes. Cooking for a large crowd? Nope. just my son. Did I mention that he’s only 6 months? Wow. He’s a big eater. And he definitely doesn’t get that from his Daddy. See this pile of stuff? Here’s another angle for ya: I made all that last…
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The Great Zucchini
The next time you’re at the store…buy zucchini. And lemon. Just buy now and ask questions later. You’ll thank me. Promise. I’ll wait while you go to the store. —- You’re back? Okay, you wanna know why I told you to buy zucchini and lemon? Booya. That’s why. What is it? Only the greatest thing…
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Hot Virginia Dip
Several years ago, my dear Aunt Judy had a massive family reunion at her home. Great fun was had and delicious food was eaten…as always. This dip stands out in my memory. Perhaps it’s because it was so tasty…or maybe because I ate so much of it. Either way, I copied the recipe from Aunt…
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Homemade Taco Seasoning
We love Mexican food at our house! Hot & spicy is our thing. Even my 2 year old likes salsa. Major win. I used to pick up quite a few taco seasoning packets when I went grocery shopping. Then one day, I was making taco meat for some friends and realized I had no taco…
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Green + Red = Healthy
I bet you never learned that one in math class, did you? Allow me to explain: Green. Red. Put them together. Add a little of this. And there you have it, my friends. Green + Red = Healthy. I decided to make a homemade strawberry poppyseed dressing. I did not use a recipe. It turned…
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Easter Food: Solved
In case you’re still looking for some ideas of food to serve on Easter, I’ve gotcha covered. Food is certainly not the most important part of Easter. Not by a long shot. However, I love to have special foods to celebrate special days. It just makes it more … {can I say it again?} special.…