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BBQ Swap

April 16, 2012

The weather is warming up, it’s time to dust off that grill and head outdoors. Today I am going to share a great Swap for a healthier barbecued dessert.  Just because it is dessert doesn’t meant it has to be frosted or iced it just has to be yummy. Grilled Angel Food Cake Kabobs Ingredients: [...]

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Slow Cooked Lasagna

April 12, 2012

I was looking for a second entree to make for Easter dinner (I always cook WAY too much food) but didn’t want anything that would use the oven. I remembered I was only going to be using one of my slow cookers (yes I have two and I use them both, often.), I decided to [...]

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Peanuuuuut Peanut Butter

February 27, 2012

I was invited to a fun event last week by the National Peanut Board that there was no way I was going to miss.  It involved one of the greatest foods ever invented – Peanut Butter! Initially Caitlyn was supposed to be with her dad that weekend so I invited a friend’s grand daughter – [...]

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Smart Teacher Gift

December 21, 2011

Smart & Final is working with the California Milk Advisory Board to help schools through their “Help Our Teachers, Help Our Kids” promotion. On the First Street dairy products pictured above you can find a Real California Milk seal which can be collected and submitted to your child’s teacher for an entry into a sweepstakes [...]

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Carmelized Parsnip and Farro Dressing with Sage Browned Butter

November 20, 2011

When I attended the Thanksgiving Cooking Class at Simple Gourmet a few weeks ago, this was my favorite recipe that night. Ingredients 9 Tbl Butter 1 White Onion finely diced 4 Cups finely diced Parsnips 1 Cup finely diced Celery 1 Tbl fresh chopped Thyme Salt and Pepper to taste 8 Cups cooked Farro 2 [...]

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Simple Gourmet Thanksgiving

November 16, 2011

It’s time for everyone to be planning their menus and laying out their shopping lists for the big Thanksgiving Meal. Last week I attended a cooking class at Simple Gourmet LA and learned how to make some new dishes for this Thanksgiving.  I even tasted some new foods (well, new to me). We started off [...]

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Better’n Eggs Swap Idea

November 1, 2011

 Diabetes is rampant in my family.  When giving information to a new doctor they always run out of space when I rattle off how many of my relatives are diabetic.  Maternal Grandmother, Paternal Grandfather, Father, Sister – Gestational – Just to name a few.  The old wives tale is that diabetes skips a generation, but [...]

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TGIF

September 29, 2011

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of T.G.I. FRiDAY’S for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I love cooking.  I was always a short order cook for my kids, whatever you felt like eating that evening, I would make.  I love cooking HUGE holiday dinners, even in my tiny kitchen, I [...]

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Mac n Cheez

October 19, 2010

One of my favorite comfort foods is Mac N Cheese.  Not that crap that comes out of the blue box (or any color box) and not something with a cheese sauce.  Cheese sauce belongs on nachos not noodles. I have made my mother’s Mac N Cheese the same way for over 20 years.  It contains [...]

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Mediterranean Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

July 3, 2010

Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 40 minutes Makes: 6-8, depending on the size of the mushrooms Ingredients 1 cup UNCLE BEN’S® Natural Whole Grain Brown Rice 1 tablespoon oil 1 cup onion, diced ½ cup green peppers, diced 2 cups low-fat, reduced sodium chicken broth ½ teaspoon dried oregano 1 can (2.25) ounce can [...]

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