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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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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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Cooking With Uncle Ben

May 22, 2010

I was given a cool opportunity via Mom Central to attend a fun cooking event featuring the new Uncle Ben’s Whole Grain White Rice.  This is a product that will be in stores starting in July 2010.  In a nutshell it is all the whole grain nutrition from brown rice but with the look and [...]

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Pizza Pizza

May 13, 2010

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Freschetta. All opinions are 100% mine. I remember way back when, when a Little Ceasars opened in our neighborhood.  We would walk (yes WALK) 5 blocks to go pick up our pizza and then walk it home.  It was amazing. Now pizza is as [...]

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Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut

May 3, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Sometimes you don’t. Silk asked me to try out their new Silk Pure Almond Milk and of course I jumped at the chance.  Need I remind you of my love of all things milk?  Not to mention my love of all things free.  But just in case you have forgotten (or you [...]

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Diary of a Week

December 13, 2009

After the fun with friends last weekend, I headed down to Mishawaka to spend a week with the Zynda family. On the ride down, Erika and I hit up the new casino in Battle Creek called Fire Keepers.  What a beautiful place.  All brand new machines, nice comfy chairs, I didn’t want to leave.  But [...]

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