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As a child, I didn’t like mashed potatoes. Weird, right? But I LOVED what came from their leftovers. In fact, I was willing to eat the plain mashed potatoes (my grandmother made them but no gravy) just because I knew what we’d have the next day…my childhood favorite – mashed potato pancakes!
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Ever wish you could have a little taste of Thanksgiving whenever? I love the taste of stuffing, gravy, and cranberries…these are some favorites from my childhood that together conjure memories of special family times. Finally, I decided those flavors could come together any time in a Thanksgiving Nut Mix!
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The hardest part about our first Whole30 was trying ALL new recipes…recipes we’d never had before, which meant not only did we NOT know if we would like what I cooked, it also meant a LOT more work for me (’cause new is harder than something you’ve made over and over). Eventually, I mastered what I call “recipe renovation” – changing many of our favorite recipes to be Whole30 compliant…family favorites like Jamaican Macaroni.
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Have you noticed? The summer heat has retreated just a bit and that means APPLES!!! Fall is prime apple time…loads of varieties, great sale prices…move over pumpkin spice, it’s time for 9 amazing and appetizing uses for apples!
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My aunt loves dark chocolate. Understand me now…she LOVES dark chocolate! So it didn’t surprise me when she offered me some wondrously smooth dark chocolate pudding…until she said, “It’s made with avocado.” Never dreamed I’d have avocado for dessert!
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There are certain spice mixes I use over and over. But when I look at the commercial packets, I get a little scared. How can I know what’s in there? My gluten-free friend might be coming over…is this taco seasoning okay to use? There’s really only one way to know what’s in it…make it yourself!
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Over the last week or two, I’ve been emotionally stuck. I didn’t post last week; I just couldn’t. I didn’t know what I could possibly say about cooking that mattered in the face of everything else. How could I make a difference as one person in such a large country? How could my small efforts make any change in such a big issue?
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Taco Chicken and Veggies is as easy and fast as it gets, plus it’s a crockpot recipe so you pretty much fix it and forget it. What could be better when you want something hearty with no real time to cook?
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Once you start really reading food labels, you find all kinds of things you can’t pronounce and don’t have a clue what they really are (do you really wanna eat that?) AND sugar or sweeteners in EVERYTHING. I mean seriously why would I want sugar in my breakfast sausage?
Several years ago, my son contracted the alpha gal 3 allergy from a tick bite. The doctor instructed me to not feed him any red meat for a calendar year. Oh boy…
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“I could do this better.” That’s exactly what I thought the first time I saw this recipe at Publix (here’s the Aprons recipes link, but they no longer have this recipe online). I gave it an overhaul as it originally included 6 cups of challah bread (and bread wasn’t even in the title!)
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