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Amy

The True Cookie

In our house growing up, this was known as the “True Cookie.”  The best chocolate chip cookie recipe ever.  I’ve changed a few things, as

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Erin

Stuffed Zucchini

Start This Recipe about 90 minutes before you want to eat it Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility of ingredients, ease of

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Erin

Carrot Coconut Mold

Start This Recipe 2-3 hours before you want to eat it Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility of ingredients, ease of preparation,

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Erin

Camp Stove Pad Thai

We’ve always been a camping family. The Sweetie Pie and I once made a two-week cross-country trek without ever staying in a hotel room. Once

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Erin

2 x Green Beans = More Beans

Start This Recipe about 30 minutes before you want to eat it Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility of ingredients, ease of

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Andrea

The Perfect Pancakes

On busy weekday mornings, we often settle for a quick bowl of cold or hot cereal. However, if you stop by our house on any

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Erin

Zucchini with Tomatoes

Start This Recipe about an hour and a half before you want to eat it Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility

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Mandi

Plan to…Craft?

Photo by AForestFrolic.com My mom and I recently held a marathon crafting session to prepare for an upcoming Christmas series that I’m hosting at Life…Your

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Amy

Fried Lily Blossoms

You could probably fry grass clippings and they’d taste pretty darn good; it’s hard to go wrong with crispy and fattening.  Here’s just one more

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Erin

Peach and Mango Chutney

Start This Recipe about 2 days before you want to eat it Dinner Table Rating   1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility of ingredients, ease

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Erin

Grilled Tuscan Chicken

I know it’s the end of summer and your grilling recipes have gotten pretty stale. Maybe you’re entirely sick of the grill and are ready

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Erin

Carrots Vichy

Start This Recipe about an hour before you want to eat it Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility of ingredients, ease of

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Amy

Agar Agar, Matey!

I often discover something new and exotic to love when I shop at the local Asian market.  This time it was agar agar.  I’ve been

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Erin

Not-Your-Mama’s Ketchup

Start This Recipe About 2 days before you want to eat it Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility of ingredients, ease of

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Erin

Popcorn and Peanuts

Start This Recipe 10 minutes before you want to eat it (Popcorn); 36 hours before you want to eat it (Peanuts) Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb

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Amy

Pink Fairy Drink

When I was in middle school my dad went to Nepal for a month.  He came back bearing exciting stories, turquoise jewelry, stunning photographs, and

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Erin

Wild Rice Casserole

Start This Recipe about 10 hours before you want to eat it Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility of ingredients, ease of

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Andrea

Cleaning Out Your Stockpile

Now that it’s officially summer, I am thankful that our weekly schedules have slowed down a bit. We have almost no sporting events, committee meetings,

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Erin

Pemmican

Start This Recipe 24-48 hours in advance Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility of ingredients, ease of preparation, and affordability I didn’t know

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Erin

Natural Cleaners

One of my allergen-induced symptoms was a horrible case of eczema on my hands. It made my job as a mama really difficult, since I

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Erin

Crispy Pepitas

Start This Recipe about 24 hours in advance Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility of ingredients, ease of preparation, and affordability This recipe

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Erin

A Few of My Favorite Things

I have logged many, many hours staring at nutrition labels in the grocery store aisles reading ingredient lists, searching for allergens and hidden allergens (why

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Erin

Brown Rice, Two Ways

Start This Recipe 2-3 hours before eating (for unsoaked rice) or  8 hours before eating (for soaked rice) Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member

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Amy

Summer Flower Salad

Along with the veggies in our garden, there are a bunch of delicious, edible flowers in our yard. We have a ton of day lilies

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Mandi

Mix & Match Fruit Smoothies

Because all of my girls have dealt with dairy intolerances when they were infants and toddlers, I’ve never made yogurt/milk smoothies. Instead, I make pure

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Erin

Moroccan Style Chicken

  Start This Recipe about 12 hours before you want to eat it Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility of ingredients, ease

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a woman looking at a tablet in the kitchen as she whisks a batter in a clear bowl
Andrea

Quick, Simple Cookie Bars

I LOVE fresh-from-the-oven cookies, but I don’t always love the time it takes to scoop out individual balls of cookie dough, wait in the kitchen

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Amy

Whole Wheat Challah

I wish I’d made this bread for Easter, it’s so delicious and lovely. It is, of course, another Peter Reinhart stroke of of genius. The

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Amy

A Perfect Spring Dessert

My mom has this amazing recipe for rhubarb pie.  Unfortunately she has forbidden me to ever share it!  However, I recently made this rhubarb cobbler,

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Erin

Stuffed Endive Leaves

Start This Recipe the day you want to eat it Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility of ingredients, ease of preparation, and affordability I

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Erin

Cultured Dairy 101

Start These Recipes at least 4 days before you want to eat it Dinner Table Rating 1 thumb per family member Cook’s Rating Accessibility of

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Lisa

A Change in Direction

Congratulations to Lisa. She is the winner of the final giveaway in our Jamie Oliver cook-along. We have really enjoyed cooking through much of Jamie’s

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Lisa

Good Old Chili Con Carne

Good Old Chili Con Carne, pg. 172 Jamie’s Food Revolution Much like the fajitas in Jamie Oliver’s cookbook, we thought this recipe was very eatable

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Lisa

Chicken Chow Mein

Chicken Chow Mein, pg. 60 Jamie’s Food Revolution Chicken Chow Mein on Jamie Oliver’s web site As I flip through Jamie’s cookbook, there are some

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