I’ve got plans. Great plans. I’ve pinned 426 different freezer meals and I have the best of intentions to prepare them all and to eat like a king for weeks on end. So I start to make a grocery list. It gets long (and pricey). I start to wonder where it all will go until …
Category: Recipes
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Feb 25 2014
Easy Chicken Pot Pie
It’s not very often that you will find me posting a recipe for something without decent nutritional value (these do have the redeeming quality of lean protein and veggies), so when I do, trust that I find it worthy of the extra calories/fat/less than pure ingredients because I think that it tastes amazing. I’m also …
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Feb 18 2014
Lemonade in February?
Well fine. If winter is skipping Northern California, I am going to embrace the perpetual spring that we are having here. I saw these glass drinking jars at the Dollar Tree and thought, the question isn’t who needs more glasses, the question is who doesn’t!? Aren’t they cute? So of course I picked up a …
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Feb 06 2014
Easy Bean Salad
A few years ago I picked up this recipe at a health fair. I wish I knew where it came from so I could give it credit. This salad tastes great and is full of nutrients. It goes well with burgers or pulled pork sandwiches. It’s even great on its own added to some romaine …
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Feb 04 2014
The Musical Fruit
Beans are a powerhouse food- high in protein, loaded with fiber, and are high in zinc, iron, potassium, and other antioxidants. Did you know they are both a vegetable and a protein? Beans are just about a perfect food and we eat a lot of them in my house. Cooking beans at home takes some …
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