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fall brunch menu

October 24, 2011 By Melissa

On Saturday, we had Fall Brunch for the woman at church. It was lovely – fall entertaining is so easy. Pumpkin, apples, cinnamon… you can’t go wrong! I was crazy busy last week getting everything together, but it all worked out and was wonderful! The hardest part was fighting off my family from all the [...]

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try this: chicken barley soup

October 11, 2011 By Melissa

Fall is soup season! And I’ve been on the hunt for new recipes. I ran across this one in Everyday Food and adapted it for what I had in the house. It was really yummy – all the kids gave it a thumbs up! Chicken Barley Soup 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 3 carrots, diced [...]

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french onion pot roast

October 4, 2011 By Melissa

Ah, Fall. The magical time of year your calendar fills up and you’re stuck trying to figure out what you can make for dinner in the 15 minutes between soccer practice and ballet lessons while your children, who just came home from school, are underfoot claiming to dying of hunger. Meet my BFF – my [...]

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gluten free fall cocktail party menu

September 29, 2011 By Melissa

gluten free cocktail party menu | fall cocktail party

This week I had a little cocktail party with some friends, two of whom are gluten free. I was immediately stumped about what to make. Just about every appetizer that came to mind had gluten in it – crabcakes, stuffed mushrooms, anything with puff pastry, crackers for the cheese plate… even the spinach and artichoke [...]

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try this: black bean soup

August 23, 2011 By Melissa

We all love Panera’s Black Bean soup in our house… and after a few tries, we found a recipe that is really, really close! It was so easy and so so yummy!! It was a hit – this will be on our table frequently this winter. Black Bean Soup 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 medium onion, [...]

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carne asade tacos

August 9, 2011 By Melissa

Last week while the kids were gone, we went out for Mexcian. I LOVE Mexican food. My favorite thing to order is carne asada tacos. LOVE them. So I’ve been trying to make them at home. I found this version on Food Network. I’m not sure how authentic they are, but they were quite yummy, [...]

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try this: cooking with lawry’s giveaway

August 2, 2011 By Melissa

I had so much fun being a part of Philly’s Lawry’s Cooking Team. We were challenged to come up with a meal around a “holiday” dinner, so we decided to throw a Labor Day couples party. We are total overachievers, so we went beyond the requested appetizer, main dish and side.. and came up with [...]

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a day on the farm with horizon

July 11, 2011 By Melissa

Last Thursday, we went to visit a family farm as a guest of Horizon. I was thrilled: we are very committed to organic dairy in our family and we’ve been eating more whole foods and buying from farmers markets and such , so I was so excited to give the kids a chance to see [...]

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frozen mango daiquiri

July 10, 2011 By Melissa

This is amazing. Sweet and fruity and so refreshing!! You’re welcome. Frozen Mango Daiquiri 4 oz light rum 1 lime, peeled and halved 2 tbsp sugar 1 cup frozen mango chunks 1 cup frozen pineapple chunks 2 cups ice cubes Blend. Enjoy. Repeat. Linked up with Tweet

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try this: healthier microwave popcorn

June 21, 2011 By Melissa

So in our little journey to eating healthier, we have made several changes like switching to organic dairy, avoiding food dyes and HFCS, giving up soda (sob!)… and now here is the newest change: Good-bye, Microwave Popcorn. I won’t even address what is probably in that ”butter” flavor or the trans fats or the sodium. Blah Blah. This [...]