Tag: #healthyeating
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Sourdough Ginger Pumpkin Bread
This was a fun bread to make! I wasn’t sure if it would be difficult or not when I read the directions but it was actually super easy and seeing how it turned out, very satisfying!! You do need to have sour dough starter and you need crystallized ginger. I had a hard time finding…
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Pumpkin Angel Food Cake
My husband requests confetti angel food cake for his birthday every year. It’s not always easy to find the confetti version, so I usually buy one when I see it to keep on my shelf. When I came across this recipe, and I had a box of Angel Food Cake mix, I knew I had…
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Taco dip and Jack O’lantern peppers
This is yummy year round, but since you use yellow cheddar cheese and black olives – it’s perfect for a Halloween party, or a fall party. I used peppers as bowls to hold vegetables. It’s so fun to cut faces out of the peppers and use them for any fall gathering! They are great sizes…
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Fall Vegetable Bowls
My daughter sent me the link to this yummy dish and I just had to make it! It calls for some Trader Joe products, and since I like to make the recipe exactly as it’s written the first time I make it, I headed to Trader Joes. Ill add notes in the details below for…
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Taco Seasoning
I decided to start making my own seasonings to eat less processed ones. We make tacos and nachos often so I thought I’d start with taco seasoning. My husband has said for years that the packets don’t have as much flavor as they used to. I’m anxious to make adjustments to this one based on…
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Cowboy Caviar
This is a great recipe to make anytime, but when your garden is growing so much fresh produce, it’s the best time to make this! 3 avocados 5 Roma tomatoes 1 can of corn – drained 1 can of black beans – drained and rinsed 1 chopped red onion 3 bell peppers – one of…
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Making your grocery shopping list
I never thought much about my grocery shopping list until I went shopping for Thanksgiving with my mom. We were making dinner at her house, and I asked her if she had her list. She assured me she had a very complete list. We headed into the store and when I asked her if I…
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Grilled peaches and plums
Summer is here! There are so many yummy ways to have fruit for dessert to make healthier desserts! We decided we wanted to use peaches and plums. It’s a little early in the season, but I was able to find both at the grocery store. All you have to do is cut the fruit in…
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Brian’s burgers
Brian has been working on his hamburger recipe and he believes he just perfected it! Our daughter said “These are the best burgers I’ve ever had” and that sealed the recipe! We bought 1/8 of a cow last fall, so we used that ground beef. That alone does make a better burger!! Assembling the ingredients.…
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Summer Salad
I call this Red Bird Salad after the restaurant that sells a similar version of it. I like naming recipes by where or who I get them from since it brings back good memories when I make it. You can start with any greens. I like to use spinach and arugula but today, I tried…