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Pear Lime Kiwifruit Water
I thought I’d try a flavored water with a green theme, since St. Patrick’s Day is coming up! But of course, this water is great any time of the year. You mostly taste the lime in this, but the kiwifruit and pear slices make the pitcher of water look so nice! 🙂 I think this…
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Banana Bread (Inspired by the Disneyland Hotel)
I was in a banana bread-making mood last weekend. And I just so happened to come across this recipe at Food.com, where they mentioned that this banana bread is served at the Disneyland Hotel. Not having ever stayed there myself, I hadn’t ever tasted their banana bread, but it sounded like a great recipe to try! After all, I’m…
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Tropical Spinach Smoothie
In my last post, I shared a recipe I had made with OrganicGirl Super Greens, the Super Greens Fiesta Salad, and now I’ll be sharing a another recipe I made with OrganicGirl Baby Spinach, the Tropical Spinach Smoothie. This is a wonderful smoothie—it’s thick but not too thick. It’s sweet but not too sweet. It…
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Super Greens Fiesta Salad and a Greens Giveaway!
The Giveaway is now closed. When I buy salad greens, I like buying organic. Last week, I had the chance to try some complimentary greens from OrganicGirl. This company specializes in making a variety of salad blends and greens that are all organic, triple washed, and packaged in 100% recycled plastic packaging, which I think…
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A Listening Lord
Lord, when my soul is weary and my heart is tired and sore, and I have that failing feeling that I can’t take any more; then let me know the freshening found in simple, childlike prayer; when the kneeling soul knows surely that a listening Lord is there. –Ruth Bell Graham (1920-2007), from Ruth Bell…
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Avocado Chocolate Mousse
Sometimes I get the greatest recipes when I’m in the lunchroom at work! Like this Avocado Chocolate Mousse. I got the recipe from another gal while we were making our lunches, She was telling me about a health and nutrition event she went to where they were preparing recipes with healthy ingredients and this Avocado Chocolate Mousse…
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Dark Chocolate-Cinnamon Pecan Coffee Cake
The title read, “A Cake You Can Eat for Breakfast and Dessert.” Well, that got my attention! The Yahoo Food article also said “A cup of coffee will disguise this treat as breakfast, and a scoop of ice cream transforms it into dessert.” Perfect! I always love recipes that give you that kind of flexibility!…
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Fiesta Chili Mac
One of the things I enjoy most about cooking and baking is taking a recipe and “making it my own.” And that’s exactly what I was asked to do with a few recipes from Ragù! It was fun creating this “New Tra-Dish” Fiesta Chili Mac using Ragù® Old World Style® Traditional Pasta Sauce. Each jar of this…
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Lasting Love
I took a picture of these peonies I had dried last summer. I just bundled them up and hung them upside down to dry. And they made a wonderful bouquet that I still enjoy looking at! Dried flowers remind me of something lasting, and I love them as much as I love fresh flowers.
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Rejuvenating Beet Smoothie (Non-Dairy)
There sure are a lot of big food-related holidays and events during the winter…Christmas, New Year’s Eve and Day, Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine’s Day, and St. Patrick’s Day—no wonder it’s so hard to diet this time of year! If you feel like you’re needing a little dose of something healthy, this is just the thing. I…
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Cheesy Roasted Cauliflower
I really didn’t know what to expect when I was making this Cheesy Roasted Cauliflower. I had never tried roasting cauliflower before, so this was something new for me. I’m not a particularly big fan of cauliflower either, but I do love roasted veggies—so I thought it would be worth a try!
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