Category: Food and Recipes
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Sweet Potato Pound Cake
I love baking with sweet potatoes—I’ve made Sweet Potato Bread, Sweet Potato Biscuits, Loaded Sweet Potato Muffins, and Sweet Potato Cinnamon Cake…so I thought it was about time to try a sweet potato pound cake! I found a recipe that I tweaked a little, using some brown sugar along with granulated sugar in the batter, and adding a little…
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Black Olive Hummus
I’m a hummus fan as well as an olive fan. So it’s only natural I’d eventually make this Black Olive Hummus! In addition to the chopped black olives, it also has some lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, and a few spices to flavor it up. Serve this hummus with pita bread, crackers, or raw veggies.…
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Very Lemony Raspberry Lemonade
When I posted my Lemon Raspberry Muffins recipe recently, I promised you I’d share the recipe for the Raspberry Lemonade I made to go with them…well, here it is!
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Lemon Raspberry Muffins: Sugar-Crusted or Lemon-Glazed
Lemon is such a great springtime flavor and this past weekend seemed like the perfect time to make some lemon-flavored muffins!
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Down-Home Tomatoes with Okra
Cooking with a slow cooker is so convenient, and it’s even better when you can make healthy meals in it! I recently received a review copy of The Healthy Slow Cooker, Second Edition, and found that it not only includes lots of healthy gluten-free recipes, but also has additional information about the health benefits of many of…
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Strawberry Orange Mint Cooler
This is an easy, fruity drink to make and perfect for enjoying on a sunny spring day! This cooler has strawberries that you mash, or muddle, to release the juices, and then you add in the orange juice for a really great fruity combination! If you need to make a larger amount of servings, just multiply the…
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Black Bean Hummus
When I was at the grocery store the other day, I saw some Black Bean Hummus. I hadn’t noticed that flavor before and it sounded really good! Instead of buying some, I decided to make my own.
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Love Bulk Foods and Celebrate Earth Month!
In a little over a week, April will be here already and April is Earth Month (Earth Day is April 22). It’s a great reminder for us to do what we can to care for our environment…we can all do something, whether it’s recycling, composting, reducing waste, using environmental-friendly cleaning products…things that a lot of…
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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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