food and drink

The Fall Table

November 20, 2013
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100 layer cake One of my favorite parts of every dinner party is preparing the table.  I lovingly think about simple ways to make the table look special without adding too much.  In fact, my favorite tables have very few elements.  With Thanksgiving around the corner, this particularly special dinner is not any different.  Actually, […]

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Oatmeal Cookies

November 12, 2013
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These aren’t just any regular old oatmeal cookie.  These oatmeal cookies are mom’s secret weapon.  They look like cookies.  They taste like cookies.  They feel like cookies.  But what these really are, are pumped up treats that sound like cookies. This oatmeal cookie recipe has oats, almond flour and chia seeds.  Lots of flavor with […]

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Friday Favorites

November 8, 2013
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We are headed to Mexico this weekend.  Ah, I can’t wait for the warm sun and ocean breeze.  Truthfully though, it is really hard for me to leave my kids.  It has made me super anxious all week thinking about being in another country than them.  I have pages of notes for my amazingly awesome […]

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Cauliflower + Leek Soup

November 6, 2013
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Let me start by saying that one of my simple pleasures is making dinner with little to nothing in my fridge.  It’s a weird sort of challenge I have with myself that often happens on a Sunday because I try to do the bulk of my grocery shopping on Mondays and by Sunday, well, it’s […]

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Everything Muffins

October 28, 2013
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It’s no secret that my family loves a good muffin.  In the early days, I’d make any muffin simply to get my kids to eat something.  Later, the secret started where I’d add veggies in there once they were hooked, to get them eating their vitamins when they were opposed to anything that wasn’t beige.  Now […]

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Vitamin Supplements + Kids

October 21, 2013
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I consider myself a very healthy eater.  I also consider myself as a mother that offers healthy delicious options to my kids.  So why do I also feed them a salad bowl of vitamin + mineral supplements?  Should I or shouldn’t I?  I asked a few experts and here is what they said: Vitamins + […]

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Dinner for 40

October 18, 2013
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For the past two weeks, I’ve been in a perpetual state of tears over the passing our family’s best dog.  I have been so grateful for all the emails, texts, phone calls, notes, gifts, and hugs!  I have been reminded of what it means to live in a great community and how fortunate our family […]

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Fish en Papillote

October 7, 2013
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I have made Fish en Papillote dozens of times.  It is one of my favorite ways to prepare fish.  This method accentuates the fresh clean flavors of the fish and vegetables you add to each little package while maintaining my standard of being simple to make {and clean}.  This week, I continue, Cooking My Way Through La Tartine […]

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Chocolate Cake

October 2, 2013
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Starting with my daughter’s birthday in July, it seems as if we are always celebrating a birthday around here. Second up is my son’s, who this year requested a chocolate cake with vanilla frosting ala cookies + cream style. I remembered this beauty from Eat, Live, Run and decided to give it a try.  It […]

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9 Fig Inspired Recipes

October 1, 2013
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I love this time of year in the kitchen.  Who am I kidding, I love any time of year in the kitchen.  But when it’s fig season, I’m really happy.  Figs are the unsung hero of early fall produce.  We start to see pumpkin recipes everywhere, but it seems figs are unfairly overlooked.  The natural […]

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