I love cranberry sauce from a can and am not ashamed to admit it. I crave cranberries with my Tofurky and have not yet tasted a fresh sauce that I love as much as a good solid can of whole berry sauce. It is like survival food because it comes out of the can looking […]
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I go to sleep at night looking forward to breakfast. Leaving the house without breakfast would be tantamount to leaving without a top on…I just wouldn’t do it. Sometimes I crave oatmeal or smoothies, while other mornings I wake up wanting savory things like hummus or left over Tofurky. On weekends, breakfast can stretch out […]
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I made this salad on the fly when I found out that a friend of ours was joining us for dinner. We were out of traditional salad fixins and were having burgers on the grill. I thought this would be the perfect accompaniment and I had all of the ingredients on hand. Ingredients 1 Can […]
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There is something magical about coffee, Oreos and chocolate ice cream for me. Baskin Robbins once sold a coffee ice cream with Oreos in it. I was sure that they had gotten into my head. With that in mind I wanted to create a holiday worthy, Gimme Five dessert that would be ridiculously easy and […]
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I have always believed that the most intimate and thoughtful gift you could give was something edible, especially from your own kitchen. Making food for someone takes time, effort and a biggie dose of love. I found this recipe for a bountiful trail mix in our Sunday paper. I changed it a smidge and made […]
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Happy Monday! This is the first of five posts this week that I’m sharing some fun original recipes with a twist, they will only have 5 ingredients each. I promised to do this in Saturday’s post and quickly realized that we are ingredient fiends. Sandy and I love spices, nuts, extra dashes of this and […]
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Yesterday our friend Lisa came over with a large box of produce. She was on her way out of town on business and had just received her Door to Door Organics produce delivery, even though she asked them to defer it to another week. Clearly their mistake would be our gain. Lisa has a service […]
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Last month I learned about a cool website, Real Time Farms that connects consumers to local farmers and restaurants that use locally grown food in their offerings. (10/12 post) This is such an amazing tool that I’ve asked the proprietors of Real Time Farms for personal insight about their vision and to share it with […]
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The first Michigan snow fall has come and gone . It was hardly a dusting but it still sent me reeling with the need to stock the pantry with cans of soup. It is my perceived protection against a winter chill (or a starving belly). It is like my survival plan. We make soup at […]
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I love a well dressed salad. I want my salad the way I used to like my pints of Ben and Jerry’s…full of chunks of the good things. I want to see mammoth hunks of apple, plump dried cherries or grandiose veggies that cradle the dressing like a tidal pool. Give me enough nuts to […]
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