Pine Nut and Olive Tampenade
On Thursday last week we had our dinner group over for an Italian night! We chicken piccata, Kara (and Pioneer Women's) veggie lasagna, salad, and trifle. It was such a great dinner. For the appetizer, Melissa brought this delicious tampenade. It would be great on top...
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Soba Noodle Salad with Sweet and Spicy Shrimp
We had a similar version of this as an appetizer at Jekyll's for our valentine dinner on Monday. It was so amazing that I had to recreate it 2 days later. Soba Noodle Salad Adapted from The Sweets Life and from Pioneer Woman Cooks
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No Bake Oatmeal Protein Bites (Kid Friendly)
Need a boost? Need a quick packable snack for your little peanut? Need a ball of chocolatey, cranberry goodness to tide you over until dinner? This afternoon, while Anna was taking a nap, I was in the mood to make us a treat. A healthy and filling treat that we could...
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Quinoa with Pear, Cranberries and Almonds
The weekend is over and it was busy but great. Now it's back to the usual. Teaching classes, cooking, library, shopping, playing, the usual. Part of today's usual included some leftover quinoa turned into a new favorite recipe. I love that quinoa is so versatile and...
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Chiptole Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe
Oh hello big, green, fresh bunch of cilantro!! Why don't you come jump into our brown rice? Who doesn't love the rice at Chipotle? It adds to so much to a burrito or a mexican salad. So why not make it for you family? For your friends? For your neighbors? For your...
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Easy Black Bean Soup
Big day in our house. In exciting news, our great friends Jen and Duke welcomed a little baby boy into the world today. We can't wait to meet Baby Harrison Brian this weekend! In celebration of Baby Harrison's birth we bought a new couch! This couch buying process has...
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Crockpot Buffalo Chicken – Make Ahead Meal
Good Morning! Happy Superbowl Sunday! We started the day with some bed head and a smile. Then I headed out on a sunny 6 mile run while Brady taught Anna the mascots of different football, basketball, baseball and soccer teams. She loved it. He's thinking we should...
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Quinoa with Red Onion and Kale
I was planning on posting this recipe all day yesterday but the day just flew by. It started with my 4:45am alarm followed by class at6am. I came home to eat/shower/get ready for a little gymnastics class with Anna. She loved running around and playing with the...
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Healthy Super Bowl Recipes
Need a few healthy recipes to mix into the classic dips, wings and pizza? Try one of these! Apple Walnut Brie Tartlets Pesto Shrimp Bites Goat Cheese + Cranberry Bites Lentil Butternut Squash Chili Low Fat Crab Cakes Healthy Mac + Cheese Sweet Potato + Black Bean...
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Mmm Sauce
In honor of Mama Pea's second cookbook, I decided to make her highly raved about MMM sauce. While I was skeptical of the many different ingredients, I in no way doubted it's delicousness. What I didn't realize was how fantastic it was going to be. It exceeded my...
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