Fall Family Dinner
Who can believe that Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away? After a very productive 60* day, I can't believe it. I ran outside with Kara, Brady grilled chicken for his lunch this week, we spray painted the peg board in the garage, re-arranged the basement, cleaned...
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Chocolate Carmel Fondue
Last night's dinner party was a great time! There were lots of laughs, a great appetizer and salad, some delicious dessert and some overcooked Mexican food (made by me). Adam + Kara's Appetizer: Refried Bean Dip. I get the recipe from Adam - it was a great starter....
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Lentil + Butternut Squash Curry
After being at Foodbuzz and in California all week I am excited to be back in my kitchen cooking! But after looking in my bare cupboards and through my empty, post-vacation fridge I lost some motivation to cook. The plan was to go to the store this morning but...
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Roasted Squash Salad
So far we are having a great time in San Francisco. Last night we went down to Fisherman's Warf and Pier 39 to show Anna the sea lions. She a little more scared than excited by their loud, intimidating barks. We had a great seafood dinner and came home to crash. Today...
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On our dinner menu for tonight
We loved this recipe from a few weeks ago and I'm glad I remembered it! Warm Roasted Squash Orzo Salad with Feta 1 box of orzo,cooked according to directions 2 med. yellow squash,diced 2 med. zucchini,diced 1 4oz. container of feta cheese,crumbled 1 lg. butternut...
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Black Bean Sweet Potato Chili (Vegan)
My alarm went off at 4:45 and I quickly changed and ran to the coffeemaker. After being properly fueled, I headed to teach NoLimits Cardio. A short hour later, I was on my way home so Brady could go to work. He left and Anna and I had our usual oatmeal date. After we...
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Homemade Applesauce
The key to good homemade applesauce is two things: 1. good apples and 2. good spice. I had both, which made it easy to make a big batch of warm, chunky applesauce with fresh local apples. No sugar required when you use in-season apples. 🙂 + = Homemade...
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Best Brussel Sprouts
I found these on Pinterest (thanks Allison) and then on Jenna's blog of beautiful food and pictures! They are worth the drive to the store for brussel sprouts - and the challenge of convincing a brussel sprout hater to give them another chance. Best Brussels Sprouts...
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Healthy and Simple Meals for Busy Nights
What are your go-to meals? Are there a few things that you always make when you know you or your family is really busy? Are there certain semi-homemade dishes you put together with a favorite sauce or frozen veggie? Tuesday nights are always busy at our house. I teach...
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Best Apple Pie
Family traditions are the best. They include everything from football games to ski-trips, races to rib-cook offs, and chocolate cake to homemade apple pie. In our family apple pie is a major tradition. On both my mom and dad's side of the family, my grandma's made the...
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