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Lemon Olive Oil Muffins

April 25, 2013
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Lately I have been going through bag after bag of lemons. I am not sure what put me on this lemon kick but every time I am at the produce market or grocery store, I have to buy a bag. There is something about the smell of lemons that energizes but is also comforting. Lemons [...]

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Chocolate Chip Banana Breakfast Muffins & Whole Grain Sampling Day Giveaway!

March 21, 2013
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CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATS TO WINNER SUZANNE BROWN! Did you know that April 3rd is  Whole Grain Sampling Day? All across the world, people will be eating healthy whole grains. Oldways  and  The Whole Grain Council started this initiative  last year to get more consumers to be aware of the health benefits of whole grains along [...]

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Whole Grain Banana Pecan Pancakes

March 11, 2013
banana pancakes

The way to my eleven year old sons heart is through sports and pancakes. As long as he is hitting  or catching a baseball and kicking a soccer ball, he is one happy kid.  The food that makes him the happiest is pancakes. It is not unusual to catch him eating six pancakes on a [...]

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Baked Pumpkin Cake Doughnuts

October 25, 2012

No one in my family likes pumpkin. Or so I thought. I  found this great recipe for pumpkin cake doughnuts from King Arthur Flour.  I was going to make a batch to bring to work. I also would have plenty of extras to go with my coffee the next few mornings.  They never made it [...]

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Apple Butter Baked Oatmeal

October 15, 2012

Back in the summer, I attended the Big Summer Potluck and was introduced to a new ingredient.  Can you believe I had not eaten apple butter before? I am not sure why, but it just hadn’t crossed my lips.  Musselman’s was one of the sponsors of the event and apple butter was included in plenty [...]

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French Apple Loaf

October 12, 2012

A few weeks ago my family and I went apple picking.  I still have a few of the luscious apples left. There is no comparison to what is sold in the grocery store. I made a few baked items including this cake. I was thinking about doing a little more apple baking this week but [...]

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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

September 10, 2012

My ten year old son is a great kid.  He gets good grades, gets along well with his sister and even cleans his room when I tell him to. But he won’t eat his veggies. No matter how many times I have him try the good-for-you green stuff , I can’t get him to eat [...]

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Strawberry Mango Smoothie

June 11, 2012

Ahhh, it’s June and my whole family constantly craves the coveted smoothie. There are so many ways to make them but this morning I went with a strawberry and mango combination. I added some Greek yogurt for protein and a touch of honey for extra sweetness.  It makes a great breakfast in a cup. This [...]

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Double Strawberry Muffins

March 30, 2012

My teenage daughter is not a morning person and it is not easy to get her up to eat breakfast. Long gone are the days when she would be up at the crack of dawn waking me up to get her a bowl of cereal.  Now I am lucky if  I can get her out [...]

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Blueberry Cardamom Corn Muffins & The 2012 Flavor Forecast by McCormick

January 17, 2012

These muffins were the bomb! I wish I could have bottled up the smell in my kitchen while they were baking. The recipe came to me while I was experimenting with the new flavor combinations of McCormick’s 2012 Flavor Forecast. So what is Flavor Forecast? Well, I’m so glad you asked. Last week I participated [...]

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