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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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Eggnog Donuts With White Chocolate Glaze

December 11, 2012

I always have a quart of eggnog sitting in my fridge during holiday season. I don’t drink eggnog but I buy it for guests. My brother loves eggnog so I usually keep some for him. The problem is I forget that we have it and it sits in the refrigerator long after my guests leave. [...]

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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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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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Purple Antioxidant Smoothie and NEWS!

March 20, 2012

Life has had it’s ups and downs lately. I think this is just typical for everyone especially when you have children.  I try to take the good with the bad but like every other mom, sometimes my plate can be very full. Yesterday, I had to take my son to the emergency room and I [...]

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