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Refried Beans with Dried Bean Guide

Refried Beans with Dried Bean Guide

I love to have refried beans on hand.  You never know when a party will break out or the desire for a Mexican meal.  They go together well with so many proteins, vegetables and grains.  Your options are only limited to your imagination.  So imagine how you’ll use them! Ingredients: 1 bag dried organic pinto [...]

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Roasted Whole Chicken with Dates & Caperberries

Roasted Whole Chicken with Dates & Caperberries

One of my favorite pastimes is searching through the internet for gluten free blogs that I’ve not found before.  Yesterday I was checking out Celiac Chick’s blog, great resources, and there was a video from Elana on gluten free chocolate chip cookies made with almond flour.  This got my attention.  Mention chocolate and I’m sure [...]

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Buffalo & Beef Chili with Goats Eyes

Buffalo & Beef Chili with Goats Eyes

It’s been cold and damp for the past few days so I was very happy that Chili was on my menu.  I’ve had this package of buffalo on my inventory list for some time just waiting to be used.  I had found it hiding at the bottom of my chest freezer when I had finally [...]

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Refried Beans – 8 Variations

Refried Beans – 8 Variations

We love Mexican cooking around here so having refried bean on hand is a must.  I’ve always kept canned beans but working to get away from processed foods I’ve started making my own.  What a difference in taste!  There is no comparison to beans from a can to your homemade beans in your recipes.  Beans [...]

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Jerk Chicken and Pork

Jerk Chicken and Pork

You know the great thing about writing down your plans, they get changed.  This is the fun of living in the moment.  So instead of my seafood stir-fry yesterday I decided to drive myself insane.  While Scott was out delivering our company’s Next Level Leadership™ Group Coaching program (shameless plug) I was working in my [...]

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A Year of Crockpotting on Good Morning America

This is a shout out to a rock star amongst us.  Stephanie, The Crockpot Lady, is going to be on national TV again!  In case you missed it she was already on the Rachael Ray Show last summer. Stephanie writes the really great A Year of Crockpotting blog.  In 2008 she used her crockpot every [...]

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Pro Bowl Feast with Kalua Pork

Pro Bowl Feast with Kalua Pork

Aloha!  Well this is a sad day around our house.  It’s the last football game of the season with the Pro Bowl in Hawaii.  No more football until August 6th.  Yes, I know the date of the Hall of Fame game next year.  Last year Scott and I were fortunate enough to attend the Pro [...]

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Adopt a Gluten-Free Blogger Success Story

This month, as part of Book of Yum’s Healthy Resolution, they suggested that we adopt a gluten free blogger and create one of their healthy recipes.  Well I adopted Karina’s Kitchen and made her New Mexican Stew (my bowl shown).  I actually would love to adopt Karina and have her cook for me all the [...]

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Extremely Easy Turkey Breast with Broccoli and Garnet Yams

Extremely Easy Turkey Breast with Broccoli and Garnet Yams

Some days you just need easy.  Well this meal is very easy.   The yam and the broccoli I cooked in the microwave and seasoned with chipotle when served. The turkey breast is just adorable.  You can see the size compared to the yam.   I find these at my local Whole Foods.  If you can’t find [...]

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Indian Spiced Turkey Legs with Lentils

I can thank my oldest son Andy for introducing me to Indian food.  He’s a vegetarian and has found the greatest number of vegetarian dishes he enjoys are Indian and he asked me to cook them for him.  He’s off at college now but I’m continuing on in learning to use different blends of spices [...]

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Turkey with Dairy Free Smashed Potatoes & Gravy

Turkey with Dairy Free Smashed Potatoes & Gravy

Another busy day and one where I knew I would be away from home.  You know what that means, Crockpot!  I love turkey with mashed potatoes and gravy.  I think I however alone in the love at my house.  But since I’m the cook that’s what was for dinner. The turkey (organic of course) was [...]

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Mushroom Green Beans with Meatloaf in Minutes

Tonight’s dinner was even easier to make because I just pulled out the half of meatloaf from the freezer that I had cooked a couple of weeks ago.  If you’re going to cook it doesn’t take that much more effort to make twice as much as you’re going to eat in one sitting, especially when [...]

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Menu Plan Monday

New for 2009 I will be posting my monthly menu and my menu for the week.  I’ve started planning a month’s worth of meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  For now I’ll just be sharing the dinners.  If there are requests for the rest I am happy to share.  This is something many bloggers do.  [...]

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My Crockpot Saved The NFL Playoffs

Watching playoff football is a must around here, especially when my favorite teams are still in the running.  This means I do not want to spend lots of time in the kitchen cooking and cleaning up when the games are shown.  This is where the crockpots become the star players in our house. Tonight’s gluten [...]

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Chili-The Easy Way

Ingredients: 2 pounds Ground beef or a chuck roast (put meat in first for roast) Can always use ground turkey, ostrich or buffalo. 1 large Onion diced 15 oz can Diced fire roasted tomatoes (I like Muir Glen) 15 oz can crushed tomatoes 4 TB Cumin 4 TB Chili powder (can use pre-mixed, ancho, Aleppo, [...]

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Beef and Cabbage – Better Than I Thought

Chuck shoulder roast 2-3 pounds   (if you want the meat to fall apart in strings use Chuck blade and don’t cube it ) Large can of fire roasted diced tomatoes (I like Muir Glen) 1 small head of cabbage sliced 1 onion sliced 1-2 cup Vegetable stock 2  Bay leaf Celtic Sea Salt to taste [...]

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