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What’s Your Favorite Fiber

What’s Your Favorite Fiber

By on January 26, 2011 in Gluten free, WHOLE-istic Living

Everyone is always talking about fiber.  Do you get enough fiber in your diet?  What foods have fiber in them?  How much does a person need a day?  It can all be so confusing and of course those marketing gurus love to take advantage of that.  They tout their product as being whole grain and [...]

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Change My Life Journal

Change My Life Journal

By on January 21, 2011 in Gluten free, Inside Scoop, WHOLE-istic Living

I’m excited to announce I’ve started a new blog that is all about making small changes in life.  Don’t worry you’ll still find me here dishing up Real Food, Real Fun, and Real Choices! Change My Life Journal My hope is to share the changes I’m trying to make in my life and hopefully you’ll [...]

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Menu Plan Monday -January 10, 2011

Menu Plan Monday -January 10, 2011

By on January 10, 2011 in Detox and Self Care, Menu-Week/Month, Menus, WHOLE-istic Living

A new year and a new menu with a new way of eating.  For the past week I’ve been doing a gentle detox that my body has fallen in love with.  It’s really gentle on the body compared to some things I’ve read.  I basiclly eat fresh fruits and vegetables, beans, nuts and seeds.  No [...]

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Gluten-Free Dairy Free Cherry Smoothie Recipe With A Secret

Gluten-Free Dairy Free Cherry Smoothie Recipe With A Secret

By on January 4, 2011 in Detox and Self Care, Fast/Frugal, Fruit & Vegetables, Gluten free, Recipes, Vegetarian/Vegan, WHOLE-istic Living

January is Detox month over at G-Free Mom.  Every day this month a different blogger is sharing a recipe with you to help you eat fresh fruits and vegetables.  All the recipes will be gluten free juices, smoothies or soups.  I’m happy to be contributing to this event.  January is a great month to get [...]

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Wild Rice and Mushroom Bake Recipe

Wild Rice and Mushroom Bake Recipe

By on November 4, 2010 in Gluten free, Inside Scoop, Meats, Poultry & Seafood, Recipes, Vegetarian/Vegan, WHOLE-istic Living

Today is the first of 6 weekly installments on A Gluten-Free Holiday.  Today over at Diet, Dessert, & Dogs the focus is Healthier Through The Holidays. When you’re done reading my recipe and tips, take Ricki your favorite healthier dish that won’t pack on the pounds.  Or, maybe you can share your top tips for [...]

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October Unprocessed The WHOLE Gang Way

October Unprocessed The WHOLE Gang Way

By on October 27, 2010 in Gluten free, Inside Scoop, WHOLE-istic Living

This month Andrew Wilder of Eating Rules has challenged us all to take a month and eat only unprocessed foods. Brilliant! He even has a pledge you can sign.  At the time I am writing this 402 people have taken the challenge and signed the pledge.  That is awesome! How about you?  Are you willing [...]

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Hot Bodies are Healing Bodies

Hot Bodies are Healing Bodies

By on September 29, 2010 in Detox and Self Care, WHOLE-istic Living

After much anticipation I finally went to my first heated vinyasa flow yoga class.  I’ve been to a few different yoga classes at the gym I belong to and really didn’t like them very much.  My sinuses always seemed to give me troubles and the hour long class was way too long for me to [...]

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What Would You Like To See?

What Would You Like To See?

By on August 12, 2010 in Gluten free, Inside Scoop, Recipes, WHOLE-istic Living

As I’m working on rearranging things on my blog and planning menus, I began to really think about the people that read food blogs, and this blog.  I was wondering, what would you like to see here?  What types of recipes  would really help you in your day to day life?  Would you like to [...]

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Two Years, 533 Blog Posts and Over 350 Recipes

Two Years, 533 Blog Posts and Over 350 Recipes

By on August 9, 2010 in Gluten free, Inside Scoop, WHOLE-istic Living

Today, August 9th, is my two year anniversary for writing this blog.  I can’t believe it’s only been two years.  Sometimes it feels like I’ve been doing this for many more years.  I have shared so many stories and recipes over these two years. I started writing this blog so I could keep track of [...]

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Menu Plan Monday- August 2nd

Menu Plan Monday- August 2nd

By on August 1, 2010 in eco-friendly, Fruit & Vegetables, Gluten free, Menu-Week/Month, Recipes

Back from vacation and still trying to unpack my bags and my stories.  They will be coming soon.  Coming back from the west coast to the east coast can really make me tired but I woke up bright and early on Saturday morning to head to the farmers market.  I picked up these tomatoes and [...]

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Menu Plan Monday- June 7, 2010

Menu Plan Monday- June 7, 2010

By on June 7, 2010 in eco-friendly, Fruit & Vegetables, Gluten free, Menu-Week/Month, Pasta, Pizza, & Grains, Recipes, Vegetarian/Vegan

Wow, it seems so strange to be back to a “normal” blogging routine.  In case you totally missed it, from April 26th through June 4th there was a really special event going on.  30 Days to a Food Revolution.  There was so much amazing information shared.  I’m still sifting through it all and making sure [...]

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30 Days to a Food Revolution Day 20- Cook4Seasons

By on May 21, 2010 in eco-friendly, Events, Gluten free, Inside Scoop, Recipes

Welcome to day 21 of 30 Days to a Food Revolution.  Today’s guest blogger is Karen.  Karen Schuppert is a Certified Nutrition Educator and Natural Chef in the fertile land of the Napa Valley. Karen blends her lifelong focus on sustainable food with inspiration she gained while managing the St. Helena Farmers’ Market and applies [...]

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I Can’t Eat What And It’s Where?

By on May 15, 2010 in Celiac disease, Gluten free, Inside Scoop, Opinions, WHOLE-istic Living

May is Celiac Awareness Month and in honor of that Shirley at gluten free easily is sharing the stories of different people who live gluten free.  She asked me to share my story and specifically what it was like to make the shift to living gluten free. I made a lot of mistakes that I [...]

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Roasted Tomato and Basil Soup Recipe

By on September 14, 2009 in Fast/Frugal, Fruit & Vegetables, Gluten free, Recipes, Soups & Salads, Vegetarian/Vegan, WHOLE-istic Living

Tomatoes seem to be an easy thing to grow.  I’m getting tons from my CSA and even a few from my father-in-law’s garden.  His actually tasted better.  I think next year I’ll give it a try and grow some.  I love the orange ones and I only received a few in my CSA.  But for [...]

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Chorizo With Garden Harvest

By on August 13, 2009 in eco-friendly, Fast/Frugal, Fruit & Vegetables, Meats, Poultry & Seafood, Recipes, Vegetarian/Vegan

Every Wednesday I have no idea what I’m going to receive in my CSA bag.  When I bring it home I love to create dishes from as many of the vegetables in one dish as I can.  Of course the more vegetables I include the stronger the seasoning has to be so the vegetables are [...]

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CSA Week 6 Update

By on August 6, 2009 in eco-friendly, Gluten free

Week 6 of my CSA (community supported agriculture) and I’m having fun.  Can’t wait to eat the corn and tomatoes.  I think I could make one meal with everything in the bag.  Well, minus the flowers. This week I received: new potatoes, garlic, tomatoes, basil, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, pole beans, peppers, sweet corn, eggs and [...]

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