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Lazy Susan: Summer Salad with Strawberries

The first day of June, means another edition of ‘Lazy Susan’.  This month, to welcome summer, we are sharing all sorts of salads with homemade vinaigrettes. When I make a salad, it often comes together...

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Garden Frittata

Not long after I started this blog I wrote a post entitled, ‘What We Eat’.  In it, I talked about the journey my family has made in the way we eat, changing over to a whole food diet that is primarily...

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Summer Salad on Tomato Tuesday

Over the last few months, following the farmers on Rhizosphere Farm I’ve developed a new appreciation for the work that goes into bringing food from the field to the table. It is hard work. Getting to...

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Refrigerator Pickles

I love the idea of canning. Saving the bounty of summer for the cold, winter months to relive the flavors of warmer days. To this point, all I’ve canned is jams and jellies. It’s not that I’m afraid of...

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Tomato Watermelon Salad

People that love food are some of the most entertaining people I’ve met.  Get them started on what’s in season or where they ate their last meal and you’re bound to get a good story.  Just last week, I...

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Whole Wheat Waffles

Last month, while on vacation, we had a lot of wonderful, new food experiences.  We all had our favorites.  Mine included taking in the historic architecture of Charleston while enjoying a bag of warm...

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Mixed Greens & Apple Salad

I think one of my favorite things about the return of cooler weather is that greens are back in season.  Salad mix, kale, swiss chard, arugula.  My body must know it too because I’ve been craving...

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Creamy Tomato Soup

Is it spring yet?  I keep seeing these kind of comments and status updates posting on Facebook.  They make me smile a little each time I read one, as the thought has been frequently crossing my own...

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Spicy Roasted Chickpeas

Welcome to March! Can I just say, that although I know this month can still bring some snow, the fact that it is March 1st means that April is only one month away. And that means SPRING! This week more...

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Simple Egg Pasta

As many parents know, when it comes to feeding our children it often feels like the job is never done.  Feeding the 3 boys in my house is like trying to fill a bottomless pit.  They are always hungry....

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Buttermilk Pesto Dressing

The sun in finally shining here today.  Finally.  Despite the thin layer of frost, it feels like maybe spring is going to try and make an appearance.  It feels like we’ve been waiting and...

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Homemade Nacho Cheese Sauce

Yesterday marked the end of another school year.  I can hardly believe how fast it all went, seems like we were just buying school supplies, and now here we are making our summer bucket lists.  It’s...

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Avocado Melt

So, as of yesterday, we have exactly 14 days until school starts.  It just doesn’t seem possible…where did the summer go?  June was a blur, July was vacation and now here we are in August.  While I...

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Loving the Lunch Box

As much as I don’t like to admit it…our summer is coming to an end.  While I’m ready for a bit of routine, it’s sad to know our vacation is almost over.  Today, I’m over on The Creative Mama talking...

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The Rocket Sandwich

Despite the fact that we went back to school last week, we are still finding ways to enjoy summer for as long as possible.  Bike rides, fire pits with s’mores and running through the sprinkler after a...

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How to Eat During Marathon Training

So, way back in January, a friend suggested I should sign up for my first full marathon.  I’d always sworn that this was something I would NEVER do, but as it happens, good friends can be quite...

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Confessions of a Meal Planning Dropout

I feel as though I should apologize for the quietness that has fallen upon this place the last few months.  While I just about physically cringe at the word, ‘busy’, that’s exactly what life has been....

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Asparagus and Herb Quiche

In the last week, there has been a palpable shift in our household.  End of the year activities, such as picnics and field trips, a peak in baseball and soccer games along with playing outside among...

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‘The Best Homemade Lunches on the Planet’

Are you back to school?  Today marks the beginning of our school year.  We’ve done the school supply shopping (does anyone else feel like that’s just a scavenger hunt gone wrong?).  Each boy is...

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Tomato Basil Baguette Pizzas

“By all these lovely tokens September days are here, with Summer’s best of weather and Autumn’s best of cheer.” –Helen Hunt Jackson A couple of weeks ago, as I strolled through the farmers market, it...

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