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Category Archives: home cooking
Of Fast Food and Mommy Bloggers, the Things That Make us Sane and Drive us Crazy
The February 2011 issue of Family Circle magazine states that 60% of kids eat fast food every day. It is a statistic in the sidebar of an article about a program that teaches kids how to grow and cook fresh, … Continue reading
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Spinach Pancakes… Veggies Hidden in Plain Sight!
One of the TV shows I watched as a kid was Popeye, so I needed no convincing to eat spinach. I actually believed the leafy vegetables had special powers. I guess with all the recent talk about antioxidants, there was … Continue reading
Mac-n-Cheese Cakes
My daughter doesn’t need any trickery to get her to eat macaroni and cheese, but that’s no reason to not make her food a little more interesting and what’s more, her love of the stuff makes it an ideal vehicle … Continue reading
Grandma’s Finnish Meatballs
My mom arrived about a week ago to help me in the last few weeks of pregnancy, and the timing couldn’t have been better as I now have twice weekly prenatal appointments and there is just no way I could … Continue reading
Posted in bechamel, brown sauce, cous cous, grandma's cooking, ground beef, home cooking, meatballs, recipe
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Pork Roast with Fall Vegetables
We are a Costco family and every so often we will buy huge quantities of meat and portion it out and freeze it in our big chest freezer. We’ve got fish, chicken (parts and a whole one), ground beef, pork, … Continue reading
Breakfast for Lunch
I knew I was taking a big risk planning to make an omelet for the little one for lunch since the former queen of quiche and lover of all styles of egg has long been turning her nose up at … Continue reading
Posted in bacon, breakfast, eggs, feeding your toddler, Heinz beans, home cooking, Irish breakfast, Julia Child, omelets, picky eaters
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Braised Carrot Soup
After my success with cream of broccoli soup I’ve been on the lookout for other soup recipes to get my little girl to eat those pesky veggies. Hannaford’s free monthly in-store magazine recently featured an interesting looking braised carrot soup … Continue reading
Baked Tilapia Two Ways (Hint: There’s Gold Fish in this one)
My cooking has been sidelined lately after a gestational diabetes diagnosis, which requires a strict low carbohydrate, no sugar diet. I’ve never been one to read labels or think too much about portion sizes, so getting used to this new … Continue reading
Hamburger Helper Aint Got Nothing on Me!
I have to begin this post with a disclaimer. I have never actually made or eaten Hamburger Helper, so I don’t know exactly what goes into it, but I imagine from the ads that it’s some sort of pasta, ground … Continue reading
Posted in cheese, feeding your toddler, ground beef, home cooking, lentils, peppers, recipe, vegetarian
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I Feel Like Curry Tonight
A typical dinner related conversation in our house might go like this: Me: “I feel like curry tonight.” Hubs: “Where are we ordering from?” But not this time. One of my dearest friends came over recently and we made curry … Continue reading
Posted in chicken, curry, feeding your toddler, home cooking, paneer, recipe, spices
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