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Super Simple Baking For Kids: A Review
My seven-year-old, Ellie, was lucky enough to be gifted Super Simple Baking For Kids by Charity Mathews for Christmas (thank you Aunt Ali!). Naturally, we had to try it out this week. First, we skimmed the recipes. She initially wanted to try the “big pretzel.” However, after looking at the rest of the recipes, we…
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Gluten-free cinnamon scones
It’s rare that I come up with a recipe in the pastry or bread category that comes out perfect the first time. Now, this is a pretty basic gluten-free cinnamon scones recipe, but I altered the ratios of butter, cream and yogurt and played with the spices and extracts for a flavor I knew I’d…
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Eggnog blueberry muffins
These grain-free, gluten-free muffins are not free of flavor! The eggnog makes them the perfect Christmas morning breakfast.
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Ratatouille with homemade sauce and garden herbs
A slightly different take on this traditional French veggie dish —more herbs, more sauce.
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Grain-free ginger Christmas cookie recipe
Some Christmas cookies are just regular cookies with Christmas decorations on them — like sugar cookies with red and green frosting. They look like Christmas, but they don’t taste like Christmas. I like a Christmas cookie to TASTE like Christmas. And nothing fits that bill like a gingerbread cookie or ginger snap. The gingersnap is…
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Chicken chili — an easy one-pot dinner
This chicken recipe was borne out of the need for an easy, fast dinner that also packed nutrition and flavor. The kids have had ear infections and I’ve been down with terrible allergy symptoms so we needed something requiring minimal work and even less cleanup, but it also needed to be warm and satisfying. I’ve…
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Green chili and eggs for breakfast: a frittata recipe
Green chili and eggs to start the day off right!
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Galette with cherry-blackberry filling
Last night I made what I’ll call a lazy galette… lazy because I used a store-bought crust but I’ll tell you the cherry-blackberry combo made up for it! Recipe below: For the galette One store-bought pie crust rolled out on a sheet of parchment paper and baking sheet2 cups pitted cherries1 cup blackberries (fresh)1/2 stick…
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