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Chocolate Mint Sandwich Cookie

This is my take on a “Oreo“ cookie. For St. Patrick’s Day I made it with a mint filling. You can just make it a vanilla cream by omitting the mint and green food coloring.

You probably have most of these ingredients on hand. And if you don’t these are probably not the ingredients that have flown off the shelves at grocery stores. This is also a really fun project to do with kids, and easy. At nine…

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Lemon/Celery Salt Chicken Thighs

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Fennel & Almond Salad

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Dorie Greenspan’s Sheet Pan Balsamic Chicken with Potatoes and Mushrooms Dorie never lets you down. I tripled this recipe for a family dinner! It was a hit.

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Banana Bread

I had this banana bread at a restaurant in Los Angeles, I was lucky enough to get the recipe, but when I got to my kitchen, it was a little hard for the home cook to follow. My version is a little simpler and a little yummier.

It works best if you can measure your ingredients, but I put the conventional measurements after the ingredient.

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Oven Fajitas

Fajitas are one of those dishes that you can serve and even the pickiest of eaters can find something to eat. However, they can be intimidating to make at home. Now that Sheet Pan Meals are trending, it is so much easier and the clean up is cut in half.

This is an easy recipe to double or triple

You can see the YouTube episode at, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPPyv_hHuBwjDyhMSBoGVkg?view_as=s…

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Baked Cauliflower & Farro with Cheese

Baked Cauliflower & Farro with Cheese

I adapted this recipe from Smitten Kitchen. It was the perfect warm meal to make for my family on a recent trip to the mountains. I served it with a green salad and some fresh fruit for dessert. It was just perfect!

You can head over to YouTube to see me cook it up :

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Nut Free Granola

One of my daughters is allergic (sensitive) to nuts. It’s not anaphylactic but she does get bad skin rashes. She loves granola as a snack, so I set out to create a nut free granola that she would enjoy.

It wasn’t so easy because not everyone in my family likes chia seeds or flax. A lot of recipes called for wheat germ which was met with a resounding “NO”!. So needless to say I just started…

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Chinese New Year! Baked Egg Rolls

Chinese New Year! Baked Egg Rolls

The Chinese (Lunar) New Year is this weekend, January 25th. Everywhere I look I am seeing recipes encouraging a home celebration.  The one I see the most is “Egg Roll Bowl”. Can you believe bowls are still such a thing?

I love a good bowl but in this case I am team Egg Roll all the way. I get it. We are trying to lighten up the way we eat etc. As you know my New Years resolution was to lean in to…

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Lean In! Quinoa Burgers

Lean In! Quinoa Burgers

My Family and I have been doing Meatless Monday for a few years. In 2020, I want us to lean in more to vegetarian and vegan options. We’ve all read or heard on the news how important this is, not only for our health but, for our environment. I was actually at an event and heard a famous Breast Cancer doctor speak. Her advice was if you can’t make the switch to being vegan, can you be vegan for a…

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New Year Biscuits!

So here we are the beginning of January 2020! As I think about resolutions, I’m trying tone way more mindful and intentional (which just happens to be my word for the year). So one of my resolutions is to eat breakfast more often. That also includes having quick and easy breakfast available for me and my family to grab.

The first thing I made in this new year is biscuits. Yes, I know they may not…

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Everything but the Kitchen Sink Cookies

Everything but the Kitchen Sink Cookies

If you’re anything like me, the last few weeks have been a whirlwind of baking and cooking. I’ve used a little of this and a lot of that. My pantry now has an overflow of half empty bags of chocolate chips, cinnamon chips, dried fruit and nuts. I have a little bit of caramel sauce left and just a few marshmallows. I made oatmeal cookies and don’t have enough left over for even a full bowl of…

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⁣ HAPPY SUNDAY!!! TODAY IS NATIONAL BROWNIE DAY!!!! Do you prefer the middle or edge piece? 🍫⁣ ⁣ #dessert #brownies #chocolate #yummy #recipe #brownies #foodporn #food #foodie #cake #nationalbrownieday #delicious #yum #instafood #eggs #milk #butter #pan #bake #mixing #instabaked #freshbaked #milk #holidays #tasty #desserts #heirloom #familyrecipes (at West Hills, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B50jC9XFL34/?igshid=av3l0xyfve3f

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The Carrot margarita is the perfect pairing to go with anything especially on a lazy Saturday night! Does this count as a serving of vegetables???⁣⁣ Recipe is on my blog!⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #vegetable #carrot #limes #drinks #cocktails #vegetables #veggies #party #bar #drink #liquor #pair #party #drunk #instagood #drinkstagram #friends #drinking #ice #weekend #cheers #booze #tequila https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ycKs7FiLj/?igshid=115urkryz9n73

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There’s nothing better than the smell of fresh cinnamon rolls in the oven! 😍⁣ ⁣ #cinnamonrolls #cinnamon #rolls #foodie #foodporn #foodie #dessert #food #baking #cookies #glaze #yummy #toast #cinnamonbuns #cinnamonroll #smell #good #oven #foodinsta #cake #tasty #homemade (at West Hills, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5v9fhwlNWw/?igshid=ws9y07tg8la5

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Cookies for Breakfast (or Bars)

Cookies for Breakfast (or Bars)

We just came through Thanksgiving and I know I am FULL! I’m really trying hard to not gain weight this year, through the holidays.

I love the idea of grabbing a granola bar or something quick, in the morning. The problem is that a lot of the commercial bars you can get at the grocery store are really high in calories, fat or sugar. I made this recipe the first time and it was too dry to “slice…