March 9, 2012
Soooooo, are you a jarred spaghetti sauce kind of family? Guilty here. Some jarred sauces have an off-taste- mostly too sweet due to (unnecessary) added sugar. I do have to…
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March 7, 2012
My Mother-in-Law apparently makes the best Irish Soda Bread. My son Brooks spends weekends sometimes with his grandparents and comes home raving about his Grammy’s homemade bread. Wouldn’t you think…
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March 5, 2012
St. Patrick’s Day is coming up soon, and because I have a very Irish (& proud of it) husband– it’s my duty to share a few St. Paddy’s Day recipes….
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March 1, 2012
I have some good news. Relieving news. “I’m Exhausted, but in a Happy Way” kind of news: I finished writing my cookbook yesterday! Yahoo! It’s off to the publisher for…
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February 27, 2012
Happy Monday, my wonderful readers! I have yet another special guest posting today while I power out three more days of writing my cookbook. Almost done, phew! Please welcome Bev…
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February 23, 2012
While I hunker down and take the next week to complete my cookbook manuscript, I have a series of three very talented bloggers guest posting on RecipeGirl. These girls all…
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February 20, 2012
I may have mentioned my weight-loss Biggest Loser competition a few weeks ago. Yeah, I’m still trudging along with it, losing slowly (the way you’re supposed to, right??) and trying…
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February 16, 2012
We’re a banana-pancake kind of family. Rarely does a regular-old pancake grace a plate in the RecipeGirl house. Bananas are pretty much always sliced up and cooked right on in…
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February 13, 2012
My son Brooks acquired a new hobby last summer while we were on vacation: fishing. He hooked up with his East Coast cousins and their fishing neighbor named Eric. Eric…
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February 10, 2012
This is the story of how I saved an ugly cookie. Actually, let me re-phrase that… how I saved a disgustingly ugly-looking cookie that was totally worthy of eating but…
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February 8, 2012
You know how there are just some foods in life that you absolutely cannot live without, no matter what? I’ve got a few of those. Like root beer, and red…
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February 6, 2012
Today I have a very special guest… the first-ever guest poster on RecipeGirl.com: my good friend Cheryl at TidyMom.net Cheryl shares recipes, crafts, tutorials and amazing photography on her blog. …
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February 2, 2012
When we first moved into our house many years ago, the community was new and we had a brand new fire station. Since we had a 2 year old who…
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January 30, 2012
One of the most calorie-consuming days of the year for football lovers and party-goers is approaching, and you have to decide how you’re going to handle that “day of food.”…
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January 27, 2012
There are times when you need a dessert, you need it now, you need it QUICK and you don’t want to fuss with a bunch of ingredients. Those are the…
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January 25, 2012
So, here’s the deal: I make dinner for my family most nights, and I secretly sneak most of those dinner recipes onto RecipeGirl.com without sharing them on the blog. So…
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January 23, 2012
I’m knee deep in sugar. Literally! I’ve been testing and re-testing and dreaming about and sampling many, many DESSERT recipes for the “Sweet Treats” chapter of The Recipe Girl Cookbook….
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January 18, 2012
Avocado lovers are very happy to live in Southern California, where avocados are plentiful and fairly inexpensive all year long. We have just the right weather to nurture them along,…
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