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Baked Penne with Spinach, Roasted Red Peppers & B.A.C.O.N

This recipe was an entry into the Pacific Foods Everyday Chef Challenge: Baked Penne with Spinach, Roasted Red Peppers and Bacon. The challenge was to come up with a recipe…

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A Blogger’s Visit to Sam’s Club in Bentonville, Arkansas

I had the unique opportunity recently of visiting Sam’s Club headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas.  There were a few of us food bloggers there, in addition to several Mommy bloggers.  We…

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One of my favorite dinners growing up: Chalupas

Chalupas!My mother had this very simple meal in the weekly dinner rotation when I was growing up. With a bunch of hungry kids to feed, she could whip this up…

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Halloween Recipes for Fans of Cinnamon Toast Crunch & Cocoa Puff’s cereals

A couple of weeks ago, the folks at General Mills contacted me to see if I might like to create some Halloween-Themed recipes (using General Mills cereals) for the Betty…

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Roasted Pumpkin Bisque w/ Mushroom- Gruyere Crostini

I entered this recipe into the Pacific Foods Everyday Chef Challenge:   Roasted Pumpkin Bisque w/ Mushroom- Gruyere Crostini. I didn’t win the contest, but I came away with a really…

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Baked Barbecue Onion Rings

While secretly flipping through a cookbook at my son’s soccer game last weekend, I came across a recipe for onion rings. In between whistle blowing and down-the-field dribbles, I conjured…

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Pretty Darn Good Low Fat Oatmeal- Chocolate Chip Cookies

I hate diets. I hate the word, ‘diet.’ And I hate that I have to diet. Instead, I try think of my ongoing quest to lose weight as a ‘lifestyle…

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Do You Have a Recipe Worth $500?

Visit the Real Women of Philadelphia website to enter this recipe contest, get involved in the community, and find a treasure trove of recipes made with Philly cream cheese. Disclosure:…

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Giveaway: $300 worth of Imported Cheeses from Sam’s Club!

Back in May, I traveled to Italy with Sam’s Club cheese buyers to help them select some new, imported cheeses for their clubs.  Well, now Sam’s Club expects to offer these newly selected,…

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Cross Country Road Trip- Boston to San Diego (with food highlights)

If you followed RecipeGirl on the blog or Twitter or Facebook this past summer, then you know that my family went on an 8-week road trip (driving) across the USA…

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End-of-Summer Berry & Melon Salad with Watermelon Vinaigrette

Cantaloupes were 69 cents EACH at my local supermarket the other day, and this is a good thing. My son would eat cantaloupe morning, noon and night if he could….

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Win a $429 Masterbuilt, Stainless Steel Electric Smoker

In the USA we have a little holiday coming up this weekend:  Labor Day.  Since this holiday is meant to celebrate the end of summer and experience a day of…

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Brownie Campfire Cake with Toasted Marshmallows & Hot Fudge

I haven’t been here in San Diego for much of the summer, but I heard that there were icky, overcast skies through the month of July. We tend to have…

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Tomato-Tart

Fresh Tomato & Goat Cheese Tart

You know how there are kids out there who demand to eat one of three things for dinner… things like chicken nuggets, macaroni & cheese and quesadillas?  I may tug…

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My Favorite Taco Recipe (Mom’s) Quick & Easy

Things were pretty simple in the 70′s.   I remember shag carpet and an avocado-colored refrigerator.  I remember polyester pants and our big, green station wagon with the seat in the…

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Cross Country Road Trip: San Diego to Boston (with food highlights)

My family hangs out in Boston’s South Shore every summer for a few weeks, and this year we thought that *driving* from San Diego to Boston might be fun. Here…

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Celebrating Lobster: The New England Lobster Roll

I spent a few weeks in New England this summer- specifically– Boston’s South Shore. It’s a family tradition to head to our beach house rental every summer… a time of…

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Chocolate Icebox Cake- for the Real Women of Philadelphia

Since the next phase of Real Women of Philadelphia is a recipe contest, I thought I’d show you how easy it is to create your own recipe using Philly cream…

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