Homemade Smartfood...or, When Cheese Takes Over Your Life
I still have not admitted to myself that I have cravings, other than of the warm, comfy bed kind. (The 2 cups of pineapple I eat a day just count as normal daily fruit intake, right?) Today, however, I...
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Homemade Extracts
The front jar is newly made anise star extract, and the jar in the background is an in-progress jar of vanilla extract.Most of us have good intentions. I was all set to participate the Nourishing Gift...
View ArticleUnder Construction
Hello readers!As you may have noticed, I'm doing some construction around here. The tabbed links at the top should be good to go in a few days, so please remain patient.Thanks for your readership,=) Megan
View Article10 Keys to Avoiding the Cold and Flu (Or shortening your symptoms!)
Some people wear gloves on the T (public trains, for those of you not in the Boston area). Some people stick those weird Zicam swabs up their noses. Others cross their fingers and swallow extra vitamin...
View ArticleHealth Basics
Simple Healthy Eating Guidelines Real Food. Real Lives. Real People. - my other blog with a plethora of information and basics on healthy eatingBeating Crohn's Disease Part IBeating Crohn's Disease...
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Chicken Caccitore
Mark and I are both Italian, but Mark likes Italian-American food far more than I do. I don't mind a good pizza a few times a month, and I'll take fresh food fruit and veggies from Italy above all...
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It's a girl!
I'm a little late on this post, but we found out last Friday that there's a baby girl growing in my belly! Here's a pic of me holding the ultrasound snapshot, as well as my 18 week bump. We don't have...
View ArticleHearty Sandwich Bread
I've written before about how Mark is a huge sandwich fan. I can't seem to break him of his desire for deli meat and hearty sandwich bread, but worse things have happened. I'm saving money by making...
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Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken pot pie is one of those cold-weather comfort foods. I grew up on frozen pot pies from Shaw's, and I will unabashedly admit that I loved them. I may have even bought a few in our first year of...
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Sourdough Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
I don't know why I have such difficulty with photos. It's not my forte. These muffins were beautiful - great crumb, dotted with chocolate chunks, high top, sturdy body. It's hard to tell, but...
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Cloth Diapers for Dummies: Part I
Mommy's Touch Adjustable Newborn Diaper in celery greenI recently realized that I know very little about the House of Representatives and the Senate, and will, in full disclosure, confess that I didn't...
View ArticleSardine Salad
There's something about the word "sardine" that just gives me the heeby-jeebies. They rank right up there with cod liver oil or anchovies (which have their rightful place in salad dressings and tomato...
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Roman Egg Drop Soup, or Stracciatella
Ready? I've got a recipe that is sure to knock your socks off. It's 4 ingredients, not including a dash of salt and pepper, you've likely got them all at your house, and it takes about 5 minutes to...
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Brown rice nori rolls
I never thought I could make sushi rolls at home. Mark and I love sushi so much, we registered for a sushi kit when we got married...seven years ago. I used it once during our first year of marriage....
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My favorite Sourdough Pancakes
I've been away a long time. I know. Is anyone out there still?? I can't promise this post means more recipes or research or anything. It just means I like pancakes...and my midwife told me to try to...
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Baked Custard
And you thought I was done for the day. Nope, here's another one of my favorites. It's adapted from my mother's old Joy of Cooking book from the 1970s. The book has no binding left, the pages are...
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Egg Muffins
I'm trying to make and freeze as many snacks and meals as I can before baby girl comes. It's been hard for me to eat as much as I need to gain weight in the third trimester, and since I know you have...
View ArticlePregnancy Preparations
It's been four hours since I arrived home. I could barely get off the couch for the first five minutes after I made it through the door. And then...I cleaned out the refridgerator,made beef...
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Green and Healthy Routines
I had a reader ask about my skin care routine. I used to do the Oil Cleansing Method, but for whatever reason (I think it was my trip to Italy, actually), I stopped. Ironically, I was thinking of...
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