Easy Alphabet Soup

December 14, 2009
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After reading The Little Foodie’s Alphabet Soup recipe, I felt the need to immediately buy some Alphabet Pasta.  My first big concern was finding the darn Alphabet  pasta.  I looked everywhere for it and couldn’t believe that no stores carry it here!  Damaris, of The Little Foodie bought hers at Trader Joe’s.  I’ve gotten on their [...]

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Paul Smith Limited Edition Evian Bottle

December 10, 2009

All you foodies into fashionable impressive presentations will like this.  In fact, I feel a little divaish just talking about this:)  I have to admit, I have a hard time with presentation.  I put so much time and effort into the flavor of the food- I often forget how to make it look pretty.  Er, [...]

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Gluten Free Chocolate Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

December 6, 2009

I’m in love.  Seriously, I’ve turned into the cookie monster.  I’m not sure why this is, but every winter I turn into a chocolate and mint fanatic.  My friend Chris made the yummy Nestle seasonal chocolate and mint chip chocolate cookies a couple of weeks ago and I about died and went to heaven when I tasted [...]

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Nutella Swirls

December 1, 2009

Via the Foodbuzz Tastemaker’s program, I received some free Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry.  Since I made these Spinach and Feta Swirls, my mouth has been thinking of making these with Nutella and hazelnuts.  I love puff pastry!  I can’t say it’s healthy- but you can put healthy fillings into it!  Check out my Runza Casserole!  [...]

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Erewhon Gluten Free Cereal Review and GIVEAWAY!!!

November 24, 2009

I received a huge package of eight types of  Erewhon cereal!  I felt like I won gold when this package came:)  It was so nice to try out all of the Erewhon flavors of cereal – I regularly buy this brand of Gluten Free  Crispy Brown Rice cereal but hadn’t tried out any of the other flavors.  [...]

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The Movement to Improve School Food

November 21, 2009

I graduated high school in 1997 – and since grade school, I always brought my own lunch.  Why?  Because the school food was nasty AND unhealthy.  Even as a 1st grader – I knew this food was not near as good as the stuff I ate at home.  I was just lucky enough that my [...]

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Honey Caramels With Chocolate, Almond and Coconut

November 18, 2009

Recently, I had an amazing chocolate covered almond caramel that left me craving more; which I then of course proceeded to make much healthier.  Honey gets a bad rap due to its high glycemic index- but lately I keep reading about all the excellent health benefits of honey.  I’ve read it all before but after [...]

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Bot Enhanced Water Review

November 10, 2009

 
So here’s another option to those of you who don’t want to drink anything with preservatives, added colors, sodium or high fructose corn syrup.  Bot all natural enhanced water  is sweetened with pure cane sugar.  The nice people over at bot thought I may want to give it a try, thank you!  I was excited [...]

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Pineapple Cashew Chicken Salad With Greek Yogurt

November 8, 2009

One of my favorite salads my mom makes is a version of this one – I looked all over the place for a similar recipe but couldn’t find one- so I have no idea where it originated.  Anyway, I changed everything but think it’s interesting that I couldn’t find anything similar online!  That’s almost impossible nowadays!  [...]

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Rum Kuchen

November 6, 2009

Alright, here’s another attempt at something that could’ve been amazing but fell short.  It’s a re-make of a recipe my aunt used to make and I wanted to make it a little healthier.  With my version, I removed the trans-fats, added some spelt flour, and also used some sucanat in place of regular sugar.  With [...]

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