10 days ago by Sara

It has been great this week to be back in the kitchen! With three of my four fall craft fairs a thing of the past, I had some time to play in the kitchen. We were recently gifted with two lovely butternut squashes from a friend’s garden. They had graced the window sill in the kitchen for almost two ...

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21 days ago by Stef

Perfect Pumpkin Pancakes: Two Ways to Please Any Picky Pumpkin Pancake Eater I’ve been promising friends for quite some time to post my “perfect pancake” recipe that I’ve been using week in and week out for the past 6 months and the day has finally arrived (with added seasonal flare)! Bill, this is ...

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23 days ago by Stef

Week 11: Getting into Double Digit Runs…and Learning to Slow Down Plus a Special Pennsylvania Dutch Recipe This week was the roughest week yet for us! Saturday was our first double digit run, clocking in at 10 miles! I felt great during the run for the most part and completed it at a great [...]

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24 days ago by Amy

Do you make meals ahead and freeze them for later? Would you like to, but don’t know how? All the pans ~ the extra space ~ the cost ~ the freezer burn. You can find me over at Money Saving Mom today, sharing a freezer meal strategy I learned in high school home ec! Hopefully it’ll work for you, too.

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24 days ago by Newlywed Chef-ette

We've decided we need to eat more healthily. We eat a fairly healthy diet, but the first year of marriage (and it's Freshman-15-like weight-gain) has taken a bit of a toll, so we're cracking the whip! The first step? A healthy breakfast. Those of you who follow me on Twitter know I've mentioned that ...

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36 days ago by Stef

Quick and Tasty Soup for a Light Lunch! On Thursday, I left work just before lunch in order to get a lot of housework done and get a nap (i.e. attempt to catch up on sleep) after my week on the rig. I had already eaten a piece of the decadent Vegan Mocha Cake I made [...]

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41 days ago by Rachel

OAMC stands for Once-A-Month Cooking. It’s also known as freezer cooking, bulk cooking, or mega cooking. This doesn’t necessarily have to be done once a month. Many people cook once a week, or once every two months. Still others just double the recipe each time they cook and freeze the second for la ...

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49 days ago by Francine Jay

Think how wonderful it would be to come home from work, and have a meal all ready to heat-and-eat. You can make it happen—with batch cooking! The idea: put on your chef’s hat for one night, prepare all the meals you’ll need for an entire week (or month!), and freeze them. Batch cooking saves time, a ...

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58 days ago by KristenM

We all have favorite cookbooks — those go-to sources ripe with beautiful recipes and loads of good information. These are mine. These are the five cookbooks that I would wholeheartedly give to anyone who asked me for recommendations, the five cookbooks that I turn to weekly to inspire me to culinary ...

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59 days ago by Sara

This week I made apple sauce and marinara to stash in the freezer. Our local farm stand has ten pound bags of apples that are “seconds” for $5 this time of year. For applesauce, this means that I have to be ready to make it within a day or so of getting the apples and I have to cut a few bad spots o ...

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