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Category Archives: Food
Sugar–addiction and depression
I couldn’t resist borrowing this picture–I’m sure this is exactly how I look when I get over taken by a sugar craving. Except I’ve got a little more of an olive complexion. (To give credit where credit is due, you … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Food, For You, Health & Weight, New Years, Sunny
Tagged goals, new years resolution, sugar, sugar is killing us
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My Grandmother’s Christmas Cookies
My grandmother came to the United States from Finland as a little girl. I remember her accent and her eagerness to feed us some homemade treat every time we came to her door. This is the cut-out cookie recipe she … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Christmas Recipes, Food, Holidays, Recipes, Sunny
Tagged almond, almonds, butter, christmas, coconut oil, cookie cutter, cookies, cooking, cut out, food, Goof Balls, grandmother, lemon, Mexican Wedding Cookies, nuts, recipe, Russian Tea Cakes, Snow Ball Cookies, tradition, walnuts, whole wheat flour
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Sweet Potato Whole Wheat Gnocchi
You remember what a powerhouse sweet potatoes are, right? Here is my favorite recipe that uses them. Sorry, this isn’t a particularly “quick” recipe, but it’s a good one to do with an extra pair of little hands to help … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Food, Gluten Free, Health & Weight, Recipes, Relationships, Sunny
Tagged autumn, children, cooking, dough, eating, egg, fall, food, gnocchi, healthy, homemade, meals, recipe, sweet potato, whole wheat, working together
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Potato (Plus extra veggies) Soup
The air has definitely turned chilly, and we’ve already had snow. Time for soup. And if you happen to be looking for a white main dish to celebrate a snowfall (any one else ever do that?), this is a good … Continue reading
Posted in Allergy Free, Food, Gluten Free, Recipes, Sunny
Tagged cauliflower, cheese bacon, cooking, dinner, fall, french fry soup, onion, potato, potato soup, recipe, snow, squash, zucchini
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Treat Your Kids to a Spooky Halloween Dinner
Halloween is TOMORROW! (Sometimes just that reminder is enough to scare moms!) First of all, I want to add my cheer for Kerri’s great and charitable Trick or Treating idea. I’m definitely doing it this year. Here’s a healthy way … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween and Autumn, Halloween Recipes, Holidays, Recipes, Uncategorized
Tagged Halloween recipes
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Fantastic Meatloaf Recipe
Entertain me for a moment. Put on a grumpy face and in your most pouty tone of voice say, “Meatloaf…Beatloaf….I HATE Meatloaf”. Can you name that movie? Or are you only reminded of the chorus of little voices around the … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Food, Janae, Recipes, The Moms
Tagged beef, fast, kid friendly recipe, meatloaf, recipe for kids, yummy
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Do Good With All That Halloween Candy
Halloween is just around the corner and all our houses are about to be inundated with more candy than should be consumed in an entire year, let alone one night. If you’re already getting a tummy ache just thinking about … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Cheri, Family, Food, For You, Halloweeen Activities, Halloween and Autumn, Health & Weight, Holidays, The Moms, Uncategorized
Tagged buy back, candy, dentists, halloween, operation gratitude, soldiers
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Four Tricks to Save Time, Money, Energy, and Sanity
There seem to be 4 things that I never have enough of and always seem to be running out of: Time, Money, Energy, and Sanity. That’s why when I can stumble on tricks to save one or all of those … Continue reading
Posted in All Writers, Cheri, Cooking Tips and Tricks, Family, Food, For You, Fun, Money Saving Tips, Organization, The House, The Moms, Uncategorized
Tagged baby food, cookie dough, earrings, refrigerated cookie dough, snacks, stickers, toilet paper, yogurt
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Coconut Oil Follow Up–
includes chocolate so read on
I know I wrote about coconut oil before, but I had to add some things and change my opinion on other things because of what I’ve learned since. First of all, I have tried several different brands of coconut oil, … Continue reading
Posted in Allergy Free, Cooking Tips and Tricks, Food, Gluten Free, Health & Weight, Recipes, Sunny
Tagged alzheimer's, berkeley wellness letter, chocolate, chocolate chips, coconut oil, cooking, eating, healthy, ice cream, magic shell, nutrition action, our best bites, oven pancake, recipe, topping, treat
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Best-o Pesto
I served this pesto for dinner shortly after my girls devoured some delicious cookies. Believe it or not, my girls all commented, “Wow, this pasta is better than cookies!!” As pesto is usually a combination of basil, olive oil, garlic, … Continue reading