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Category Archives: Snacks
Back to School Lunchbox Ideas (For Tweens and Teens)
It’s back to school season and like parents all over the world, I’ve found myself scrambling to plan lunches that aren’t so boring even my not-so-picky 13 year old stepson won’t touch his lunchbox. Constantly on the search for ideas … Continue reading
Pearl Couscous with Zucchini, Corn and Herbs
During the summer months, corn and zucchini are always in abundance. However, in our house, zucchini is also a bottom dweller on the list of popular summer veggies available. Yet every year, I plant one or two plants, which inevitably … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Lunch, Salad, Sides, Snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged Cookbook Recipes, Couscous, fresh corn, salad, side dish, summer couscous, summer recipes, vegan, vegetarian, Vegetarian Recipe, Veggie, zucchini, zucchini recipes
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Baked Onion Rings
As people start increasing their awareness about what goes into our mouths — is it low fat/low carb/low sugar? Gluten free? Organic? Paleo? — it seems we’re also allowing ourselves to be more judgmental of other people’s food choices. I think … Continue reading
Lemon Cherry Muffins
I once went to a birthday party where there was no cake. Not even cupcakes. In their place were muffins. Fruit-filled muffins. While most kids would be terrified or genuinely pissed off about such a thing, I was quite pleased. … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Kids, Snacks
Tagged baking, breakfast, cherry lemon muffin, cherry muffin, lemon cherry muffin, lemon muffin, muffin
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Vanilla Banana Smoothie
At least once a day either for a meal in itself or a snack between meals, my husband will say, “Babe…can I have one of those smoothies?” I know what this means: this chocolate soy milk, bananas, peanut butter (preferably … Continue reading
The Perfect Steel Cut Oats
There is something perfectly simple, hearty and delicious when it comes to a bowl of steel cut oatmeal. This time of year, especially, a warm bowl of oats is gratifying and the perfect way to celebrate cold winter mornings. As … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Kids, Lunch, Snacks
Tagged breakfast, perfect oatmeal, steel cut, steel cut oatmeal, steel cut oatmeal recipe, steel oats, vegetarian
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The Top 15 Posts of 2015
To say so long to 2015, here’s a quick roundup of this little blog’s most popular recipes throughout the year! Thank you all for your continued support of this endeavor. May the new year be filled with new recipes, full … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Baking, Beverages, Booze, Breakfast, Dessert, Dinner, Gluten-Free, Ice Cream, Kids, Life, Lunch, Meatless Meat, Meatless Monday, Photography, Salad, Sauces, Seafood, Sides, Snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged 2015, 2015 Roundup, Best of 2015, favorite recipes, new year's
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Green Smoothies
You know those folks who are ALL OVER green smoothies? The ones who tell you how delicious they are, or what a great breakfast or snack they make? I am not one of those people. Up until this recipe, you … Continue reading
Meatless Monday: Homemade Falafels
I’ve totally been MIA. Cooking? Yes, totally. Sporadically, but yes. This last post sort of demonstrates the immediate busyness we generally find ourselves in come September. My food photography is frequently overrun by kids’ activity photos. Sometimes I feel like I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Meatless Monday, Sides, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged chickpeas, falafel, falafel balls, falafel recipes, falafel sandwiches, garbanzo beans, Meatless Monday, meatless monday falafel, middle eastern falafel recipe, traditional falafel, vegetarian, vegetarian falafel
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Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream
Summer seems to be flying by. I could’ve sworn it was June just yesterday, that the kids were about to get out of school, not start back up again… Vincent’s going into his senior year of high school and Silas … Continue reading
Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
